The Sandbox

Today is Saturday. Ella received a late birthday gift last weekend from my parents. It is a sandbox from Little Tikes, so today we ventured to The Home Depot to purchase some play sand to put inside of it. She is enjoying every bit of the fun of being outdoors and playing in the sand. The sandbox has a bench and table attached so she can eat lunch and continue playing. I introduced to her a bucket of water to wash her hands and not to my surprise she has created a BIG mess. Ella is three now and that is what three year olds do. Right.

One Saturday Afternoon

On the Saturday before Mother's Day, my mom and dad, Mike, Ella and I went for a ride to Mt. Trumbel. One of the stops along the way was the Mt. Trumbel schoolhouse. It had burned down earlier and has since been rebuilt. It is still a work in progress. Mike blurted out from nowhere "it is no Chichen Itza". For those of you who are not familiar with the comment, Mike and I went to Cancun last year and saw Chichen Itza. It is one of the seven (or eight now) wonders of the world. A little further down the road we stopped to eat lunch and have a break. It was a fun time.

Mike, Dave and Nature

On April 7th and 8th, Mike, I and Ella had the opportunity to spend the day with an old high school friend, Dave Carlson, his wife, Kelly and their daughter, Charlotte. Charlotte is 9 months old. All of us spent the day together. We ate lunch at JB's Restaurant and yes, the kids were really good. After lunch, we headed hiking up on the Kolob. The little girls were in the back packs (pack pack, as Ella calls it) and enjoyed every minute of it. Mike, I and Ella really enjoyed the time we spent just reminising about old times and talking about our new lives we have formed. Ella made a friend for life. She just loved Charlotte.