Easter Week

I keep forgetting to post this little jewel.  I found this vanity at DI in December.  It doesn't look as bad in the picture as it was.  It had 4 layers of paint on it and the bottom was rotted out but it was exactly what I had been searching for.

 I spent hours sanding it down.  I didn't want to add another layer of paint to this mess before it was striped.  A lot of the little details and designs were covered.

 I bought some new handles and a mirror. Tada, the completed piece.  Ila loves it!  She loves to sit and do her hair and pretend makeup.

We have had some beautiful weather lately so you can imagine my disappointment waking up to this Monday morning.  Luckily it didn't stay around for long but I have to brace myself because we are going to have snow again this week.

 I never know what I will find in my pictures on my phone.

 It was westward expansion day at school.  Isn't Briggs a cutie.  He said, "mom, Im not suppose to look cute!"  Ha Ha, he just can't help himself, he's cute.

 You will probably get a lot of pictures of the sunset.  Now that our new deck faces west I love watching the sunset (it is easier to watch because we have windows and a deck)

 Everyone had Easter plans so we invited Adams family up on Friday night for Pizza and a Movie.  It was a fun night and even nicer to have room for everyone.

 It can't be Easter without some hard boiled eggs and food coloring.

We had a great week.  For scripture reading we had spent the week studying the last week of Christ's life.  The kids really enjoyed it and on Friday night when company left late they still insisted on having our scripture study time.

Provo City Center Temple

Today I was able to go to the Provo City Center Temple dedication with my husband and two boys.  I feel so blessed that I was able to be with them.  I pray that one day I will be in the temple with all of my children.
We went to the noon session of the dedication.  My mission President, Bishop Dean Davies spoke at the dedication.
We had three little girls over in the morning so that their families could attend the temple dedication and then we had Calvin and his family over for dinner this evening.

He survived

Avram survived his first scout camp out in the snow. They used cross country skis to get to camp, this was his first time on skis. 

He was sore when he got home but he still had a smile on his face 

2 steps forward then 1 step back

We are slowly making progress on completing our home but this past week we went backward.  Sadly, last sunday we went down stairs in the evening to find that the entire new section of our basement had flooded.  All of our new carpet and pad was ruined along with some base boards.  Adam's typical optimistic attitude was gone.  He has worked so hard to get us in our home and finish it.  Monday morning Adam called our insurance and only found out that flooding isn't covered with our homeowners insurance.

 Sunday night we had tracked where the flooding was coming from and we could see a lot was coming from our neighbors yard.  Our neighbors have recently moved in and this was not a good start to our friendship.  We talked with the neighbors and they were very understanding to the predicament we were in.  As we investigated more in the morning we found that a lot of the water had come from the gutter.  Our neighbors contractor had blocked the gutters so all the water was running onto their dive way which would then run down into our yard and into the basement.

Monday morning we ripped out all our new carpet and pad.  Thankfully we will get some help financially to replace the carpet.  Now that we have moved backward in our progress it is time to go forward again.

Ila and I got spring fever when we stopped into IFA this week.  They had baby bunnies, baby chicks and gardening supplies everywhere.  

Avram went on his first cross country skiing camping trip this weekend.  He had a lot of fun but he is really sore tonight.  

Abraham Lincoln

I went to parent teacher conference last week.  Ila's teacher was so excited to tell me a story about Ila.  They were talking about Abraham Lincoln in class.  The teacher was trying to teach the kids about the differences between Abraham Lincolns life vs our lives today.  She said to the class, "Abraham Lincoln had to build his own home.  Have any of your dads built your home?"  All the kids were shaking their heads, no.  Ilas hand shot up and she said, "yes, my dad built my house."  The teacher laughed and said, "Thats right, Ilas dad did build her house."