Erin and Tyson

 

So Soft.

So Tender.

So Jubilant!

 

So Dapper.

So ? (it’s late -  I can’t think what this one is so _____, please help. My fuzzy brain would be ever so grateful.)

So Yin Yang.  So Black White.  So classic. So wonderful.  I love this couple.

Farewell Breakfast

 

Thank you Angela, Caitlan, Chantel, and Allie for one  “final” impromptu temple breakfast this morning before finals and flying away.  Ow-wee, my heart hurts, but not as much as your Bishop’s.  Your visit represents the close of a sweet, unique time.  It went so fast.  Thank you for sharing it with us.

Good luck. Shine on. Be brilliant.

Glorious

 

A glorious day for celebrating the Spring wedding of Erin and Tyson.  Wow!  She’s so beautiful – he’s so handsome. 

Of Marbles and Men

We had a Family Home Evening where marbles took the center stage.  In cub scouts that afternoon I had taught our cubs about the almost forgotten game of marbles.  For FHE Kyle taught us all about it again.  Lucky for us Anna AND Grandpa were visiting!

Marbles!  They’re so pretty.  Like tiny pieces of art.  Hatches gave us this beautiful set of Solitary.  It’s quite habit-forming.

Grandpa added to the fun with his skill and knowledge.  We learned words like “scootch”, and '”knuckling down” and playing for “keepsies”.

There were smiles all around.

 

I think he’s laughing because he beat us all.

A Sunday Walk With Grandpa

 

I am still wrapping my mind around the idea that I’m married to someone’s Grandpa.  Love it!  Just still amazed that we have arrived at this stage so quickly.  How does it happen? and glad that it does.

 

 

Loved Ones Visit

 

Our favorite girl-child playing with her favorite boy-child on a chilly Sunday afternoon.

Upside down works too.

Monster PEEPS

Jay introduced our children to the delights of Monster PEEPS long ago.  It must have been a rite of passage while he was growing up.  Instructions are pretty simple:  Every April, buy a box of your choice of Peeps (purple, pink etc.  We tend to go with the classic/traditional yellow, because we are a classic/traditional family.  But not yellow.)  I do wonder if yellow doesn’t have a more mellow flavor . . . ?

Then, microwave and watch the hilarious contortions the little chick makes.  This is especially funny if you’re an eight year old cub scout, or a cub scout leader/mother deprived of her 7- 8 hours sleep. (yawn)

One chick has obviously already had a run in with aforementioned cub scout.




                                                                                                 The final bow.

The best part.

Wouldn't it be fun to visit the Peeps factory?  I wonder if they give tours.

Eye Candy

Two main missions in my life are to:  1) Feed my Twinner Boys and 2) photographically record these dear blue eyes.   #1 is going alright thanks to great exemplary cook examples, and here’s the latest of #2.



Here, look closer.  Sacred as a Church’s stained glass window, yummy as a blueberry Jolly Ranchers candy.   And look! There’s my silhouette smack dab  in the center!  I love photography - it's so . . . full of suprises.

April Shower

This April shower will bring a May wedding.
Andrew and Aubrey’s.

Aubrey adorned her dressmakers form (which has been in her bedroom keeping her jewelry) with a custom, handmade wedding dress.  I loved it so much I couldn’t stop gawking, even if you shouldn’t gawk at a wedding shower.  It’s not polite.  I don’t think.  But I did anyway.  And then I took this picture because I thought you might like to gawk too. 
 


The gift wrapping is a gift  itself – a tiffany blue towel.

Aubrey with her mother and aunt.



Casen is the picture of eagerness.

The food was so beautiful it deserved a portrait of its own.

I’m so glad to have witnessed (and caught) this tender, wistful, hopeful moment.

Aubrey – the soon-to-be beautiful, brown-eyed bride.



Keli – the soon-to-be mother of the groom.  The plates of Aubrey’s choice.



Forever Friends.  One of them met at the pool when they were 5.
  


Janene – the Storyteller.