March was a beautiful month for our family. We began the month by attending Kathy and Quinn Dally's sealing in the Payson Temple. It was wonderful to be in that special place and witness the sealing. It was fun to have the Burnsides and other family visit for that occasion. We were also able to participate in the Provo City Center Temple dedication on the 19th. The last weekend of the month we went to Logan and spent some time with the Kay family for Easter.
Easter Eggs with Logan & Sadie
Easter Dress
With spring here in full force, Kas and the kids began frequent trips to the park, earning the first sunburns and skidded knees of the year. Addie has started sort of sleeping through the night, though she seems to be fighting one of her naps which makes things interesting. She loves sitting up and being entertained by Hinckley and really doesn't like to be alone. Hinckley continues to love reading, and we went to a few construction sites to see the trucks and diggers. The MTC expansion project is massive and we watched that for quite some time. Hinckley also helped Kas and Nana in the garden this week and Addie had a blast with Grandpa.
We went to the Provo Spring Festival where Hinckley had a frog painted on his face and he won a few little prizes at some booths. Addie had fun grinning at people and petting puppies. We also had a ward service project and Hinckley moved about with gusto picking up trash and sticks for a surprisingly long time, service is really quite fun when it is a whole family affair!
Addie with Nanna and Grandpa H
General Conference Break! (Addie, Hinckley - he is hiding behind the stroller, kassie, Grandpa and Nana, Grandpa H, Austin H)
Freezing Spring festival - Hinckley's frog facepainting
Grandpa Williams and Addie-boo
I had a month/week of "lasts" at BYU and am officially graduated. I loved my program and learned so much. There is a lot to chew on related to life after graduation, but for now I am trying to just digest the fact that I won't be a student anymore, it is pretty strange. It was an amazing weekend in April that I graduated with Lucy, and she got married the next day. To celebrate Kas and I went skydiving with a few other family members! It was an amazing trip! We had loads of family in town and Hinckley was in heaven.
Graduation with my number 1 supporter
Skydiving gear and ready to go
Hinckley with his cousins
Graduating with Pa and Lu
Tristan being a wonderful cousin and friend to Hinckley
Addie with her cousins
Kas and I continue to train for the half marathon we are doing later this summer and have started feeling a tad more comfortable running outside. We are running a lot each week, and while I feel my cardio health is really great I don't think this format for exercise is the best for overall health.
We had a fun time swimming at the Provo Rec center yesterday. Hinckley went down some slides by himself and enjoyed splashing around without being reprimanded (he loves splashing in the bath too). This was Addie's first time swimming and she was very interested in all the kids running around and the water splashing everywhere. Kassie and I went to Improve Broadway, a really fun improvisation comedy show where they also make up musicals on the fly. I was laughing tears for much of it!
Addie is such a fun-loving and beautiful baby. She has started clapping her hands, and adores watching Hinckley do just about anything. I have never seen a child eat like she does! She has about three times as much food than Hinckley does it seems like, and is crying for more before the spoon has hardly left her mouth. She often just sits and grins, looking around her with her arms and hands wiggling about as if she is moving to a tune no one else can hear.
Eating laundry
Sitting with cousin Tommy
Happy hi five after bath
Kicking it at BYU
Hinckley and I went to a fathers and sons activity where we ate some food and played some games. Hinckley was intent on playing with the 5-6 year olds and frequently came to tell me that "the kids won't play with me!" Poor kid always wants to be with older kids it seems. He continues to love reading/being read to and has a great sense of humor. He saw me massaging Kassie's feet and wanted a turn, and then he decided he just loves "grabsaging" (insert "grab" instead of "mass" in massage"), and spent a significant amount of time trying to rub Kassie's feet. Pretty hilarious!
Life is good! Maybe our trials have changed our attitude or maybe things really have gotten better. Either way, 2014 is already looking happy, bright, and beautiful! Greg LOVES his new job. The environment is great and he likes all of his co-workers. Plus, he gets to make films for work! As a media arts major, it is pretty hard to land a job with a steady paycheck right out of college. This one just kind of fell into Greg's lap. The stark contrast between his previous job as a teacher and this one is like night and day. And believe me, the ripple effect of this has spilled over into our home; it's like a breath of fresh air! Hinckley has been very active lately and is already starting to assert his independence. He is 17 1/2 pounds and 28 inches tall. He just discovered how much he loves rolling over, so he does it all the time now. I think he would like to be running and on the move if he only knew how to do it! He also loves food. So far he has only eaten rice cereal
Tomorrow is our baby's due date! We don't think he will come tomorrow, but one never knows. Here are some pics from this week. School is going pretty well for me, though I transition to writing/reading from doing math for the past two weeks so I am a little nervous about that. The view from the bus just before I get off and start teaching for the day. Usually I am barely awake at this point. Awesome panorama of our classroom. It has taken a lot of work to get all this stuff up, but it could still use lots more! Here is a view of the front of the classroom, along with our space ship behavior chart and so forth. I decided to see what would happen if I didn't shave during the week This was the result. Kas is feeling quite big, and ready for the man child to come out! This week Kas learned how to make homemade yogurt - or at least how to extend the yogurt you already have. The latest creative masterpiece from Kassie is this little elep
I will try to keep a fairly good record of our exploits and adventures here in the Nation's capital. It is exciting and I am particularly happy about the amazing opportunities there are for pictures! Our trip began at the bus stop outside of the Barlow Center. I took an exterior shot of the Center - the top 2.5 windows on the right are ours. Once on the bus we went past some of the "Occupy" folk which was interesting. And then we came to our stop just outside of Union Station (where I will also be getting off to work at the FJC). Our first grand site was the Capital. So here we are. Washington DC is very different for both Kass and I, but we are finding a way to call it home as quickly as we can. Our first full day in DC consisted of going to Safeway on the bus, eating a modest lunch, and then going to the the Mall for the second time. We began at the capital building and headed towards the Lincoln Memorial (2 miles) before walking home another 2 miles or so. Our first st
What a beautiful family! Thank you for sharing and creating this amazing history.
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