First Primary Talk

Allary gave her first primary talk in April. I was more nervous about it than she was. She showed no fear, she did a good portion of it all by herself, and she did awesome! We were very proud.

Easter Weekend

Friday night, we dyed and decorated our Easter eggs.
(I apologize again for the poor quality of these photos from my iTouch. Who knows when we will be able to get a new camera.)




Saturday morning, we found that the Easter Bunny had come!



I know this next photo is ridiculously blurry, but I love her excitement.


The Easter Bunny left behind some evidence, footprints and some half-eaten carrots he'd scavenged from our fridge.

On Sunday, we had a nice dinner just the three of us and then we frosted sugar cookies.


I am so grateful that we got to have a weekend together as a family. I am so very grateful for the Savior and the real reason we celebrate Easter. We were discussing the Atonement and the Resurrection with Allary at the dinner table and we asked Allary to tell us what she knew about what happened. I loved hearing it in her own words. She talked about how Jesus died so we could live with Him again someday. "Then," she said, "they took Him and put Him in a tube." Jason and I looked at each other and smiled as she continued. "And then, Mary came to put some pepper and stuff on Him, but He was gone." "Pepper?" I asked. "Yeah," she said. "You know, the spices." We explained about the tomb and how Mary came and we had a great discussion, but I just had to share Allary's rendition because it makes me smile.

Spring Break Week of FUN!!!

For Spring Break last week, I tried to think of fun things for Allary and me to do each day. We had a lot of fun and it was a good break from the everyday routines. I wish the photos weren't so grainy, but our camera stopped working and so these were all taken on my iTouch.

Day 1 - Saturday:
Aquarium





Day 2 - Monday:
Farm Country

Those card things have pictures of plants and seeds on them. The idea is that you take them through the process of planting, growing, and harvesting. Then they have a little conveyor belt on the back of a truck that hauls the produce off to the market where you can sort them into fruits and veggies. Allary thought it was great and would have stayed there planting and sorting all day.


This was seriously the cutest and tiniest baby goat I've ever seen. It was about the size of a small cat.




Day 3 - Tuesday:
I didn't take any pictures this day. We ran errands in the morning, then we went to the dollar theater to see the movie "Gnomeo and Juliet."
Then, on a rare evening off for Jason, we all went out to dinner at Chili's.

Day 4 - Wednesday:
Bounce House
We went to a new inflatable play-land nearby with some friends.
Allary also had her first soccer practice that day and I don't know why I didn't take any pictures of that because she looked so stinkin' cute. Next time.



Day 5 - Thursday:
We went to Del Taco for lunch. Then, we had some friends over to play for most of the afternoon. Then, Allary and I got a little crafty and painted some cute little figurines.



Day 6 - Friday:
Dinosaur Museum

Day 7 - Saturday:
We went to Target and bought Allary a cute new Easter dress. Then, seeing as how the sun was out and the weather was decently warm for the first time in what seemed like forever, we spent the rest of the afternoon at the park. But again, no pictures because I was engrossed first in my book, then in much needed adult conversation with other moms.

It was a great week and I really love spending time with my sweet girl.

Me and Ty

We went to In 'N' Out for lunch today. We don't even go there all that much, but Allary had coupons for free cheeseburgers that she earned from the library. I am so so glad that we decided to go there, of all places, today, of all days, because look who we saw!!!

It's Ty Burrell!

It was Jason who saw him first. He was looking over my shoulder and saw him standing in line to order and said, "Hey, that guy looks like that guy from Modern Family." I turned around and just saw mostly the back of his head and said, "yeah, he really does." Then after a few minutes, Jason said, "Wow, he really looks like him, even from straight on." So I turned around again and said, "I think that's really him! What if that really is him?" After another minute or two of discussing whether or not it really was him, he walked right by our table and I heard him talking. He has a very distinct voice and that's when I knew for sure. So, I started scrambling for something he could sign, and finally just grabbed one of the free sticker sheets they give out to kids at the restaurant. I just walked over to him and tapped his arm and said, "Can I please have your autograph?" He immediately smiled and responded yes. He set his tray of food down, signed my paper and even let Jason take a picture of us. He was really nice. I was worried that doing this might attract more attention from other patrons, but no one seemed to notice. I was the only one to approach him. I couldn't believe such a big celebrity was right there in this restaurant, in this city, of all places. Awesome. So so AWESOME.