March Randomness

Despite the fact that they are a mish mash, I kind of like these random posts.  I view them as an all you can eat buffet where you can sample a bit of everything.  Of course, since it was 78 degrees on Friday, I thought we were done sampling snow.  Apparently not.  While it didn't stick around, our roof and yard were once again covered in white today.

Granted, the snowfall in March was much heavier.


The kids thought the backyard was great fun with all its snowy obstacles.

Annika even tried sledding off our tree.

In mid-March, they finally finished the remodel of our beautiful old 4th and P chapel.  

It is so nice to walk down the street to church.

We made the first pilgrimage in snow pants.

Speaking of church, Brooklyn regularly steals my dresses.  

Occasionally Talia turns into quite the photo bomber when I'm trying to take a picture.  Go uke!

Whenever Jason can talk me into it, we invite friends from the neighborhood over for dessert and games after church.  The Maxfields joined us for a belated pi day party.  After eating chicken pot pie and apple pie, we conned our poor friends into playing pie face.  Good luck Justin!


Ha ha!  Got you Brooklyn.

As long as we are talking about messy faces, here's Eli practicing a silly skit about getting ready for school. 

And here he is with his friend Emery inside Ms. Moreno's Spanish classroom, making llamas during their unit on Peru.

A final picture of Eli dressed in traditional Bosnian clothing for an ambassador performance.

The shoes were especially fantastic.

Meanwhile, Daddy Jason was exceptionally busy coordinating a design competition in Atlanta, teaching a studio class at the University of Utah, and designing a mixed-use care facility in Clearfield, all in addition to his regular work as the executive director of ASSIST.  Despite all the pressure, he still manages to smile and make time for us.  Here he is atop Ensign peak with Joseph Kunkle, a former Rose fellow who kindly came and spoke to his studio students.

Jason in another happy place--playing Settlers with his munchkins.


On March 25th, Jason celebrated his 38th birthday.  Grandma Susie and Grandpa Charles were kind enough to come down and help us celebrate, even bringing two of Grandma Susie's amazing pies.

As soon as our church meetings were over, Jason hustled to open presents.  After shaking Callie and Adam's gift, he had a sneaky suspicion that it contained something he was going to love. 

Yup.  Happy, happy birthday, Peanut Butter!

Early afternoons are a favorite time of day.  After coming home from work/preschool, Annika and I have some quiet time together, sometimes inviting a friend to play.  Here she is with Benjamin, a cute little pal who lives around the corner.

Late afternoons are busier.  Most days we race all around town to piano lessons, orchestra, scouts, choir rehearsal, and now baseball.  Here's Eli coming up to bat during his first experience with machine pitch.

Occasionally we even find time for some other adventures around town.  Here we are at the City Blocks Lego exhibit at the Leonardo.

I really liked the Angel Moroni atop the Salt Lake Temple.

The Main Library...

...and the Cathedral of the Madeline, still under construction.

Of course, Annika prefers to build her own cottage-sized cathedrals.

In March we checked out a Community Exploration pass from the library that let us explore a few places that we go less frequently, like the Children's Museum.

We saw some of spring's earliest flowers at Red Butte Gardens.

While I don't have any pictures, we also loved the exhibition on Nature's Ultimate Machines at the Natural History Museum.  Of course, Annika was just as excited about the slug she found in our backyard.


Good thing Ruby took her to the zoo to see some more exotic animals.


The kids were thrilled to ride the carousel.

We even ran into Talia at the zoo, who happened to be visiting at the same time with her Activity Days girl friends.

All in all, March lived up to its reputation of madness, but in the best of ways.

Keep smiling!