Easter Sunday

Well, we were busy getting our talks written because we had to speak as a family on Easter Sunday. Travis and Tyrel wrote their own talks this time and did a wonderful job. I was really impressed with what they wrote and said. Sean helped Trevin with his talk so for the first time ever, I only had to write one talk, my own. This was a good thing since 5 of us had to give talks on 1 general conference address and it is hard to stretch 1 talk into 5, so I read "The Peacegiver" for more material for my talk. If you haven't read it, you should. It is a great book that helps us see another part of the Atonement that we don't normally think about. It was a great read and I am certainly glad we got our turn for talking in church out of the way for a few years (hopefully).

Spring soccer started last week. Trevin had his first game and they tied. Tyrel has back to back games on Thursday and Friday of this week. He is excited to be playing soccer again. He missed it in the fall because he did football instead.

My grandparents flew out from Denver this week and we got to have them over for dinner on Friday night. It was fun to get to visit with them and catch up. The kids were excited to see them. I did take a picture, but I'll have to post it later because I am too tired tonight. I have been gone all day to a scrapbook day with my friends and just don't have it in me to drag out the camera and load in on here.

Talk to you soon!

Just Chillin'

What is up with this weather? I thought Spring had finally arrived and we woke up to 3 inches of snow again this morning and it looks like we might get more this afternoon. Sean says he is doing his part to make the biggest carbon footprint he can so that global warming can take over and Spring can arrive. So why don't you all go buy bigger gas guzzling vehicles and leave all of the lights in your house on so it will quit snowing already this year.
I did this scrapbook layout of Tyrel's snow cave that I had to share. The first picture was taken inside the cave, the 2nd photo is Tyrel and Trevin peaking out of the entrance hole. They had Brother Smith, who plows the church parking lot, put all of the snow all winter long at the end of the parking lot. THey ended up with this huge mountain. All of the scouts spent their Scout nights and every day after school for 2 weeks digging out their snow caves in the church parking lot to sleep in for their February campout. They ended up with 3 people in Tyrel's cave. I was amazed at how big it was. Tyrel could almost stand up straight in it and there was plenty of room for 3 people in it. It was really warm inside also. He said they had to kick out of their sleeping bags because it got too hot inside during the night. They had a lot of fun with it. It even had little snow steps leading up to the entrance.

Basketball is finished. Travis and Tyrel's team made it in to the final 4 in the 3 city playoff tournament. It was really fun to watch them this year. Now we are just waiting for soccer. Tyrel and Trevin are both playing and Tyrel also gets the job of being a ref for the younger teams this Spring. He is pretty excited for the extra cash.