Such a treat, a "Springtime" treat!

The twigs have a cousin named Spring.

Yes, she's as bright and happy as her name.

Zac told me tonight that next to us,

Spring wrote him the most letters on his mission.

She's thoughtful beyond her years and is such a blessing in our lives.

Yesterday I got the mail and found an envelope from Spring

for Emily!

It was hard to wait for our girlie to get home from work 

so she could open it!

This is what she found inside...

A "congratulations graduate" card

and a portrait of our Emma!

Spring so nailed it! 

How does she do that?!

Spring wears many hats and one of them is

creator of the cutest stick figure doodles.

She even sells them on Etsy. 

Springtimedoodles

We love to read her blog too!

Springtimetreats

Thank you dear Spring 

for sharing your adorable creations with us 

through the years.

They are treasures and we love them so much!

Though as much as we love them, 

we love you more!

xoxo

Senior pictures for our last twig...

Senior pictures have been such a fun rite of passage.

The whole family came along to take Zac's senior pictures. 

Man, he looks young!

We were racing daylight but got some great shots. 

Hunter was less excited haha. 

It was just him and me going to take his senior pictures

and I remember him telling me about his friends

who LOVED to go do photo shoots - for fun!

He said something like 

"how many more times in my life will I HAVE to do this." haha 

We surmised it will probably only be once or twice so he might live through it. 

I wonder how he remembers that conversation 

but with him on the other side of the continent 

I guess we'll just have to go with my recollection. ;)

He survived the photo shoot and 

it fills my heart to see pictures of that

face we love and miss so much.

<3

Fast forward 2 years, 

it was just Emma and me and again we were racing daylight. 

Antelope Island is our backdrop of choice. 

We have heaps of great family memories there.

We love that place!

We love this girlie!

It was sooo easy to take her pictures! 

Congrats sweet girl and have a blast enjoying your graduation!

Congratulations on your big day!!

We had the best day

getting to watch our girlie celebrate her accomplishment 

of graduating from Weber State University

with her Associate of Science

a month before her High School Graduation. 

How grateful we are for the opportunity she was given

and the amazing teachers, staff, administrators, and friends

who helped her with this big goal!

Congratulations wonderful girl -

we're soooooo happy for you!!!!

<3

"You Are The Reason" - Prom 2018

This weekend, our girlie had her last High School Prom.
She graduates in just 2 weeks!

They had so much fun!

Their group was at our house for a little bit of the day date 

and you could hear the laughter come rolling up the stairs. 

How I love that sound!!! 

=D

How grateful we are 

that the twigs have had 

such hard-working, fun-loving, kind, 

good friends through High School!

“Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, 

the planners, the doers, the successful people 

with their heads in the clouds 

and their feet on the ground.” 

-Wilfred Peterson

“Surround yourself with people who have 

dreams, desire, and ambition; 

they’ll help you push for, and realize your own.” 

-Anonymous

"Add to brotherly kindness charity,"

-2 Peter 1:7

Do you do Dabke?

Our girlie is taking an Intro to Dance 1010

class this semester and that tickles me because
 she might ask me to attend some dance performances with her!

I got lucky this weekend as she asked me to go with her to 

the Repertory Dance Theatre performance of Dabke.

The music was an interesting Middle Eastern Folk and Arab Pop blend 

and was my favorite part of the evening.

Our girlie is the dancer in the family so she could appreciate

the modern dance more than I could. 

A side note - it's been many years

 since we've paid for parking in a SLC lot 

and they've made the best changes

 with these handy dandy little machines! 

They're genius!

"Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances."

-Maya Angelou

"Havana nights" dance...

These fun High School kids 

had a great time together 
at their day date, 

yummy dinner

(Thanks, David, for the pictures above!  =D)

and "Havana Nights" Dance!

"Show us your smolder, guys!"

Such amazing and totally on the ball kids!

For three of them, it's their Senior year.

They'll soon be off to college

and on missions

with lots of great memories
of these years.

"We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet.

Even longer,' Pooh answered.” 

-Winnie-the-Pooh" 

They've shared lots of great times together

and have a future

as bright as the sun!

Dr. Seuss says it so well! 

"And will you succeed?

Yes! You will, indeed!

(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)

KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!

Dr. Seuss and Valentines...

Two things combined this week that were lots of fun.

Valentines Day and Dr. Seuss!

Sheila was asked by her friend 

to make a Dr. Seuss picture for an upcoming Young Women's Activity.

She whipped this up in less than 2 hours.

The girl is amazing!!

This was pretty amazing too!

On Valentines Day, our sweet girlie got up early 

and decorated for us all.

Then she made yummy 

heart-shaped french toast for everyone to boot!

Which all reminds me of some great Dr. Seuss quotes....

“To the world you may be one person; 

but to one person you may be the world.”   

- Dr. Seuss

“Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.” 

-Dr. Seuss

Our girlie and her brother Zac 

have been working on living that last quote. 

Every day or two another cute saying appears 

on Zac's wall above his light switch....

After a while, these hearts all appeared in her room. 

It's not always sunshine and roses at our house

but I'm grateful that these dear people

are working on being more Christlike.

The best of college life...

The other day, 

Paul and I came home from the Stake Single Adults' Breakfast Activity

to this cool-looking doohickie on our front porch.

Yes!! 

How fun does that look?!!

One of the twigs' favorite things

 about college life

is the plethora of recreation/physical education classes 

they get to take 

and this semester they're both taking skiing and golf.

Our girlie is also taking racquetball.

Their pal, Will, is taking a snowboarding class

but the classes are at the same time so they carpool together

and get to ski together after their lessons.

It's only been two weeks 

but the stories when they get home are so much fun!!!!! 

I'm sure grateful 

our twigs like to tell us their stories 

because we sure like to listen!

Thanks for sharing your pics, guys.   

=D