Utah Spring

"If all the snowflakes were marshmallows and cupcakes, oh! What a snow this would be!"

A blizzard suddenly hit and Tessy wanted to run out and play in it. She's standing there by our tulips that are trying their hardest to open up!

Laurel and "American Idol"

Remember Justin Williams from the first round or two of Hollywood Week on AI this season? He was the cute Mormon boy from Sandy, UT who is a cancer survivor...? The youth in our ward had a fundraiser auction/dinner/entertainment. Our bishop somehow managed to get Justin Williams as our entertainment. All the young women were oogling him. So I forced Laurel over to get a photo with him! It was a fun night! He's a great musician.

King's Palace

Back in February we decorated Brianna's 5th Grade teacher's door for Teacher Appreciation Week. Her teacher's name is Miss King. So we made "King's Palace." Brianna helped and was so proud of the door. She said, in fact, that the first week whenever a class walked by they could hear oohs and ahhs in the hallway. They even cracked the door open so they could hear all the oohs and ahhs!

I went the week before and got a mug shot of each person in the class (including Miss King). Then I added crowns or tiara's to each noggin. They turned out so cute! (Tessy is pointing to Brianna with her tootsie pop.)

Brianna cut these letters out herself.

It was a hit! Miss King loved it and says she's leaving it up til school's out!

I Grew This Basil!

Last summer my dear friend, Michele, gave me a little terracotta pot with some basil seeds. I planted them and have watched them grow all these months. I call it "Baby Basil." This little herb plant is one of my very favorite things.
Yesterday was my first harvest! Mom was here and told me it was getting too leggy; that I needed to trim it down so it could branch out. This is me sniffing my trimmings! I made pesto with it, which went on our spinach ravioli. YUM!!

Hiking Lone Peak and Kangaroo Zoo

Since I got to go skiing without them, Maho took Laurel, Brianna and Whitney hiking last Saturday on the mountain just behind our house. I was not invited. ;)

When they got to the top of the peak, they--of all things to do on a mountain--flew a kite!

While they hiked, we weren't about to just sit around at home. So Tessy, Ellie and I went to Kangaroo Zoo. It's a place full of inflated bouncy-things where the kids just run and bounce and slide to their hearts' content. Afterward we all met up at Macey's for an ice cream cone.

Skiing at Deer Valley with Mom

Last Thursday Mom called. She had two free passes to ski at Deer Valley and they expired the next day, so she wondered if I wanted to go ski with her on Friday. Actually, she was super nice and offered to watch ninas so Maho and I could ski together. But when Maho said he wasn't too into skiing, Mom was so excited! And we had a BLAST! (Those are Laurel zebra sunglasses! Mine are lost.)

Mom took this pic of me as we were riding back up in the gondola. It was such a beautiful day! Couldn't have been better! Not too cold, sunny a lot of the time.

Lunch was fabulous. Mom told me how divine the salad bar was. And it was! Yum! We ate outside as it lightly snowed. (I'm a woos and couldn't stand the sunlight. That's why I'm looking down. Don't laugh, Dad. Or maybe I was just really hungry.)

Okay, lots of pictures of lunch! Hey, it was good!

About to plunge over the hill behind me! Mom is a dang good skiier. Much better than I. She is such a graceful skiier. We had too much fun. A couple times as we flew along I yelled out, "IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL!!" It really was. I was inspired to always stay in shape so that I can keep on doing stuff like this!