April 2017

How does time pass so quickly! 

APRIL

I finished up a quilt I made for Christian and Heather's first baby. It was truly a labor of love, as I am not a natural seamstress! I love how it turned out, and it was fun to tackle a creative project.

Geoff went to a YGL event in Buenos Aires, Argentina and had a great time connecting with amazing people.

Ceci had his typical welcome home sign.

We updated our passports, which is only tolerable when anticipating future travel!

We had an early Easter with egg coloring and baskets. Some thought the tactile experience was more interesting than the painted product...

The girls really wanted to drop them off the balcony. No. So they went down to an empty dumpster on the street and threw them as hard as they could.

We took a Spring Break trip to Southern California. We stayed with Geoff's dad and his new wife, Robin in their home in Vista, California. Geoff and the girls took surf lessons every day and got pretty good! The weather was a bit cool, but the sun and sand and salty air filled our souls and we felt ALIVE!

While in a coastal town shop Geoff ran into a YGL friend from the Netherlands. He and his family were finishing up living in California for a year. We got together a few times over the next few days, our kids hitting it off. It was so fun to get to know these great new friends.

On Easter morning we gave the girls a surprise egg. It was a beautiful Easter.

Back at home, we met up with the Serafins for a hike to Friar's Peak on Antelope Island. We got eaten alive by biting gnats, a bit like a pestilence, really, but the views are spectacular. It felt like we were in Ireland, or in the middle of Lord of the Rings. Stunning!

(If you are wondering what my hair is doing in the picture above, I am too.)

The rest of the month was busy with meetings for the Waldorf May Faire, coming up in May, arranging for a snack booth for Ceci to have at the May Faire in an effort to earn some money for Korea, and a CHOICE Humanitarian breakfast where Adele helped out as a member of the youth board. In addition, Ceci gave her first sacrament talk, where she was a total natural! She also auditioned for a class play at school and got the lead. Her cute teacher wrote each student a little card about why she felt they were perfect for their part.

Ceci immediately memorized her lines and was in search for the perfect costume. This picture of a wig was sent to her teacher for approval, in character, of course. How could you not love her?

She had a deal with another tom boy type of girl that they would both wear frilly dresses to school. She left the house like this.

Ceci's class also learned math through opening businesses. There were bake shops, snow cone shacks and fish for sale, among many other little vendor stands. Ceci's was A PHOTO WITH MOTOMOTO (from the movie Madagascar). I paid a dollar.

Geoff had a meeting downtown and rode his skateboard. He took it into work and was caught walking through the office like this.