Recent Events

The picture says it all. We've had our house up for sale for a year and finally got a really good, solid offer on it. It's been a long road. All I have to say is that the Lord does things in his own time and blesses those who (finally) listen to his council. We are really excited to enter the next faze of our lives, though we know that it's going to be tough. We will have to live with David's parents for a while......swallowing a gigantic dose of pride. And then hopefully we will be able to make our way to Idaho so that David can start his own business. We are livin the Dream baby! Our closing date is May 27th and we are crossing our fingers that everything goes as planned so that we can go to the Adams ranch branding that weekend

David and I, (before we got the offer on our house) put in this square foot garden. It's actually deeper than it looks, we dug down below the rocks and then filled it with a compost mixture. We planted green leaf lettuce, spinich, and buttercrunch lettuce in a couple of the squares. We also planted radishes and carrots. (I love me a good salad.) In the smaller planter we planted peas and the last one we gave to the kids to plant whatever they wanted. It is chuck full of stuff....that the new owners will have to guess what it is! I'm sorry that we wont be able to be here to reap what we have sown, but maybe the new owners will enjoy it.

April 6th

Four years ago on April 6th David and I welcomed our sweet little Clare into the world. She was so tiny and soft. I remember panicking while I was in labor because I was so afraid that I would be a terrible mother and not love the little one inside of me enough because in that moment ........I wasn't feeling much for the baby that was causing me so much discomfort and pain. Of course, all I had to do was see her chubby, soft, little cheeks and hold her in my arms to have all of that anxiety washed away. Clare has brought us so much joy and laughter in our home. We love her so much and are so glad that Heavenly Father sent her to our family. This is my failed attempt at making a princess castle cake. This is the part that I salvaged....the rest ended up in a big broken pile in a bowl. Interestingly enough, people ate more out of the bowl than the actual cake.

Clare had Grandma and Grandpa Palmer over for her birthday party, along with Natalie, Ty, Becky, Garon, baby chase, and our neighbor girls, Josie and Bailey. So much Princess fun!

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Easter! My most favorite holiday of the year. I love the easter colors, coloring easter egss, easter baskets, easter decorations, and celebrating the resurrection of the Savior! The most wonderful gift that our Father in Heaven could bestow. This year we got a bonus blessing too! We were able to listen to prophets and apostles speak to us in general conference. AAahhhh. I am looking forward to listening to them again and again via the internet. BTW Did anyone else hear the 20-dollar-bill analogie and LOVE it? I thought that was a great way to illustrate the worth of a soul even though we have sinned. Please share your favorite part of Conference!

Yesterday David's parents had their traditional Easter get together. We ate great food (the Palmers love food) visited with all of David's siblings (everyone made it this year!) and had easter egg hunts. Hyrum caught on pretty fast!

The big kids are always so great to help the little kids.

Diving for treats in Sawdust. The kids have a Blast (refer to the post below for more Sawdust fun) and come out really dirty.

Clare was pretty proud of herself and all of the candy she collected........If you look in her basket it's mostly filled with sawdust but Hey! she had fun doing it.

Diving for Quarters

One Palmer family tradition that I really like (there are a lot of ones that I like, but this is one of my favorites) is "diving for quarters" that they do at easter time. Because the bigger grandkids are too big for easter egg hunts, grandpa put a bunch of sawdust in a big pile and then dumps a bunch of quarters in it and lets the kids dig through and find what they can. It's so much fun to watch. This year he put $35 worth of quarters in it. woo hoo!

Catch Up

Because I'm a lazy cuss, I have not made any posts lately so I'm doing a little catch-up today. Two weekends ago the Fam and I headed up to Rexburg, ID to meet up with my Mom and Dad to watch Michael's basketball game. He was playing in the championship Intermural game. Mike played a great game but unfortunately his team lost by a measly 6 points. It was way fun to see him play though! After Mike's game we all went to Bajio Mexican Grill (for our first time ever) for dinner. WOW! I am impressed and I now have a favorite new place to eat. Thank goodness we have one 1/2 hour away in Logan. It's a must try!
I haven't been to Rexburg in years and it was really fun to see how it's changed and how it's very much the same. I was especially excited to see the temple! It was so beautifull! Being there in Rexburg brought back a lot of good memories. It's where David and I went on our first date, where Joyce and I roomed together for a year and had a lot of good times. I loved my time at BYU-I but I was so glad that I am at the point I am in my life now. I have two beautiful children and a great husband. In the last 7 years, I've learned so much about myself and about life and I look forward to many great memories to be made with my kids, my husband, and my friends. Hyrum, of course, had to get into some of the ball action after the game.

Clare thinks that Uncle Michael is super cool (isn't he sooooooo cute with her?) In fact, every time she hears the song "Soul Sister" by Train she perks up and says "This is Uncle Michael's favorite song!" I'm so glad that my kids have such fun and great examples to look up to.

Mom and Dad while we are waiting for Mike's game to start. If Dad looks grumpy, it's because Mom forgot her purse at Carla's house.........5 hours away. It would make me grumpy too. It's always an adventure with my parents.