I made a green smoothie for the first time. (greensmoothiegirl.com) I want the kids to eat them, too, so I named it "Ogre Smoothie" to see if that would work. And it did. At first they were gulping it down and then as a little time went by, they decided it was disgusting. What? A 90% spinach smoothie doesn't appeal to a 3 and 5 year old? Weird. Maybe more fruit next time to ease them into it. In all reality, though, it wasn't bad. I think I could get used to them.On Saturday night I stayed up. And when I say 'stayed up' I mean I did not sleep one minute. I sewed and sewed until all my projects were done. I didn't think it was going to take me that long, but when 6:10am rolled around, I decided might as well just get in the shower. Maybe even make it to church on time. That didn't happen, but at least the girls looked super adorable in their new dresses, Josiah looked fantastic in his new tie, and I actually did my hair. Sorry, no pics of the latter two.Lucy and Josiah put this up in the big front window for all the world to see. When I saw it, all I could say is "Very appropriate." So we left it there for fair warning to anyone that might visit.After so many years of sleeping in their beds, Lucy and Josiah informed us that they were done! So, this is where we found them.

Spring?

At 11:30 tonight I had to make a walmart run. I opened the door and it was snowing! No! No! No! (that is me whimpering, not a temper tantrum) After a week of almost perfect spring weather, I don't know if my poor hot-weather-loving self can take it.

Short Strides

While running the other night I realized the reason I am such a slow runner is because I take short strides. I'm not really in good enough shape to change that very dramatically right now, but I'm working on it. Which got me thinking...I'm slow at cleaning my house too. And I'm slow at getting out the door, and at getting ready in the morning, and at teaching my kids, and at preparing lessons, and at preparing meals, and at just about everything else I can think of that I do in a day. So, maybe I'm just a short strides kind of girl. I don't think it is something to be ashamed of. Not something to celebrate. Just something to realize that that is who I am. While I know I should always strive to do a little better, I am glad to know that I can be me, short strides and all.

Mahri LOVES her vegetables...

...but that's not nearly as fun to post as this one! Mahri's first OREO!

Girls just wanna have fun!

While doing make-overs with Lucy (Lucy being the beautician) she was painting my nails, talking all perfectly gossipy, and then she grabbed a lip gloss and said 'I just tried this new product, and it is fabulous!'

Only in Idaho...or Ireland

On Friday the kids declared it 'go to work with daddy' day. Lucy had school, so Josiah took the morning shift. After picking Lucy up from school we headed off to Daddy's office. But we were stopped for a short and entertaining break. You see, just ahead of us was a gigantic group of sheep being herded down the road. In the middle of the road. I can honestly say I love that part of living here. No one was honking to get them to hurry up or get out of the way. I didn't see anyone pull a weapon from road (or sheep) rage. In fact, even after they were out of the (very main) highway, it seemed to slow us all down. We took a deep breath to remember that we don't have to be in a hurry all our life. We were reminded to stop and watch the sheep go by.

Lucy

Our neighbors across the street are getting their tree trimmed. Lucy was watching out the window and thought the workers looked thirsty. So, she got 2 big cups of ice water, went out the door, looked both ways before crossing the street, and took the very thirsty workers some nice refreshment. Where did she get her thoughtfulness from??? What a sweet girl!