Don't we all practice the piano this way?

Even though she has to wait until she is fifteen, she can still dream:-)

Happy Father's Day to the Best

Paul-
They are a handful and a joy. 

They couldn't ask for a better Dad.

Happy Father's Day!

Love,
All of us

A Happy Picture, Just Because

Life doesn't get much better than this. 

Yellow

I don't think I gave too much credence to the whole color personality type until a friend was describing a yellow personality. It suddenly hit me that Adrie is yellow!     In fact, Adrie could be the poster child for a yellow personality.  It answered so many questions about how she functions. 

Here is what wikipedia (the source of all knowledge) states about a yellow personality:

Yellows are motivated by Fun. They are here to have a great time.


Adrie helps me see the joy part of life almost everyday.


On our way out of Walmart:
Adrie: (snort) I always knew he would go bad.
Me: What?
Adrie: I always knew Superman would go bad.
Me: WHAT?!
Adrie: (pointing to a movie poster) See? Superman, Man of STEEL.

Sunrise, Sunset

Do you ever feel like you are turning your calendar pages at an alarming rate?

First Day

Last Day

I am not sad to see Kindergarten end but I wouldn't mind if Kate could stay 6 for quite awhile longer.  She is all sweetness and love. 

Prairie Fire

So many pioneer stories make reference to the much dreaded prairie fire.  In Nauvoo, there is a one acre lot of prairie grass right in the middle of Old Nauvoo.  The lot is planted with the grass to show the size of each property. Once a year the fire department burns the grass.  We happened to be in Nauvoo on the day!  

It is hard to describe the speed, the heat, and the intensity of the fire.  Now I finally understand the panic that pioneers would feel when they saw the flames on the prairie. 

Pretend you are Pioneers

 We knew visiting Nauvoo in April might be cold.  It was cold.  Very, very cold and the wind blew 99% of the time.  However, as long as you are not a pioneer heading across the Mississippi river, cold is perfect for Nauvoo.  We would run from house to house and enjoy our time inside.  However, we were excited when we found out that there were quilts to use on the wagon ride.  The cute missionaries kept telling us "Take more quilts!  Wrap up in six quilts!" and so we did.  We stayed warm and some of us even enjoyed a nap during the ride!

We were so well wrapped, it reminded me of a passage from Little House in the Big Woods:
"Ma and Aunt Eliza wrapped up the cousins.  They pulled heavy woolen stockings over the woolen stockings and the shoes they were already wearing.  They put on mittens and coats and warm hoods and shawls, and wrapped mufflers around their necks and thick woolen veils over their faces.  Ma slipped pipping hot baked potatoes into their pockets to keep their fingers warm, and Aunt Eliza's flatirons were hot on the stove, ready to put at their feet in the sled.  The blankets and the quilts and the buffalo robes were warmed, too."