Blessing Hazel

We flew out to Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 2. Alison came and picked us up at the airport, then we drove to Smithfield. We had dinner at IHop, then went to Ashley's. The girls all had a night out...to the grocery store- ha.
 We watched General Conference on Sunday morning. (Some of us tried to watch the afternoon session- but didn't do very well on that) Hazel's blessing was Sunday evening there at the house. What a sweet, sweet girl. We had a great dinner, afterwards, complete, with a "dessert bar". (Micah and the kids arrived in the morning. Some of Daniel's relatives arrived in the afternoon.)

Our Little Blue Bonnet Patch

We have a few blue bonnets in the front yard. Hopefully they will get thicker every year. 

BIRD Feeder?

The bird seed seems to disappear pretty fast at our house!

And what makes it to the ground, the turkeys get.

The hummingbirds are also back.
(Remember to click on the pics to enlarge them- especially the collages)

Happy Easter

I planned a few special things for Easter this year. Some fun desserts, an egg hunt, an Easter basket wagon. We really miss not getting to spend holidays with all of our children. As a result, Eli and Noah are spoiled- lol. I put a couple of Easter buckets outside and hid lots of eggs, but when the boys got here, they were still sleepy and went inside the house. They perked up pretty well when they found the Easter wagon though. (Only one wagon, but two of everything inside. I knew that Eli would know exactly how to divide it up between him and Noah.) A little later Audrey and Ron took the boys to the river on the mule. Needless to say, one of the eggs hidden on the front tire of the mule got ran over and smashed. Then...it was time for the egg hunt. I forgot to count how many I hid and the wind was blowing enough to "change my hiding spots". After that, we had dinner. Then cookies, cupcakes, and candy eggs for dessert. Eli helped me pass out the desserts and then I gave him a small hammer to use on his "bright yellow" egg. Let the smashing fun begin :) I thought I had taken photos of some of my Easter decor, but I guess not. And now it is too late for those, everything is piled on my dining room table to be packed away tomorrow. Andersons brought me a cute little wooden, stacking egg set!

Around the Block

If I go out the front door, up the drive way and take a left- to the corner of Palomino and Horseshoe Falls, then a right- to the corner of Horseshoe Falls and Buckskin Trail, then another right- to the corner of Buckskin Trail and Palomino Springs, then another right- back to our drive way... it's like going around the block. Only thing is that block is 2.5 miles :) That is my "walk route". I have known for some time that just doing that once a day was probably not enough steps. But twice a day, would be pretty good. (at least according to the fitbit...that I don't have yet- haha). I have in my mind that 10,000 steps per day is a good goal and I think the 5 miles would count as that. The tricky part is fitting in that second walk. The morning one is pretty easy. I just need to be sure that I get out there early enough, before it gets too hot. The evening walk needs to be late enough to be cool, but not so late that it is dark. And I have to work around fixing dinner. Last week I did 2.5 on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I did 5 on Tuesday and Thursday. (Sometimes I will be able to get at least one walk in on Saturday. But that didn't happen last Saturday.) Today...I got my 5. I went this morning and then I went about 6:45 and I got to see the sunset and the moon rise. (Last Tuesday when I went at 7:15- it was too dark just before home. The deer and I were scaring each other and I couldn't tell exactly what kind of snake was at the end of the drive way. ha.) Just before the corner of Palomino Springs and Horseshoe Falls, there is hill. It's not a huge hill- but for an old lady, who is out of shape, I am usually "huffing and puffing" to get up that thing. By the time I make it to the top- I am almost exactly half way on my walk. So, even if I wanted to turn around- at that point it would be the same distance, either way. The only other trick is trying to figure out the weather temp and wear the appropriate clothing. Sometimes too hot, sometimes too cold, sometimes just right- lol.