Living it up in Edison

Luke had another great week in Edison!  I seriously love Monday's when I get to hear about all of his adventures from the previous week.  He had a week full of lessons and missionary work.  He also had another friend move into his apartment.  A mouse!  He is so not happy about that to say the least.  Hopefully he will not be staying long. He also had the opportunity to drive to the beach.  I love these pictures.  He is only 5-10 minutes away.  So lucky!  He had two Easter dinners- a member in the ward dropped off a full dinner: ham, potatoes, and rolls.  They then went to Jerry's house and he had ordered a full Italian dinner.  Jerry is the recent convert that is fighting cancer. Luke feasted on spaghetti and meatballs.  He joked that after Sunday he never wants to eat again.  I am so glad that he is being taken care of out there.  Such a big blessing.  Sure miss our missionary.

Easter Sunday

Today is Easter and I am so grateful.  I love the opportunity to reflect on all of my many blessings that come from the sacrifice of my Savior.  Because of Him I can be with my family forever.  That is the greatest blessing.  Also, because of Him I can make mistakes and work through them.  I have the opportunity to be forgiven.  As I think about these blessings it make me even more proud of Luke's decision to serve a mission.  He is out in New Jersey teaching the people about all of the blessings that they can have because of the restored Gospel.  My heart is so full.  

Mimi's Easter Egg Hunt

Since Mimi and GP have not finished their backyard yet, we had the egg hunt at Jenna's house.  Our kids are getting older so it is not as exciting.  Har and Nash helped hide the eggs and Gray and Tag were the only ones that participated.  Gray was super nice to only get a few so that the other kids could get the most.  Mia and Tag were the money winners- each got $16.  Gray was the only one who did not get any money.  It was fun to spend a little time with family.  Great way to start Easter weekend.

Spring Break in SG

We got to SG super late Friday night but it was so nice to be able to sleep in on Saturday morning.  We had a great time even though the weather was pretty awful.  It even snowed on Tuesday.  The cold weather did not keep the kids out of the pool.  We heated it ad Tag swam for hours every day.  On Saturday we watched conference and got a few things done around the house.  Joey and I snuck away for a little lunch date.  We went to Mainly's pizza in Leeds for dinner and it was so good.  We decided to share the pizza and sent Luke and his comp a pizza in NJ.  He sent us a picture and made my night.  Sunday we had waffles and conference with a little swimming in between.  We had Joey's parents, Carson and Kylee, over for dinner.  We made tacos and Joey made some fantastic steak.  Monday and Tuesday were just relaxing for the kids while Joey and I worked. It was so nice to be in SG. We made it to Porkbelly's on Tuesday which was amazing.  On Wednesday the boys went to see the Mario movie and Harlee, Joey, and I went to lunch with John and Darolyne.  We picked up the boys and headed home to Lehi.  Love spending time with my family.

Tag's Birthday Celebration

The snow finally died down a little bit and we were able to finally do Tag's birthday celebration.  We left at 5pm and made it up to Soldier Hollow for tubing.  The sun was out and it was so much fun.  It was pretty icy which made for the fastest rides down.  Joey and I took the first ride down together and ran into the barriers.  The kids had a ton of fun.  This was the first year that Tag was good to go on his own.  He was so excited and had the best time.  We stopped at Dairy Keen for shakes and fries before heading home.  We are now on our way to SG to spend some of spring break there.  Cannot wait for a relaxing week.  

Spending time with Uncle Jer

Jeremy stayed at our house last night and it has been super fun to spend the day with him. He came to Utah for his 20 year mission reunion. We went on a walk and then went to breakfast.  Since it was the last day of the term, I let Harlee, Nash, and Gray skip school.  They came with us to breakfast at Village Baker.  It was super good.  Then we went to Walmart so Jeremy could buy some presents for Cory's kids.  Then we went back home and had some time to chat.  I took him to the temple for sealings with his mission friends.  The visit wet way too fast but I always love any time I can spend with Jeremy.

Mimi's birthday dinner

Tonight we went to dinner at Los Hermanos to celebrate Mimi's birthday.  We kept it small so spouses were off the hook.  One of the best parts was that Jeremy came to town.  He is going to stay the night at our house tonight.  So fun to see him.  It was so fun to sit around and chat while enjoying amazing food.  Love my family.

Peace out Patty

Well we are all super surprised to find out that Elder Childs is getting transferred.  Luke thought that he would stay in Paterson for one more transfer.  But he is headed to Woodbridge.  His new companion will be Elder Church.  This week Luke got to go on an exchange with his bestie Elder Brewer.  He said that they did not get too much work done but spent the whole day chatting.  I love that he can have days that don't always have to be so serious.  The rest of the week was filled with teaching and starting to get ready to move.  He was given the opportunity to bear his testimony as he was leaving the ward.  He said that he did not mind being called out because he has felt so much growth in his testimony and he loves the opportunity to share that testimony.  Who is this kid?  I am so so proud of him.  Hopefully his move will go well ad hopefully he will like his new comp!  Lots of prayers!