April

 Lets start the month off with pictures of my favorite missionary, shall we? He and several other Elders got up one morning at 5 am to watch the sunrise.

 He got to go back to one of his previous areas to attend the baptisms of two young women he taught when he was there. He was so happy about that!

I love snow in the spring because it looks so pretty against the green trees and grass. And because I know it won't last long...

 Jake and his girlfriend Kylee went to the Spiral at the Great Salt Lake and took this awesome pictures. Aren't they the cutest?

Here's someone else who is adorable...little Marissa. Lindsey says she can't go anywhere without some exclaiming over her hair!

The wind blew really hard one Saturday night and this is what we woke up to on Sunday. Boooo...

I LOVE general conference weekend. Not least of which because Mike always does some awesome deep cleaning job in the kitchen while watching the Saturday afternoon session. This year the stove and oven got a good cleaning. I'm so thankful that he loves things to be clean- perhaps even more that I do...

Mom, Jess and Brad joined us for a yummy breakfast Sunday morning, then Jake went to SLC to meet up with Kylee and we 4 went on our traditional walk in Logan Canyon.

Then came home for this feast during the afternoon session...

This was our first eating out on the patio party. I always love the start of several months of doing this.

One Friday night we had a fun progressive dinner with the Gary, Mom, Ann & Trace, Carol and their kids. We started at the Skeens for soup, rolls and a game, then to Carols for a chips and salsa taste test, then to our house for a vanilla ice-cream taste test to go with cookies and to play another game. It was a great night and everyone got to meet Kylee for the first time.

One Saturday I spray painted the trampoline frame. It went from this...

To this in just an hour!

After fighting a dreaded diagnosis of brain cancer in January of 2014, my sweet niece Jordan's husband Jake died on the 23rd. I am in awe and amazement at the way they along with both their families made it through this devastating trial. I followed Jordan's inspiring and amazing blog along with hundreds of other people and was in tears on many, many occasions as she expressed her grief, faith, hope and gratitude. I feel so honored to have known such a remarkable man and offer Jordan and her children all my love and support. I love this dear Romney family.

These are four of the most special siblings that I know. I love each one of them so much.