5/7-So is it Winter still?

I seriously thought it was time for Summer. I'd settle for Spring, but winter? In May? It is raining and sleety. I AM grateful that it's not snowing....yet. Of course, it's club night and we've had bad weather 5 of the past 7 months on this night. One of my girls has missed those 5 nights because of snow. AGGGGGH! Needless to say, I'm not really surprised that it's yucky.

The past 2 days have been fabulous! We spent both days out in the yard and in the pool. Well, Bailee spent it in the pool. That's the first thing she asked for this morning, "Back Yard, Mommy?" Usually it's "Mickey, Tigger, Pooh?"

Monday evening we went up the canyon for a picnic with some family. It was so fun, but I forgot to take our camera so there's no proof we were there. :(

Yesterday I sent McKinley and Bailee out to play in the back yard while I made dinner. I can watch them from the window, so I wasn't worried. Not a minute later they both came screaming and crying about a snake. I couldn't see it anywhere so I told them to go play in the pool, but they kept saying "No, Snake!". So I walked over the the pool to show them there was nothing wrong. HA. The snake was in the pool. I wish I'd have taken a picture. He was just hanging out enjoying the water and the warm weather. I told them they didn't have to get in the pool. We have a couple of garden snake's that hang around here. They don't bother me, and Bailee likes to look for them. But Luke on the other hand...let's just say if he never saw one again, it'd still be too soon. My dad agrees with him there.

They tore the rest of the fence out today and dug the trench for the new one. I don't think they know what they're doing. The trench is not even close to where it should be, so they'll probably be digging it again tomorrow. I'll be so glad when the fence is back up; it'll look nice and I won't have to watch the happenings of the high school crowd.

I forgot to write the onion story. :) Bailee's new word is onions. That's her answer to EVERYTHING. What do you want for breakfast? Onions. What do you want to watch? Onions. What song do you want to sing? The onion one. So last Saturday Bailee and I walked to the church for a little breakfast they were putting on. When we were leaving Bailee said "Mom, more breakfast." I asked her if she wanted more eggs, or more pancakes. She said "More onions." I wonder if she's saying something else and I'm just hearing onions. She was counting and got to nine and said "purple onions. ten. eleven. twelve. thirteen." She never says nine. What a funny girl. I have pictures of the girls playing in the pool, but I'm not sure where the camera is so I'll post later.

I guess this was just a bunch of rambling, but that's what blogging is for, right?

Temple Trip

In preparation for the Trek this summer, one of our requirements is to visit the temple 4 Sundays in a row. This was the 3rd week, and I finally remembered to bring my camera. There is a spirit on those grounds that you don't find many places. It's nice to view the beautiful surroundings and enjoy the sweet spirit that each of the girls add.

(Last night was prom, and it's tradition to wear your prom dress to church the next day)

Historic Pleasant Grove

Last week for Young Women's we went on a Historic Walking tour of Pleasant Grove. It was really fun, I always enjoy hanging out with the girls and the leaders. I've learned a lot from each of them, and really have loved working with them all.

Random Things

I came home one day to find a couple of guys pulling out the fence. Kind of random, they didn't tell us they were going to do that.

The next day the foreman came over to apologize because they were not supposed to tear out the fence. Then he talked to me about what they were going to do and said it was up to us if we wanted them to put the fence back up. We decided it would look better to leave it down. They finished this retaining wall which will be on our side of the privacy fence. It looks really nice. Hopefully they'll get the fence up this week.

A couple of weeks ago I came in the kitchen and found McKinley putting Bailee's shoes on for her. It was pretty entertaining.

What a Day!

**I actually did write this on my birthday, I just kept forgetting to post the pictures.**
April 21, 2008
Wow, what a day! There's nothing like having a birthday to remind you how much you are loved. I feel so blessed to be surrounded by so many loving people. I wasn't expecting it to be such a great day, I was sick yesterday and Bailee kept waking us up last night. Despite that, it really has been a great day. Luke was so sweet. He left a super creative and fun gift for me this morning. He printed out the letters of my name and left a gift for each letter. Isn't that the cutest? When Bailee woke up I told her thanks for the presents. She smiled at me and then looked at the table and said "Wow, presents!" It was so cute. She's been such a happy girl today, it's been fun. For the past week or so she's been walking around saying "My birthday's next." I've been teasing her and saying no, it's mommy's birthday. Today when I asked what today was she said "Mommy's birthday." Awww. Luke and I went to dinner and Bailee went with Kinley to another birthday party. I've had a bunch of phone calls, and surprises all day. Thank you all so much! You really made my day. :)