March 24

 

Easter dinner.

U build Monopoly. Ryan's strategy paid off and he won this time.

Cece chewing on her maracas. 

So cute in her Easter outfit.

Sr pictures/family pictures. Julianne Winzenz is our family photographer. So blessed to have her as a  friend! She was very sweet about this whole unorthodox photoshoot!

Lucy is still jealous, but Cece does something no one else does; she welcomes her kisses!

Summer 2022 killed my hydrangeas back to the roots, so 2023 had zero flowers. I babied this bush for the last year with water, mulch, and fertilizer. And now baby flowers are developing. Yay!

Matt Baker home from his mission in Brazil. Such a great young man!

Macey and Jauni chatting on the ice!

The Wyatt moms with Brenda!

Me, Felicity and Jo. Russell Creek moms!

I hosted an Easter brunch with friends from all my walks of life. And Cece was the star! It was so great to bring all my peeps in one room. To see all the connections from the community together in one place was really fun for me!

Macey texted me 'where ARE you?' Walking the pooch down by the creek! We've had 2 whole weeks of spring. It has been a real joy!

Some folks wonder why I listen to classical radio stations when they get in with me. Well because one minute your commuting to Russell Creek (again) and the next your flying with ET and John Williams!

Spring break brought out paint brushes! We stayed home all week, but I got so much accomplished. I don't think I turned on the TV once the whole week. I painted, sewed, crocheted, etc.

MJ and I went to the Dallas Temple to perform baptisms. It was a beautiful day!

My sewing student made this super cute wristlet.

I finished this sweater.

I mailed the HP table runner.

I framed cross stitch from the early 2000's. Jesus had been displayed for a few years in different formats, but Alex's birth announcement was NEVER hung up. I figured 21 years in a box was long enough!

I got to help the Emerson FA kids build and paint these fun Home Depot kits.

I planted tulips along the edge of my driveway where the trash cans go. This was my weed busting plan!

 A lovely night for some baseball

We watched Arizona play in a local tournament.

More winter

 

Spork free roams for an hour or 2 nearly everyday. We often find him either in the sun or in a dark corner. 

Alex turned 21! We had Palio's delivered by Ryan and played Clue Escape.

The above picture is grainy because it was taken through the NICU window. We could only have 2 persons in the room at a time with Alex. 

"Profile of a Dog"

Temple trip with my friend Angela.

Jealous dog.

Cute baby.

I made this Harry Potter House table runner for a my college roommate.

Ryan had a desire to spring clean and rearrange his room. With help of course!

Macey, Michael and Manya playing 3v3 at Hockey enhancements.

This was a hilarious moment that you had to be there for. Jo and I were leaving the restaurant next door as all these people started filing out of the Dr office next door for the ribbon cutting.

From Aug to Oct I had a significant amount of hair loss. I kept saying to folks, 'really, I'm fine.' But my body was like, 'um no, you're not fine!' When I finally realized, wait! why is all this hair falling out?? I had lost 20 % of my locks (that might be an exaggeration, but my ponytail has decreased by a large percentage!) Once I faced facts, that I was very stressed and it was causing this hair loss, magic-presto, it stopped falling out. In Dec it started growing back in. this picture here is of all the 2-3" baby hairs popping up all over. Most of it is gray!

Another band concert! 

With Caleb in our family photo!

Somewhere on this stage are our French horn and trombone players!