Tyler surprised me this last weekend with a getaway, JUST THE TWO OF US, to Bear Lake. It was so much fun, so relaxing and so needed. Our lives, like so many other people, is insanely busy. So, to get 2 days, uninterrupted with Tyler was perfection! He arranged with his mom to keep the kids, packed their bags, took care of my church responsibilities, packed our luggage and made all of the plans. I had no idea.
He asked me to go to dinner with him on Friday and of course, I thought that would be great. We dropped the kids off with my MIL's and headed to dinner, or so I thought, but we just kept driving. He made up a bunch of nonsense about a restaurant in a neighboring town, but then we drove past that town and I started getting suspicious, so he fessed up.
It was AWESOME!!!
This was the view from our condo, gorgeous!
We took a drive up on the mountain and looking down we could see the resort, our building is the one, directly in the middle with the maroon trim.
I'm so sad this picture didn't work, because this was one of my favorite parts of the weekend. We took a walk down to the Marina and climbed down the rocks to the water. The water was so cold, but so beautiful. We set the camera up on a rock with the timer, but alas, not such good quality.
Look at the lake, what a gorgeous color.
There's Bear Lake
There were deer everywhere, it was cool, gotta be honest, I just don't get how people can shoot them.
We had to get this picture of the Totem pole because Reagan is building a Totem pole in school for their current literature unit.
Tyler packed our bags so well, I was very impressed, and most impressed that he brought all of my running clothes, so of course, we went running together, loved that!!!!
On our drive home, we had to stop to get a picture of the snow. Look how high the snow is, crazy!!
Such a fun weekend, definitely going to have to go away again sometime.
Of course the girls had to jump in and help. Mollie painted with me all day long, I was so impressed with her hard work. Ashtynn didn't last as long, but that was because she wanted to paint more with her hands than her brush. Yikes.
I also made a headboard and window treatment in black and white and I love how it turned out. There are still a few things I kind of want to do with it, but we'll see if those happen. I need some throw pillows on the bed.
This was the view from our condo, gorgeous!
We took a drive up on the mountain and looking down we could see the resort, our building is the one, directly in the middle with the maroon trim.
Look at the lake, what a gorgeous color.
There's Bear Lake
There were deer everywhere, it was cool, gotta be honest, I just don't get how people can shoot them.
We had to get this picture of the Totem pole because Reagan is building a Totem pole in school for their current literature unit.
Tyler packed our bags so well, I was very impressed, and most impressed that he brought all of my running clothes, so of course, we went running together, loved that!!!!
On our drive home, we had to stop to get a picture of the snow. Look how high the snow is, crazy!!
This Easter was very special, sad, happy, emotional... you get the idea. Easter was Stake conference for us and with the recent calling of Elder Kent J. Allen as an Area Authority, it meant the reorganization of the Kimberly Idaho Stake. My dad has been serving in the Stake Presidency with President Allen for almost 8 years and he was released on Sunday. Bittersweet emotions as I know he has loved working with President Allen and the stake and will miss it very much. It has been one of the greatest blessings in my life to have my dad as my Bishop twice in my life, but also as a member of the Stake Presidency in the stake I was living in. I will miss that as well.
Another fun part of Easter was Tyler's involvement in the Stake Easter Cantata, led by Carolee Remington. They have been working on this for months and were able to perform the program twice. Last night, in the encore performance, I decided I was going to record Tyler's song with his iphone and hope it worked. It did and I put together a video with pictures of Christ from lds.org so you can hear his song and see visuals. Remember, this is recorded on a phone sitting on the back row, so forgive the quality.
(I took this picture this morning after a 25 hour shift, tired and unshaven!)
Tyler started a new job as an EMT with the Magic Valley Paramedics this week. He is so excited and so far loves working with patients and driving around in an ambulance is pretty cool too. This is one of the steps in our journey toward PA school, so we are thrilled with it.
The girls and I brought them breakfast in bed
They made 2 of them, I'm so impressed how well they turned out
Tyler bought kites and Reagan wanted a whoopee cushion
Kids had a blast playing in the game room; too bad we wouldn't give them any quarters, we are so mean.
Handsome dogs
Gorgeous girls
My camera was on a funky setting, but I kind of like how this looks.
Reagan got a BYU football jersey and Tyler a Jimmer Jersey (sadly, they lost that night, not a great ending to Tyler's birthday)
He got this sweater for his bday, doesn't he look dapper?
Reagan explained what they all represent, here it is
My mom was always so much fun on St.Patrick's Day and it seems it has trickled down to her kids. Most of my sisters had a leprechaun visit their house too!
