Easter Pageant...

It was a great year to be in the Easter Pageant.  Mom and Dad are serving in the Visitor's Center!  Amy was a supportive spectator!  And we had an amazing experience participating!  More details about the pageant to come in the next update...

DID YOU SEE US????

Jay:  Apostle Thomas.  Look at that beard - and the make up!  I think this experience really changed  him - not because of the make up, but because he got to spend time with some amazing men and really think about what those apostles did as they "left their nets and Followed Him."

Lori:  Follower of Christ with Jason.  It was always nice to have Jason there with me.  I'm sure families followed Him and listened and were amazed at His miracles and His love, just as we were each night during pageant...oh to have really been there!

Scott:  He's supposed to look tough. Doesn't he?!  A Temple Guard.  He got to experience Christ as a child, and as an adult and the effect He had on those in the temple.  I think Scott really listened and internalized the events portrayed in the pageant.

Jason:  A follower of Christ.  A Temple Guard (understudy for Scott) on Thursdays.  And Pilot's Servant.  Pilot took great care of his servants.  I think Jason learned a lot from him.

The man in the back - Judas - also known to us as Bishop Denton.  Dear friend, neighbor and Bishop!  We love him and his family!

HE LIVES!  I KNOW IT!  I AM GRATEFUL FOR THAT KNOWLEDGE...AND FOR ALL OF YOU.

With love always,

Lori

Happy April!

Well, it's been a busy great week!  April Fool's Day was off-the-wall in kindergarten mis-match day!  One of the teachers after school said she had very low expectations of getting anything done going into the day and in the end she got more done than she expected.  She decided maybe she should go into every day with lower expectations!  Being in the classroom is very fun (and challenging) for me.  I really do love it and at the same time I really am so grateful that I have not had to work outside the home and have had the title of Homemaker for all these years.

I've decided that the busier I am, the better I manage my  time.  It's an amazing thing, really, as I realize what is most important to me--FAMILY...dinner together, time together, scriptures and prayer together.   With pageant practice every night and homework we are all busy, but I love the time I am able to spend with my family. 

The kids got to go to the Suns Game with Jay on Friday.  I had Easter Pageant practice.  From the pictures, it looks like they had a fabulous time!  We did all go to dinner together before and it was great spending time with them, hearing them tease each other, laughing together and enjoying making memories.  

Scott delivered another successful ramp built on Tuesday.  Grandma and Grandpa Andreasen came to the track meet.  Mel even changed scouts to Tuesday so he could come with us and cheer Jason on at his meets!  Jason jumped 5'2 last week and 5'5 yesterday!   The relay team RAN FAST always take it!  So many watching comment on Jason's running style - so smooth and quick!  Amy continues working and bringing home fun things that preschoolers say.  She is not going to Utah for graduation but is planning a trip to visit some of her friends there and make it up to Idaho to see Taralynn.  I miss Taralynn and Kory, but they are busy and happy!  

We always enjoy Conference Weekend as a family.  Usually we go to the mountains, but this year we stayed home.  We missed the coolness of the mountains, but conference is great in the family room!  I also got to go to dinner with Mom, sisters, Amy and Haley which was very fun.  The boys went to dinner after Priesthood with Grandpa and friends.  I have such a testimony of preparing for conference, asking to learn specific things pertaining to my life.  Once again, I was directed and look forward to reading and studying the conference talks for the next six months.  I will try harder to be more kind and serve others in need more.  I will try harder to testify to others what I know by my words and actions.  I will try harder to attend the temple regularly and remember covenants.  I am so blessed to live minutes from a temple!  I will try harder to become better.  We had our fun night with neighbors to review conference on Monday - a very fun tradition for us!

I think I am forgetting something, but that is the update from here.  Like I always say, I'd rather be busy than bored...!  But keep balance always.

love,

Lori