Happy Mother's Day to me!!

Guess who I got to talk to on Mother's Day?  Yep, you guessed it.  Our missionary!  It was so awesome to see his face and hear his voice.

Eric is doing awesome and I can't believe he's almost been out for a year.  Here's a funny picture of him.  He hasn't changed a bit...

I kept trying to snap pictures when he wasn't paying attention...but I didn't do a very good job.  

Another winner!

Trying to sneak one from the side.  Oh, and we laughed a lot!!

We love you Elder Jones!  Thanks for making my Mother's Day complete!

I can't wait to talk to you at Christmas...just 7 quick months away.  Geez, this is going fast!  Keep up the good work son!  

Brandon turns 17!

Brandon turned 17 years old on April 25.  A few days before his birthday he asked us if he could have a bunch of friends over for a party.  He wanted to invite about 30 people.  Our house isn't extremely large, so we wondered where we would put everyone.  Todd suggested having it at the church and setting up a movie with a big screen in one of the rooms.  We got cake from Costco.  And 11 pizzas from Little Caesars!  At the beginning of the party, everyone met at our house, split up into groups, and went on a scavenger hunt around the neighborhood.  

 

 

Then they all went to the church to eat, play basketball, watch a movie, and hang out...

I hardly know anyone's names, but there's Brandon in the middle... :)

(Ok, Zach Wall is on the left and Zach Park is on the right).  

The boy on the right is Hunter Durfee.  (That's all I know.)

My Mom came and helped!  Thanks Mom!

Andrew Christiansen and Lisa Lamb

 And this is the only picture Brandon let me take of him.  I think I was pretty lucky to get that one.

 Happy Birthday Brandon!  We love you and are so proud of you!  I'm glad you had a wonderful party!  (You're welcome.)  :)

A few more homemade cards...

This one was for my Mom on Mother's Day...

Jacob and the zip line!

Our neighbors, the Willmore's, put up this zip line in their front yard.  It was one of their grandchild's ideas and after hours of some serious trial and error, they finally got it to work.  Of course Jacob saw it immediately.  And of course the Willmore's, who are WONDERFUL, invited him over to play on it.  He was in heaven for a long time...

"Here I go, Mom!  Watch!"

 "Would you hurry up and take the picture already?"  :)

What child wouldn't want a zip line in their front yard?  (or their neighbor's front yard)?  Fun stuff!