LEWIS FAMILY
MARCH 2013
Spring has definitely sprung in our neck of the woods, and
we are loving it. The days are longer, the flowers are blooming, the birds have
become our early morning alarm clocks, and the kids are begging to spend every
waking minute outside. I’m sure you’re wondering what we’ve had to complain
about, living where we live now, but we actually had a pretty cold winter here!
That sounds silly coming from Utahn’s, but with a lightly insulated home, damp
air and a heat bill that seemed to have no limit, our home has felt frigid cold
the past few months. We have happily welcomed the sunshine and warmer days with
lunch on the patio, flip flops and a freezer stocked with popsicles.
Peri’s favorite bedtime song recently has been “My Heavenly
Father Loves Me” that goes “Whenever I hear the song of a bird, or look at the
blue, blue sky ….” She loves to sing it as we lie in her bed and talk about all
the beautiful things Heavenly Father created for us. Our walks outside now are
spent discovering all of the creations in that song … lilac trees, blooming
roses, butterflies, birds, etc. … and we feel so fortunate on a daily basis to
live in such a beautiful world. I love seeing our kiddos learn to appreciate
the beauties around them.
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| Our little bird watcher. |
Jensen gave a wonderful talk in Primary in March. It was
about Heavenly Father’s plan for us to come to earth to gain a body and be
tested. He did such a good job with it. He worked so hard to memorize it and
spoke with such confidence and expression. We were so proud of him! The kids
have also been working on memorizing the Articles of Faith and can breeze
through articles 1-4 with ease. It amazes us how quickly and easily they seem
to learn and retain things. They are so capable of so much more than we give
them credit for sometimes! Bennett gives an especially powerful and emotional
recitation of article 2, and enthusiastically ends each verse with “… and in
the Holy Ghost.” I included a link down below of Jensen's talk.
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| Our handsome Child of God. |
We had a fun St. Patrick’s Day celebration with a visit from
the cutest leprechaun I’ve ever seen. We had our green smoothies and green
pancakes with yogurt for breakfast and the traditional corned beef and
cabbage for dinner. The kids loved having a free pass to pinch each other for a
day, and Jensen exhausted every method and means he could to catch himself a
pesky leprechaun (to no avail). Climbing into bed that night, he was already
formulating a plan to catch one next year that we’re hoping will bring him more success.
It was a fun day!
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| Top of the mornin' to ya! |
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| Our lucky green breakfast. |
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| His first leprechaun trap. |
Jensen has also taken up a new hobby! He started tennis
lessons this month and is absolutely loving it. He is doing so well. He listens
to his coach and takes direction and correction like a pro. It is so fun to
watch him scampering around the court, jumping into form, picking up balls,
high-fiving his friends. It’s adorable! Plus, he has two of the cutest little
fans there each week to cheer him on.
Peri got invited to her first "friend" birthday party for a little girl in our ward. She was sooo excited! It felt so strange dropping her off on her own, seeing how independent she's becoming. Bennett had just as hard of a time as I did; he was not happy to be left behind and for the next two hours kept asking for his sister. At one point while playing outside with Jensen and Jeremy, and after apparently waiting long enough for her to come home, he hopped on his little motorized jeep and headed down our street. When we caught up to him and asked him where he was going he said, "I'm going to get Peri." Friends forever. There's a link below to a cute video of them singing the monkey song.
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| Heading to her first party. Big girl. |
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| Talking to each other on their banana phones. |
Later that afternoon we enjoyed the much-anticipated arrival
of Uncle Landon, Aunt Britt, Sai and Riggs! They were so sweet to make the long
drive to come see us, despite Landon’s poor, injured foot. It felt so good to
spend time with them and boy, did we do our best to cram as much into our day
as we could. We hit up the park near our home that Britt and Sailor spent their
summer at last year. We ordered in some gourmet pizza for dinner. We colored
eggs. We opened presents. We hid eggs and prepped Easter baskets. We watched
March Madness and made a late night frozen yogurt run. And in the middle of all
that, Jeremy headed up the delivery of a new piano to our home with the help of
Braden and several of his strong friends. It was a busy but wonderful day. The
kids had such fun playing together, and none of us could get enough of little
Riggs. He was so happy and so fun to play with!
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| The birthday boy. |
Easter Sunday was another busy day, but it was a
wonderful one, too. The kids woke up so excited to see if the Easter Bunny had
come, and boy did he ever. The Easter Bunny that came this year (from Fresno, I
think I heard) was quite clever and the kids loved having to really hunt for
their treasures. One of the many things I absolutely love about little Sailor
is her enthusiasm for things. You could just feel the excitement racing through her cute little body that morning! It was so much fun.
After church Dianna, Braden and his girlfriend Kristen
joined us for a yummy Easter dinner. We had quite a crowd gathered around our
dining room table and it was awesome to be amongst family we love so much on
such a special holiday. We’re so glad we got to spend that time with Landon and
his family and love them so, so much.
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| Ready for the hunt. |
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| Cute Sailor bunny. |
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| Cute Rigg's bunny. |
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| Cousin Pals. |
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| Ready for church. |
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| Our Easter dinner gathering. |
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| Bennett taking dessert into his own hands. |
As you can see, March was a great month for us. We missed being home in Utah to celebrate all the March birthdays with everyone ... what fun celebrations it sounds like you had. We love you all so and miss you like crazy! Can't wait to be together again. Until next time ... Keep the faith.
3 Little Monkeyshttp://youtu.be/5pMIrvpnF2w
Hooray! What a wonderful post. So great to read and see all of the fun things you have done together this past month. I loved your youtube additions. Such a great talk by Jensen and Bennett and Peri were priceless. Busy, busy days. Thanks so much for sharing! Well done!!!
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