Time MARCHES On.

March 2016 (written in November 2017)  This title completely illustrates how quickly the time passes.  

To catch up:

Luke went on a cool Canyoneering trip.  He loved it. And it was a gorgeous cathedral type canyon called Neon Cayon.  It looked just like a post card.  That is about all I know. SO you can just enjoy pictures:

PROVO CITY CENTER TEMPLE OPEN HOUSE

March 2nd

We really really "Love to See the Temple."  and it is always a special experience sharing the beauty and spirit of those sacred buildings with our children. 
We are SO glad to live near so many temples and attend the open houses for each new one. 

Dr. Suess Day 

Must have the Green Eggs and Ham (er Bacon...) meal, right? 

We really like eggs around here. Even green ones! 

Ultrasound day and one ever growing belly! 

What is baby number 4? GIRL OR BOY????

And of course, it's a GIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRLLLLLLLLL!!!!!
we are super excited for another sweet Peacock Princess

Cute girls working together for Spring yard clean up.  

MARCH 12
 A MUCH NEEDED OUTDOOR ADVENTURE! 

We went out near Moore for a hot dog roast, kiddie rappelling, and a visit to the native american writings at the Rochester Panel... which is "Moore" or less in a desert :)

On the way to the Castle Dale we saw a bald eagle perched on a fence. It was so magestic!

 Grandpa snuggles

 And Luke patiently giving each kid a chance to practice rappelling

 Apparently it was exhausting. Adelia sure likes be buried alive by pillows, stuffed animals and blankets... layers and layers of blankets.

Desert one day, Snow the next (or at least practically)

Luke was able to go on a fun snowmobiling trip with the Frandsen crew

How beautiful! 

 Meanwhile, I attended my Aunt Diana's grandson's engagement party.  This is Mary's mom, Bonnie, and her living siblings: Diana and Bill... the other picture is my mom with  Diana's sons. 

 Hey look! We had shepherd PIE and Luke's own peanut butter pie creation on PI DAY (March 14)

EASTER 2016
March 24-27

Camping trip 

When it was time to set the baskets out for the Easter Bunny we had the horrible realization that we were missing our Easter baskets. 

On our way out to the campsite we had a misfortunate mishap where some of our camping and Easter supplies fell out of the truck on the high way.  We gathered all of the plastic eggs and what-not, but it wasn't until this moment that we realized our tote containing our baskets was missing. 

We made due with kitchen bowls from the trailer and hoped to find the baskets (by some miracle) on the way home.  

 Grandma Belinda and Granpa Bert gave the grandkids each a kite.  It was a perfectly windy day for kite flying.....

 It's just not camping without Smores-- especially when you get roaste peeps!

Rember when I said it was a very blustering day? Well......... that wind blew in a storm.  We went to bed with some cloud cover and awoke early Saturday morning to this: 

Winter NOT wonderland. Everything was covered in about 4-6 inches of snow. 
this was our maiden voyage with our very OLD new camp trailer and we were so grateful to have shelter from the cold and snow. 

Easter Sunday: gorgeous girls in their pretty Easter best.  

When I got home from camping and NOT finding out tote containing our baskets I set out to replace them.  I realy did like these baskets and yes, they are JUST baskets, but I had searched long and hard before I found these.  They were perfect.  Pretty colored, stirdy, not too big, not too small, and they had a handle that could fold down so they stacked better in a box. 

I scoure the Interent and could not find any I liked.  Being a hormonal pregnant woman, I tearfully begged and prayed for them to be found.  I put a post on facebook asking if anyone had seen these on the side of the road and AMAZINGLY someone actually knew who had them!  The box wasn't in great shape but the baskets were all there! I was ONE HAPPY hormonal pregnant women after that.