Happy Mother's Day

I hope you had a great mothers day. Brent had a little stroke of genius this year. He completely cleaned up the patio, yard, and garage. Cleaned up isn't a strong enough word, he reclaimed them from chaos.  The timing was just right because the weather was amazing, and we were able to enjoy the weekend outside. I even made a set of giant pick up sticks for us to play outside. (and bonus, Brent even set up and filled an emergency water storage tank!)


From hostile, knee-high weeds to an inviting patio! What a transition.

One of the kids favorite attractions at Fairytale town is the "crooked mile." Brent took the mower to our back field and came in to announce to the kids he'd made them their own private crooked mile. It was fantastic.
And Brent's become a very smart man. When he needs a gift for me, he just goes to Anthropologie. I was so completely thrilled with two new plant pots, one with flowers and one with fresh basil. Hooray.

A couple other highlights:

It was Danny’s first ever performance singing with primary. I imagined Kate and Danny going up hand in hand, and Kate didn't disappoint me. She put her arm around Danny’s shoulder, and they proceeded to the front. Sadly we were gone last Sunday, so they didn't actually know the song. But they stood very reverently.

All day Sunday kate was itching to "sew something or cook something or build something." She is loving sewing and is making me teach her even though I'm the world's worst seamstress. Finally, after mixing lemonaid on her own and convincing me to sit down and help her sew a Barbie pillow she went to bed satisfied. 

Danny has become quite the scientist. He names bugs with scientific names and tells us about inventions that involve pullies, wheels, axels, and levers. Today he caught three frogs and at least as many tadpoles and was in complete heaven over it.