Texas Roadhouse Fieldtrip

Ellie and I got to tag along on Leila's preschool fieldtrip to Texas Roadhouse today.  They got to draw on the floors with chalk, tour the kitchen, and shape some roll dough with cookie cutters.  Such a fun time!

Easter 2016

Our Easter activities this year included dying eggs at my mom's and an egg hunt in the park.  Leila couldn't pick up eggs fast enough while Ellie was perfectly content to just have one in each hand.  

Easter is such a special time of year.  It provides a time to reflect on the marvelous, amazing sacrifice of Jesus Christ.  In the words of Elder Neal A. Maxwell, "Christ's victory over death ended the human predicament.  Now there are only personal predicaments, and from these too we may be rescued by following the teachings of him who rescued us from general extinction."

I am so grateful for the light the Gospel brings to my life.  There is so much uncertainty, depression, anger, and hate in the world today.  And life throws curve balls all the time.  But through it all, the truths of the Gospel remain constant.  And this provides a lifeline for me in the midst of everything else.

Passport to Love: Ireland

This month's passport date took us to Ireland and I introduced the evenings festivities with a traditional Irish blessing laid out along with Jason's airline ticket, passport and stamp, and the flyer for the show we went to.

We drove up to Ogden and had dinner at MacCool's Irish Public House.  We started off with two appetizers: bangers & mash and Finn's skins (fried potato slices covered in cheese, bacon, sour cream, and green onions).  Then we split an order of Guinness beef stew with Irish soda bread.

After dinner, we made our way down the street to the Peery Egyptian theater for a Celtic Celebration.  First, the Wasatch & District Pipe Band entertained us with their bagpipes and drums.  Then, the Celtic Beat dancers mesmerized us with their clogging skills (especially amazing since all of them were under 18).  Finally, the Dunmore Lasses band finished off the evening with Irish songs.

We got home late so part of the date extended until this afternoon when I made Irish lemon pudding for us to try.