April 14--Dear Elder; Work, Play, and Church

Matt, I am going to put some pictures of our newly remodeled kitchen in with the letter so that you can see what it looks like.

Here are our new cabinets.  They aren't as dark as they look in this picture.

Now it is Sunday morning, and we had a wonderful Saturday.  In the morning I cut Thomas's hair (finally) and had him practice the trumpet and then he went over to Jayden's to jump on his trampoline for awhile.  Katrina went to choir and then she and I went to MacDonald's for yogurt parfaits.  It was nice to have some quiet time together.  Miriam went to a soccer game.  After Dad got back from the Laundry, Katrina and I cleaned up the patio, driveway, and walkways while Dad mowed the lawns.

 We got new tile and carpet

When all our work was done and Miriam was home, we got Thomas and all went on an outing.  We drove to the cemetery where Grandma is buried because Dad wanted to see what the grave stone that he ordered for her looked like.  It was beautiful!  After we went to a British market where we bought some coconut marsala (not very British) and oat cakes and then we went downtown to the shopping center to wander around for awhile.  It was cold but fun, and we ate an early dinner and dessert at the food court. It is kind of funny that the weather yesterday was predicted to be bright and sunny, and it was cold and cloudy, and the forcast for today is cold and cloudy, but it is bright and sunny.   That's Spring for you.  I don't know why all the weathermen don't just take March, April, and May off of work and have a nice vacation.

Here is the new pantry.

Before we went home, we went to the visitor's center of the temple and saw some really cute videos of children answering questions like, "Who is heavenly father?"  and "Where do we go after we die?" Their answers were very sweet, insightful, and accurate.  You can tell they have been attending Primary and family scripture study.  We also got to see a model of the temple, and I emailed a couple of pictures of the celestial room home.  Maybe I will forward them on to you.  They are beautiful!

You can see the wall color here.  You can also see the mess on the computer desk.  We aren't quite finished with that yet.

Last night, Miriam drove Katrina and Thomas to a regional dance, and Dad and I watched the movie, "Enchanted April" which is one of our favorites.  Hey, you've read the book, right?  Did you like it?  Did you ever watch the movie?  Tis the season (April), ha ha.

The view from the living room

We are fasting today, and will be going to church in a couple of hours.  Maybe we will eat outside after church to enjoy the good weather if the weatherman continues to be wrong.