march in pictures

this is another series (similar to one at the end of the last post) where i was trying to get a good picture of jonathan. he gets goofy when the camera comes out.

some of the kids hanging out in bed with me:

in march i headed down to utah alone for my annual sisters' weekend with my mom, sisters, and sister-in-law. as usual, it mostly consisted of us hanging out, talking, playing games, and eating good food at my mom's house. but we did also go to the grand america hotel for high tea and down to provo to attend the provo city center temple open house.

here are some pictures from our fancy tea:

even the bathroom was fancy.

these are from the provo city center temple. this used to be the provo tabernacle, where i attended many church meetings, concerts, and my law school graduation. six years ago, it burned down and they rebuilt it as an LDS temple. before temples are dedicated, they hold open houses where anyone can walk through and see what the inside looks like. our sisters' weekend happened to fall on the last weekend of the open house, so we all headed down to tour the inside of the temple. it is a beautiful building and i'm grateful i got the chance to see it.

this is a magnificent tree across the street from us that blooms in a glorious display every spring and on top of that, smells divine. i think i have this same picture from every year we've lived here.

madeleine is our little bookworm:

jonathan gets these ideas for projects that he wants to do and is very persistent about having us help him accomplish them. recently, he decided that he wanted a birdhouse, so after nagging randy for a couple days, randy finally relented and helped him build one. the girls helped him paint it when they were done with the construction.

jonathan was reading out on the front lawn for some reason:

baby bump picture. i think this was at 25 weeks:

madeleine got croup in march and was pretty miserable. we took a miserable picture together.

these are pictures from the kids' easter egg hunt. being the awesome mother that i am, i handed them a couple of bags of candy and our empty plastic eggs and told them to fill them up and do an easter egg hunt for themselves in the backyard. but since they asked nicely, i agreed to at least hide the eggs for them the first time (they like to do it a few times, since the hunts don't last that long).

 

random picture of jonathan in an awkward sleeping position:

we had some warm weather throughout march and my two youngest do not like the heat. they get that from me. i believe this was during a 70 degree heat wave on the walk home from school. they insisted that we stop in the shade and rest because it was too hot to carry on. heaven help us come july.