March 2018 Part 1

We still had some sickness heading into March. 

 The first Saturday in March is elementary piano festival. This was my third year acting as a judge and Michael's third year participating. He earned his 100 point cup after this one! I still feel like an imposter when I sit down to judge these amazing students, although I am feeling more comfortable in this role. I'm in the pink in the background, just listening to Michael play.

 Later that night, we ate out to celebrate or something, and Brian took this amazing shot of me with Gabe.

 And this one too:

 We love our new furniture! This is a great reading chair, and we enjoyed having it upstairs until they finished putting our room together downstairs.

 Everyone loves books here!

 We really love where we live, and even though these houses blocked our once really spectacular view, we still have a pretty decent one from our back deck.

 We gave hugs

 and kisses

 And practiced reading and writing;

 We dressed our stuffed animals in jammies

 And enjoyed our playroom

 And we enjoyed reading.

 We were silly.

I got to be the second shooter at a wedding at the Provo City Center Temple. I loved it! It's always fun to hang out with my friend Jocelyn. 

 We drank lots of water.

 And we were silly.

 We played a little soccer.

 We wrestled on the trampoline:

 We thought we got our house back together, only to discover that our beloved carpet wasn't going to survive the flood.

 We went to a friend's house and saw this blast from my childhood (I had this exact set growing up)!

 My parents came to town. It was BYU Men's Volleyball season. Therefore, we went to a game.

 Everyone got new shoes...well, everyone except for me. Although, maybe I got some too, just not on this trip!

And then we celebrated St. Patrick's Day.

St. Patrick's Day

Our Leprechaun Darby struck again this year! Although, truth be told, he did feel a little reluctant to trash our house after we finally got it put back together...but in the end, he couldn't resist. After all, he knows how much the kids get a kick out of his shenanigans.  

 He left a decoy pot in the middle of that chair mess...

The real pot was under the rainbow though. It took the kids a bit to find it. 

 He left all kinds of punny notes. He must be a dad.

He never leaves us real gold, but I'll take Hershey's gold nuggets any day!!

 This year, we got the sweetest note from our kids. Best. St. Patty's Day. Ever!

 We knew we'd be in Ogden for the evening, so we had our green meal for brunch. We're super original here: Green pancakes and usually green eggs too.

 We went up to Ogden for the rest of the day to watch my niece, Heather's play. It tried to snap a picture of Rachel and Amber holding hands, but this was the best I got. They are such good friends. They're only 6 months apart, although judging by their heights, you would think there was more of a gap!

 During the play, Dad took Gabe to the Hill Air Force Base Museum. I think he enjoyed that more than the play, even though you'd never know by his face!

It was another great St. Patty's Day, even though I didn't get to introduce my kids to Darby O'Gill and the Little People. Maybe next year?