Thursday, April 19, 2012

What you need to be a farmer

We got to live on a farm for a week and Grace really learned the ropes. Of course you need a bucket.


This is generally for picking up eggs from the chickens, but can be used for all sorts of things - feed, water, manure, or as a prop for an awesome picture about being a farmer.

Next, all good farmers need a pick-up truck, a hat and a dog. 


Check. Check. Check.

Throw in a few peacocks, cows, a horse and the farm and you're set!


We didn't take as many pictures as we intended, although we have more than this. My computer is broken and the laptop doesn't have a photo editing program. So I guess that's the end of the photos for now. Perhaps more will come later.

We enjoyed our week in Michigan looking for a house, but don't have any new information yet. We haven't put in an offer on a house, we haven't found a place to rent and we don't know when we're moving yet. So there's our news. More to come later!

Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Bubbles are fun.





Conference: the holiday

We've celebrated Conference weekend like it's a holiday for the past two years. It's easy to do when 90% of the population are doing the same thing you are. Since this was probably our last year that we are able to do it, we threw our biggest cinnamon bun party yet. I made over 130 cinnamon buns and invited lots of neighbors.

It was a great success. When all was said and done, I think we had about 10 cinnamon buns left. We got our traditional bouquet of flowers, which I let Grace pick out. She wanted the "yellow roses." I LOVE that you can get 2 dozen of the most beautiful roses around for about $16 at Costco. I was able to split it into two vases.

Then we got all cozy on the couch and started our marathon weekend.

It's getting harder each year to absorb all the talks with little ones vying for more and more attention.

Saturday evening, after our little Peterson Pizza and Priesthood party (courtesy of Pizza Hut), we celebrated Sarah's birthday with chocolate mousse!

Sunday was much the same, eating leftover cinnamon rolls, pizza, and watching more conference. It was a great weekend.