Tuesday, March 13, 2018

March 13, 2018

Cam and I met Darren in Washington DC for a 5 day vacation.  It was 2 full days of travel with 3 full days of monuments, museums, and metro.  Plus a temple Visitor's Center.
Observations:

  • There are Dunkin Donuts everywhere.  And we may have had breakfast there twice.  :)
  • Some museums are better than others.  (Especially art museums.)
  • Speaking of art museums, sometimes they make you carry your backpack on one shoulder.
  • It's cool to see the Washington Monument almost everywhere you go.  (And we blame Spider-Man for it's closure.  :))
  •  Talking to sister missionaries is the best.
  • The Holocaust Museum was so good and so so sad.
  • The Declaration of Independence is fading.  
  • Don't eat at the National Archives cafe.
  • We really liked seeing all the animals at The Museum of Natural History.
  • Layovers can be long.
  • Riding bikes around the Capitol is a good idea.  Riding bikes through rush hour to The White House is not such a good idea.  
  • Moving walkways in airports are way fun.
  • Also fun is watching Darren not move on escalators.
  • Lincoln Memorial is still my favorite.  Seeing the Gettysburg address by the monument was cool since Sadie just memorized it.
  • You get lots of steps on a DC vacation.
  • Singing High School Musical while walking around the mall with Cam makes me smile.
  • It's always a good choice to bring PB M&Ms.
  • DC temple Visitor Center is worth the effort to get there. 
  • Trader Joe's popcorn is delicious.
  • Sometimes Dominoes is just the dinner you need.
  • It's always nice to see nice people helping others.
  • The squirrels there are crazy.
  • Chop't is a delicious salad place that we wish we had in Utah. 
  • Getting tickets for The National Archives was worth the price when we skipped the long wait line.
  • Don't forget your backpack.

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

March 6, 2018

Good Sadie birthday.  Some presents and Froyo and watching Netflix while relaxing on her new air mattress and Mario Kart and Pizza Pie Cafe and Wonder and drawing and just birthday smiles all day from Sadie.

She's so fun to talk to.  We came up with this list of 11 things about Sadie at 11 years old:
  1. She doesn't like toppings on her pizza (just cheese).
  2. She likes camping (and backpacking).
  3. Her favorite colors are purple and blue.
  4. She likes playing kickball and soccer, running track, and kayaking.
  5. She has a lot of favorite animals.
  6. She loves getting Froyo.
  7. She really likes reading.
  8. She loves the Harry Potter movies (and books, but definitely the movies).
  9. She likes to wear long socks.
  10. She enjoyes Netflix - especially Phineas and Ferb lately.
  11. Pizza Pie Cafe is her favorite place to eat.

Monday, March 5, 2018

March 5, 2018

Awesome snowshoe/sledding/snowcone adventure by Tibble Fork up to Granite Flat as a pre-birthday celebration.  I took Sadie and Jessie and Becca.  They were all great and had a good time.  Adventure was had with snowcone syrup and a lost snowshoe and almost locked in the bathroom.  Plus Sadie got to penguin slide which is always fun for her.


Sunday, March 4, 2018

March 4, 2018

5 months gone for Mason.  5 months of not giving that kid a hug or a high five or a kick in the pants.  :). I am loving the roadkill pics he sends. 


Saturday, March 3, 2018

Friday, March 2, 2018

March 2, 2018

We're a little obsessed with speed Uno lately.  It's made even better since we play it with our High School Musical Uno cards.


Thursday, March 1, 2018

March 1, 2018

Good read in the temple this morning waiting for initiatory.

Psalm 1-
1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.