what a beautiful mess

She did a great job on her Haiti report. She worked so hard to find the right information and taught us a great lesson on obeying the commandments of the Lord. She is our power point girl! She loves to use that program and every FHE lesson that she is in charge of usually involves a power point. As she taught us, we could feel her sweet spirit and her strong testimony. I always love to hear my children bear testimony of the gospel...they're Haslems so they probably won't do it in church for awhile yet but that's ok cause they do it here... Thank you belly for doing such a great job!

It seems sometimes thats all we do at our house. Especially for the last few months. But it's slowly dwindling down. The kids have been troopers; so patient and (mostly) willing to help when asked...Trevor made all the meals yesterday and at one point asked me how I don't spend all day in the kitchen. Sometimes it feels as if I do. But I like it...the kitchen is my own space. Unless the dishwasher needs to be emptied then it's the girls space. Or like yesterday when trevor made the kids make each others lunches. It was a genius idea so he didnt have to make it and they got to do something nice for each other...a win-win.

He was super excited for our weekend...at least for last night cause we went and saw Divergent. WOW. It was so super good. Trevor read the book and so he was anxious to see it. I haven't yet read the book but now I am anxious to read it. I think I may have enjoyed the movie more since I didn't know what to expect... Now that our date night is done and over with (sad) Trevor gets to go unstuck someone's van and then finish tiling the bathroom. Happy weekend...

Stephen went to Calgary for his mission. We realized that Canada is much like the US, at least food wise. So we had corned beef and cabbage, stuffed lemony potatoes and crackle for dessert (delicious). He did a fantastic job teaching us about the restoration of the gospel. And his testimony at the end was sincere and inspiring. I'm really going to miss my boy when he goes on his two year mission...and by the look on his face, he's going to miss me too.

Most of you know my love for yoga (and don't understand why) but I really do love it, despite my on and off again affair with it.  However, right now, me and yoga are very much so, on again. And it's in large part because of a group of videos I've found on youtube. The instructor is Sadie Nardini and she's absolutely great. So if you want to try yoga, go check out her videos. I promise you will love it (unless you really don't like yoga then chances are you will hate it). Since my practice today, I've been feeling very grounded and strong. But my toes are cold and this patch of sunlight has warmed them right up. Happy spring everyone!

Trevor has made it to the young age of 34 and I've been around for 17 of those years to witness it. He's made himself a really good life. We made him a thought bubble card and these were all of our thoughts on him : Trevor *has beautiful eyes *is a great chicken raiser *is good at tiling a bathroom *is a great teacher *is a great dad *is a wonderful provider *has lots of hair *is a great math teacher *is the only one who flushes the toilet *is my eternal best friend *is hilarious *looks great in pants *is sincere *has funny looking cars *is good at math *is a hard worker *is so smart *loves his kids *is a super hero *has very clean feet *is kind *is super wonderful *is so cool *is very sharp *loves his wife more than anything *is pretty young *is funny *is mostly always happy *is so strong he may be the strongest man on the earth And that my friends, is proof that he is one of the greats. We love him. So, so much. Happy birthday Trevor. ...

There's nothing holding us back now...We'll be in the Bahamas for a week coming the end of april. Trevor and I are so flippin' excited. Its like an adventure or something... We've got lots planned for that week like sleeping, walking a lot and some super secret stuff or just some super private stuff. It'll be so great.