We babysat Zoe for a week while the Tyler's went to Disneyland. It was fun to have a dog for a short time. It was spring break and so we were forced to go to the park every morning and night, which meant we were out of the house! Also it was fun to have someone always happy to see you, even if you just left the room for 5 minutes.
Mindy was visiting one day and Lily had her friend Megan over. With no help from me except for turning on the oven, they made the signs, lemonade, cookies, and set up this stand, then proceeded to bring in about $20. Pretty awesome. We immediately started in on the business lessons and took Lily to Walmart to use her earnings to buy more lemonade for future stands.
I had to hide inside to get these shots. Lily and friend Emma were pretending to be sassy girls flipping their hair all over the place. It was so hilarious. At one point Lily got so dizzy that she had to lay down.
After using some money to but a lemonade from Lily, Jack excitedly did his own, and he and Isaac did the majority of the cookies and lemonade but had a bit of help from me. They got Jackson over and made quite a bit of money as well. We'll see how often this happens in the summer. It will be so deathly hot who knows when they will want to set it up.
Isaac started soccer! He is such a cutie. He didn't like sitting out he was so excited. If he ever kicked the ball he would yell out in excitement, and if the opposing team ran away and scored he yelled out "NO!!" It was awesome. He has the best personality. Yesterday Adam and I were in the kitchen, both within a few feet of him eating some watermelon. He was totally absorbed in this quiet little battle between him and the white seeds, him attacking and them protesting until he took a bite. So hilarious. This kid has no issues with low self esteem, he is awesome and knows it and will let you know if you will listen. Whenever he eats a full meal he will ask if I want to see his muscles, whereupon he will flex with all of his might (the veins on his neck get pretty big), scrunching up his face and making a super big sound of effort. He is pretty big for his little body.
Happy Easter! It was a crazy but good weekend. Britt was here for the week previous so we got some time with her, girls lunch with Vickie and viewing of her pottery exhibit, funeral for Adam's grandpa so lots of family all day Friday, ending with a date to see Batman vs. Superman with Britt and Kurt, I was really tired by this point, baptism Saturday morning (did program and was pianist), dyed Easter eggs with cousins (Adam's project, he did most of it), cleaned and went to the store (three of them) to prepare for Easter dinner the next day, went to the General Women's broadcast with Lily and Liz, found out about Easter breakfast and egg hunt with Mom and Dad the next morning, went back to the store, prepared for Easter, baked two cakes and started two loaves of bread, next day celebrated Easter morning (thanks to Liz and Jared for providing all eggs for the hunt - even though I was using words Adam still put all of the eggs in the kids baskets; also thanks to Mom and Dad for making a super delicious breakfast! I didn't do anything...), prepared Sharing Time, prepared all we could for Easter dinner afterwards, went to church, came home and had ~25 people here for Easter dinner. It was wonderful! I was very grateful that Adam allowed me to slowly accumulate party items throughout the years so that events like this are not a big deal. I look forward to many more family and friend get togethers in the future! Which will hopefully give me more expertise in estimating how much food is necessary.
I was able to share my testimony of Easter in Sharing Time to the Primary kids, and was very grateful that the Spirit was present as I told of how Jesus' suffering, death, and resurrection made possible the gift to right all wrongs and restore all that is lost, especially our loved ones. It was a happy day.
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