3.14 = Pi

We were invited to a 3.14 (March 14) Pi party last week! Everyone brought their best pie!! Morgyn seems to have the "pie making gene" of the family (thanks aunt jenna and grandma eakins). She went right to work and with a little coaching from aunt jenna on the recipe, created 2 very delicious oreo ice-cream pies to take to the party. Her pies were a BIG hit!



Our neighbors came up with this tradition a few years ago, now we pass it on to you!! We have no problems copying others ideas around here. And now Morgyn knows there is more than one pie/pi in her world!

Calling all BYU fans!

Jeff and Jadyn are very excited about watching the Cougars go against Texas A&M this Thursday! A little father-son bonding is always good! This game should prove to be a good one to be at since they both are close in the rankings! GO BYU! And a big thanks to dad for helping acquire these tickets!

Torbyn's Family Home Evening Lesson!

Torbyn had a 2 week turn of teaching our FHE lessons a few weeks ago. Take a look at the visual and then I'll explain:

The top circle is the head of a snow man. Week one: we adorned the head with eyes, nose, ears, etc. One face part was: read a story, the ears were songs to sing which he also had visual helps as we sang letting us know if we: 1. sang nice 2. sang like a rock star and 3. sang bad. Just for the record, we as a family sang like "rock stars". Watch out American Idol! The activity of FHE was a Treasure Hunt! He made all of the clues himself. I only helped him with some spelling and arranging of the hunt. In the end the "treasure" was the Book of Mormon. This really was his idea.

Week two: we added the body of the snowman. The arms suggested we play on the computer or the Wii. The buttons said to go out side to play or sing a song. Again we got the "rock star" visual as we sang.

It was fun to see Torbyn so excited about FHE!!

Leprechauns all around us!

The kids succeeded in collecting gold coins left by our little green friends. The past week was filled with early morning sightings of gold lying around our house and neighborhood. All the kids in the neighborhood had fun searching for gold coins in hopes of catching a leprechaun! In the end only a green hat was left behind and no amount of searching led to lucky captures!! Better luck next year!! We ended our St. Patrick's Day celebration with a modified Irish dinner consisting of mashed potatoes, "corned beef" aka meatballs(Frikedellen) and kraut.

Pink hair, Aeropostal, and Peter Pan!

Morgyn went pink! It has since lightened. A fun way to bring a little warmth to winter. She is easy to spot on the volleyball court and soccer field!!

Jeff and I traded in Idaho driver's Licenses for Maryland. . . (sigh). We are Marylanders! Hunters would be in paradise here!! Big deer population, the residents here refer to them as "pests" and lots of hawks and vultures to eat all the dead deer hit and lying off the side of almost every road around here! Also, instead of the brown squirrels we're used to seeing it's the gray, big, bushy-tailed ones!! And in our backyard we have actual blue birds and cardinals nesting. The bad part is we also have poison ivy and ticks. But we also have heard about the fire flys here and can't wait to see them light up the night sky.

Jadyn asked to shop at Aeropostal! I didn't think boys cared where they shop. I was wrong!! He picked out some shirts and couldn't wait for Monday to wear one to school.

Torbyn asked to have artichokes for dinner the other night. Since when are kids asking for something green to eat for dinner? Only Torbyn, I guess. We settled for broccoli until I make it back to the overcrowded Costco to buy the "craving"!

Brittyn has been into watching Peter Pan the past couple of weeks. A few days ago he fell asleep in the car on our way to take the kids to scouts and Young Women's. I was holding him while he finished a much needed nap (and enjoying cuddling our very active pre-schooler). He suddenly opened his eyes and declared, "I don't want to grow up". It took me a minute to wonder why he'd say that.

March Madness or Luck of the Irish?

We are officially into March and with that comes many things at our house. But the most important is college basketball. I guess now that we are residents of MD we can say "Go Terps!" Never thought I'd be cheering a turtle on. And in the midst of basketball frenzy the kids start their search for gold and other treasures left by leprechauns. So far no luck. But the kids continue the search. Happy St. Patricks Day!!