How the Lord communicates with me

 

Singing, reading, picking, and playing

 

Douglas, Penny, and Diana sang with the primary in our ward's Easter program last Sunday.

Diana loves, loves, LOVES to read these days. Here she is reading in the hammock.

Reading to the kids during snack time.

Penny and her Activity Days group got to pick flowers this week.

Douglas and Penny participated in a piano recital today. You might be asking why Penny is wearing glasses. Last year we picked up a few pairs of free sunglasses from a branch of the Utah Community Credit Union. One pair of sunglasses has been sitting in our van, lensless, for months. While I was home, I put them on now and then to be goofy (and look more sophisticated). Well, Penny, one of the most timid girls on this planet, who is afraid of almost everyone on this planet, decided to wear the glasses to the performance today. How cool is that! #So_Proud 😎😁

Look at that cute little professor!

The children sing "Gethsemane" for Easter

 

Easter nails and Raingutter Regatta

 

Sam took Diana to Taylor's place this morning where Taylor's friend did their nails.

Taylor and Diana

Easter nails

This afternoon, Douglas and Penny participated in our ward's Raingutter Regatta. Douglas named his boat "Titanic II" and Penny named her boat "Tomato" (all red).

Diana, Felicity, and Penny

The competition was double-elimination. Penny lost twice in a row, but they were narrow losses!

Douglas didn't lose. He won five times in a row to win the regatta. He said he watched a Youtube video where he learned some tips for smoother sailing. He can also thank his Mother for a nice paint job, which no doubt helped his boat cruise through the water.

Douglas with his 1st-place medal, his boat, and what he termed his "lucky straw".

Charlie (2nd place), Douglas (1st place), and Izzie (3rd place)

Each participant received a certificate. Penny got the "Most Courteous Scout" certificate. 😁

I plan on purchasing one of those Raingutter Regatta tubes for future family reunions. Good times!

More Easter fun at Grandma's house

 Today we continued our Easter celebrations at Grandma's (Margaret's) house with some of Sam's family.

Douglas and Schofield getting ready to color Easter eggs. Grandma had some cool machines that make it much more fun to color the eggs.

Diana, Ivy, Penny

Penny using the machine that spins the egg while you color it.

Harrison concentrating while coloring.

Ivy

Schofield, Douglas, and Penny making tomb rolls.

The kids enjoyed hunting for eggs despite the frigid weather.

Grandma with Monroe, Maverick, and Kendrick.

Grandma let the kids pick pictures she printed for them to color.

Monroe and Maverick

Creating little water creatures.

King Maverick

Maverick and Sam

Grandpa (Doug) gave this cool, Hawaiian-style BYU shirt to me.