Another Week

Well, life is general is moving on.  There are always special projects of analyzing information at work which keeps me constantly busy.  Susan closed on her 4 acre plot of land which was exciting.  They have big plans for it.  I am grateful for our house.  Grandma and Carol came over and we went through some of our acestors' pictures.  It was neat to see the James and Snodgrass relatives and grandfathers and grandmothers and to hear Grandma's one-liners about each of them--some of which weren't that nice.

Grandma made a comment that Heidi didn't know when she married me that we were going to live in such a big house.  I didn't envision this either.  I just walked into a good job.  We have been trying off and on to plant avocado trees from the seeds but haven't got any to give roots yet.  We will keep trying.  Wouldn't mind planting some pecan, avocado, and peach trees in the back.  We have some work to do to spruce up our yard.

We have been warming up for the BYU alumni 5K run.  I have a much longer stride than Heidi so I might not be running.  At least it will be good exercise though :).  I also signed up for the Helotes Market days, which is basically a book of mormon desk at a farmer's market. I think the focus has been family history as of late.

Heidi gave a good talk today about the need for the Book of Mormon.  After reading about President Benson's scathing words about the need to repent for our lack of use of it in our family, I figure I should redouble my efforts to use it in my personal scripture study.

More than anything I am just trying to put Christ more in my life.  As I do that I have felt that all of the other potential problems I might go through will dissipate.  

Easter

We had a great weekend for the most part.  We spent a lot of our Saturday in between sessions putting down mulch, and added some sand underneath the playground set.  Would would of thought $10 in sand would bring so much joy.  Our kids played with it for hours.  Emma wasn't feeling well so Halley Facetimed her and showed her the sandcastle she was making and wished her well.  It was fun to see Emma so excited to see Halley and talk to her on the phone.

The first two sessions of conference on Saturday were mixed.  All of the kids had coughs and runny noses, probably from the oak pollen.  Miles has it the worst plus two teeth coming in and an ear infection.  He was quite clingy.

I enjoyed priesthood session.  So many things that I need to be doing better.  Interesting that putting down your phone to be with your kids is no longer just common sense but church doctrine.  I think I am going to go back on the phone diet and only access it when my kids are asleep or someone calls.

Halley thought she saw Grandma in the Mormon Tablernacle Choir and Grandpa was Elder Eyring. Halley made a cute book on Jesus and the resurrection.

Grandma, Aunt Cathy, and Stockwell family came and ate some Brazilian lunch on Sunday.  We did a little Easter egg hunt and then we talked about Jesus and Easter and about how Jesus's last plea before he was resurrected was for the apostles to share the gospel with all men and that's what I did in Brazil and am trying to do now.  We do Brazilian food every Easter as a tradition.  Next Easter I will probably try my hand at a churrascaria.  Grandma liked the Brazilian cheese bread which turned out pretty good this time. At first she thought the dough was mashed potatoes, but then when she realized there was dough left over she make a few comments about it and then confronted me directly about how I needed to let her take some home so she could make some more. :)

We gave some food to our neighbors who in turn gave us some of their food.  We do that often.  I enjoyed several talks but probably liked the most Elder Oaks', Elder Holland's, and Elder Ballard's.