April thus far

April has been a fairly slow month for us so far. And even though these wee lovelies of mine (okay, mostly olive) are beginning to learn how to crawl and causing a little bit of chaos every once in a while, I have finally found my "swing" in this life of mine...dare I say it?! It's quite a glorious feeling actually.

Easter weekend we learned the sad news that a young 12 yr old girl who grew up in our ward, but had moved with her family to Ohio last year, had tragically died due to an accident at home. I didn't know their family of eight very well, but I cried so much every time I thought about it or heard more details. Having my own children seems to have heightened my emotions when it comes to the devastating loss of a child. I think about how I might cope if I was the grieving mother...but I can't even bare it for a minute...my heart is breaking for her; for them all. The calling I received a few weeks ago is to teach the 12-13yr old Sunday School class. The majority of my class knew the young girl who passed away. As horrific as the whole circumstance of the death was, I was grateful that of all days, I could talk to my class about it on Easter Sunday, there was a special spirit in the room as those youth shared their memories of sweet Elizabeth. I love my new calling already, the youth in our ward are great.

Jack and Peter had such a brilliant time this Easter and they were not too Easter bunny mad which was nice. We went to a friend's house for an egg hunt on Saturday afternoon, they searched for their hidden baskets on Sunday morning and had a great day at church, and then we rolled our painted eggs on Monday (my favourite part).

The weather has been stunning one minute and then a total down pour the next, but we have been running out to the park every time the sun puts his hat on!. It's been wonderful watching the babies so enjoy the outdoors as well. Sometimes when the boys play on the deck the babies sit and watch from inside...they are both pretty eager to join them.

Finally, I really love my cousin Nevada. She is a wonderful artist and one of the loveliest people I know...I miss her dearly. We used to say funny things like, "if we had been born in the same family we'd be twins!", and then pretend we were twins when we met someone we didn't know. Ha! Here are the wee twins in her gorgeous JoyNevada onesies...they will be 8 months tomorrow, pure mental!

BUT..Look at this!!! Isn't she just fantastic?! Nevada drew me with my sweet wee lovelies so I can hang this in their room. I am utterly in love with it. Notice the wee hint of my boys in the drawing too? If you want one of these done showing your own lovely family, go here!