What a beautiful experience this was, to take our family to a temple open house. We live about 3.5 hours from BC temple and it is a rare occasion to get to tour a temple and we wanted the kids to be able to go inside a temple so we took them out of school and crossed the border and went! 
It is a beautiful Temple with so many intricate details. All the decorating and woodwork was done around the Dogwood tree. The Celestral room was breath taking.....we gathered our children around us and told them that we would be together forever and that the feeling they were feeling was the Holy Ghost confirming that this was true. It was an experience of a lifetime!
Families are Forever!
Have you ever seen anything so gorgeous!! We decided that we needed to plant my yard like this!!
Joseph wasn't supposed to go between the rows, but before I told him to get out I snapped the shot!!
My blonde beauty was just as pretty as the tulips!
I loved that you could see the mountains surrounding the valley.
They had kites that were being flown by themselves. They were just stuck in the ground with a stake. It just added to the feeling!!
These were my favorite......the color just stood out. They were so striking.
This photo was my favorite with the old barns in the background. It looked like we were there all by ourselves. It was so pretty!!
I had Miriam in a backpack most of the time. When I got her out to look at them she was thrilled and loved to feel them!!
The size of the heads of these tulips were huge and gorgeous!! Of course, Yellow being my favorite color, I had to have a picture of these!!
Peter and Joseph came up to me today both wearing goggles and Joseph holding something behind his back while Peter read this story:
I found blood on the street and collected some and my brother and I are interesting how it is. We found out that it was vampires blood. If you look at it without protection for your eyes you will die.
At which point Joseph whipped out this bag of "blood"!
After probing how they colored the water I found out that Peter had a bloody nose and was just letting it drip into the sink. He called for Joseph to go get a bag. They collected the blood from his nose bleed into the bag and then added water.
I would have loved to see the thought process as Peter thought this up.
Pi(e) Day has to be one of our favorite holidays and, as tradition goes, we once again had our home filled with yummy smells and fun people.
We thought that it was going to be a little tricky with Miriam's birthday celebrations, but we were able to do that in the morning and have pie at night.
We had lots of choices including: Apple, Cherry, Blueberry, Blackberry, Cheesecake, Banana Cream, Pumpkin, Lemon Meringue, Chocolate, and Dutch Apple. Delicious!!!
My baby is one....It's hard to believe. She still doesn't walk, but will stand up in the middle of the room and just hang out there. Mim continues to be the easiest baby. She doesn't say much, except in church. She doesn't really complain except when having something that she wanted taken away or moved by a sibling to where she doesn't want to go. She is selective when giving smiles, but when she does smile it lights up the room. Her laugh is what gets me....it is so fun and has everyone giggling when she is laughing. 
She loves her brothers and sisters and can't wait for Dad to come home. But like most kids she adores her mom. ;) 
We are so grateful to have such a sweet little girl in our family. What a joy she is in our lives. We love you Miriam!!
Alan turned 39 today!! When you have class on your birthday you get to bring a treat. I baked over 100 cookies just for his class. Of course I had to leave some for us!! Joseph, Eden, Miriam and I brought Alan's students cookies in the morning. We even pinned on that fun extra large button, that Joseph had for his birthday, on so everyone would know that it was his birthday!! (I of course forgot the camera!)
