March (okay, half of February too) update

I am a terrible blogger. I know. I don't need you to tell me. I do check other people's blogs, although I rarely comment on them, but I never take the time to compose things for ours. So I will write a few posts and add a few pictures. We went to Pocatello for spring break. It was GREAT!! We hung out with Granny and Gramps, went swimming, played with cousins, went to the temple, and of course played Mexican Train dominoes. It was so fun and a great vacation. I think sometimes when we take "vacations" we are so busy getting to certain places at certain times that we never really take time to relax. But we did this time. Of course, I forgot to take pictures because I always forget to take pictures. But I promise we had fun.

Chad got a new church calling. He has been the executive secretary for a little less than 2 years, and now he's the ward mission leader. He's really excited about it, because missionary work has kinda been stale in our ward, so he's going to do some stuff to hopefully get people more excited about it. He's going to do a GREAT job.

While we were in Pocatello, Claire decided that she wanted to start walking. So she's walking everywhere now. She can't run, but she sure walks fast. She has also decided to take over Natalie's toddler-sized bed. That would be fine, except that means Natalie has to sleep on the floor because we don't have a big bed for her yet. And she actually prefers the floor. I think she's been feeling crowded in the little bed.... Maybe one of these days we'll break down and get something comfortable for her to sleep in.

Natalie is starting to read. Even when I'm reading to her, she wants me to point to the words. My kids have inherited my love of books. She's so smart. I think she gets a little bored staying home with me during the day. She could start Kindergarten this fall, but because of her birthday she has to wait another year. But I'm going to put her in a preschool that I think she'll enjoy.

Caleb is doing great in school. He has a goal to read the whole Book of Mormon before the end of the summer. He's already somewhere in Mosiah. I think he's more dililgent than I am. I don't know how much he's actually get out of it, but I think establishing the pattern of reading regularly is as important as learning from it. Plus he's feeling the spirit of it. One day I asked him what he was reading about. "I'm not really sure. Its kind of hard to understand," he told me. So I asked him where he was reading. Jacob 5. The Parable of the Olive Tree. "Well, Buddy, that is really hard to understand for me too. Its okay." He's great.