This I know...

1. A good time was had by all at our recent egg hunt...I love the absolute look of joy on everyone's face...

2. I love buying new Easter dresses for my girls every year. I'm glad they still indulge me and let me dress them alike from time to time.

(Since we didn't go to church on Easter Sunday

this year because it fell on General Conference weekend, they wore their outfits the Sunday before)

3. My spring/summer fling, J. Deere and I picked up where we left off in the fall.

Reunited...and it feels so good!

4. I saw a MINK (what the?!) scurrying across our lawn yesterday!!!!!! Fortunately, I was able to find him again after I ran inside to get my camera. These things are nasty little boogers and not a friend to ducks, by the way. I'm nervous that we've got mink in the area now...

5. I always forget how much I love springtime! It's such a gift to have this kind of beauty after a long, snowy winter.


6. When my mom came for a visit recently, she helped me with the massive undertaking of repainting my dining room (first coat was wheatgrass--which was a gorgeous color but ended up being super gloomy and shadowy at night) so I repainted it the same color as my kitchen...which is silvery sage...

I love the contrast of the silvery sage with the hallway's new color of gold strand...(all of these colors were per Susan Taylor's suggestion)...that girl knows color!!


Here's a shot of the gold strand in the hallway leading into the old living room which has svelte sage on the walls (and ceilings!)...All of the woodwork (oh! so much woodwork!) is painted in pear tint...

As if all of that painting (including the upstairs hallway and trim) wasn't enough, I painted the laundry room in wheatgrass. It's such a fresh color, and I hated that it didn't work in my dining room, but because this room has a pot light on the ceiling, there aren't any funky shadows being cast. I love this room and the framed piece of fabric goes perfectly with the new color!

7. Window boxes make me just plain happy.

8. I love having opportunities to participate in my kids' school. This was taken during a mystery reader Friday for Jake's class...

9. We got a new car! (Well, it's a new "used" car, but still...it's new to us!) I love it! My poor van was on it's last legs so this was it's replacement...a Ford Freestyle! It's a conversion utility vehicle--it almost looks like a jacked up station wagon. It can accommodate 7 people plus cargo space...I've had a blast driving it...

These white instrument panels are so fresh looking to me...

10. I'm not sure I'm ready for summer to be here...These are just a few samplings of misdemeaners I discovered during spring break. I know now why they call it spring BREAK!!!

(I think they're referring to my nerves!)