Leslie's Anatomy Class Assignment...

What could be yummier than a Kidney Tubule made from a giant 12 inch chocolate chip cookie and covered with rice krispie treat "cells"?.....mmmmm! That had to make for a fun buffet after the teacher gave each student their grade and let them share their creations.....ugh. Leslie worked hard though and got an "A". And I must admit it's the nicest kidney tubule I've ever seen.

Awww...such a cute Li'l Slugger....

Sean in mid-air out in Right Field....

Sean taking a swig of Gatoraid...

I do believe this is the only reason he likes the idea of playing baseball...he hates the pants, he hates to get hot, he hates to run...but he loooooves Gatoraid.

Happy Easter...

Twenty drops makes the perfect blue...

Sean...eager to begin the whole Easter Egg Decorating Process...

The color that eggs SHOULD be....

It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.

Christi, Nathan, Sean and Grant...a.k.a. "a few of the ones i love"...

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses.

-- Allophones Karr

When we are mindful of every nuance of our natural world, we finally get the picture: that we are only given one dazzling moment of life here on Earth, and we must stand before that reality both humbled and elevated, subject to every law of our universe and grateful for our brief but intrinsic participation with it.

(From her biography ofnaturalist Eustace Conway.)-- Elizabeth Gilbert

The Newest Member of our Family....

Christi and Ryan had their baby yesterday - March 8th! Baby Nathan is doing well. We are very blessed!

A childlike man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle aged habit and convention.

-- Aldous Huxley

"Finish each day and be done with it . . . You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it well and serenely."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A Happy Birthday Celebration....

We spent a nice day together at my parents house celebrating Leslie's 19th birthday (which was yesterday) along with the birthdays of my 2 nieces Anna and Mia. My mom made the most delicious dinner and a wonderful cheesecake for dessert. It was a nice way to spend the day! Thank you mom for all your hard work!!!

"I have reflected repeatedly upon the phrase 'the tender mercies of the Lord.' Through personal study, observation, pondering, and prayer, I believe I have come to better understand that the Lord's tender mercies are the very personal and individualized blessings, strength, protection, assurances, guidance, loving-kindnesses, consolation, support, and spiritual gifts which we receive from and because of and through the Lord Jesus Christ. Truly, the Lord suits 'his mercies according to the conditions of the children of men' (D&C46:15).'

David A. Bednar

The Sunset at San Simeon....hhhhmmmm...wish I was still there.....

I think I mentioned before that i LOVE clouds....

This was our view on our drive to the coast yesterday....

There is in every true woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity; but which kindles up, and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.

-- Washington Irving (1783-1859) American Writer