Feeling Springy

Spring has sprung. Then it fell over, and sprang again. Kiiiind of like a toddler, come to think of it. Seriously though: Here's the past 8 days. 

Torrential rain followed by puddle jumping.

Followed by a library day because...

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Oh, just the view from the library window on April 4th.

As soon as Daddy got home Riley asked, "Do you wanna build a snowman?" Yes the Frozen madness has struck this home as well. Good thing too - it was the best snow for snowmen we have had all season and it was warm enough to play for a while. Our neighbors joined us after the first two so we had to do one more. By 'we' I mean Dave. He is so awesome.

The babies were so exhausted they piled on the beanbag with me and were out, not 5 minutes into scripture reading. It was heavenly - all the warm-fuzzies of co-sleeping without the kicks in the ribs or pee in my bed, just cuddly, sleeping babies that were then tucked into their own beds.

The next day melted the snow family considerably, which made Riley really sad every time she looked out the window. Then we made a game of destroying them, but Riley still mourns them sometimes. "I crushed my snowman!"

April 5th and 6th we had General Conference. We had brunch, we had notebooks and pens, and we had a bag of dollar store toys to be doled out through the eight hours worth of talks that took place in two days. It went really well. The bouncy balls were probably the biggest hit. The talks weren't bad either. Chuckle.

 I heard just what I needed to hear to give me a little more courage, and have a little more faith in the Atonement. Conference thoughts have me reading "Jesus the Christ" again and wanting to share the gospel more because it really has been everything in our family. Pres. Packer said in his talk, "The ultimate end of all activity in the Church is that a man and his wife and their children can be happy at home," and that certainly applies to our situation.

Furthermore...ahem, I have to say, Conference naps are the most delicious naps. I look forward to catching up on the talks I missed via the old ipod - it makes for pretty inspirational walking soundtrack material.

Monday continued warming - we went to toddler time at the gym but ended up on the playground out back because it was so nice.

Nothing to do with spring, just Riley finding new uses for her bouncy balls.

Tuesday was deceptively sunny but cold and windy. Here we are huddled in the play structure for our picnic lunch. It blocked the wind. Sorta.

And today it hit 70! Not when this picture was taken, but later.

It is now too late for a clever, thoughtful ending. I love you all and wish you endless summer sunshine.
Thanks for reading.