Skateboarding

I came across this picture recently and thought I would share. This is a picture from one of Will & I's most expensive dates while we were dating. Why was it expensive? Because it was a skateboard date. Why is a skateboard date expensive? Well, I didn't have one, and so Will bought me one... a longboard. Note that in this picture I am not riding the longboard.

Will & I like to skateboard. The longboard he bought me has seen much use, most of which has not been by me even though I have used it on occasion(other, less expensive skateboard dates). :) I'm not very good, I can go straight and turn and that's about it. Once I ollied, but I ruined a favorite pair of pants in the process.


The kids like to skateboard also. Here they are taking a reading break.


The longboard also works as a dolly. This is a boxsprings he walked over to the church to put in the DI pod.

So I guess in addition to biking, our family likes skateboarding as well. :)

Easter

Origami Easter Basket

Yesterday we had a wonderful Easter. We started off watching General Conference. It was so nice to hear the apostles and Prophet speak on the Resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter, as well as other great gospel topics. I feel inspired to be a better mom.

Afterward, we had Will's sister's family over for a turkey dinner. I always pick up an extra turkey or two at Thanksgiving time because they are so cheap and they are great for a nice dinner get together. Then the kids took turns hiding empty plastic eggs(I only have 1 dozen, so it seemed silly to fill them when the fun is in the hiding and finding). The boys took turn hiding for the girls, and vice versa. They had a blast! It reminded me of when I was a kid and we did that, only we used real eggs. After the hunt we had a lovely spice "mountain" cake that was super delicious and then the kids each got a little origami Easter basket with candy. I even showed the kids how to use robin eggs as lipstick, passing on a family tradition from my side of the family. It was a great Easter!

Robin Egg lipstick tradition

Unfortunately the pics were taken this morning as my memory card from yesterday is suddenly acting up. Hopefully I can get the pics off of it later.