March Happenings

 March has been a month! Everyone got sick. It started with Matthew, who had a fever for 4 days. Next up was U and then Megan and finally Me who was sick during our Spring Break trip. Thankfully we are all feeling much better now! Here's some of the other happenings this month.

Full lunar eclipse photo by U

Our space selfie. Unfortunately, Megan's face is somewhat shadowed by the camera.

Concert band festival

Megan and other clarinets

Matthew during clinic

Megan's half birthday. 

She got her permit and we have been taking her out driving. She has only hit invisible cars (her observation).

Artemis appreciated the blankets left around the house.

U's Bob Ross painting

Artemis while U worked from home while the rest of us were gone. Artemis thought U was boring...

Sarah, Champion and Lionheart came up to visit. It was an exciting time as the downstairs air conditioner went out. Megan shared her bedroom with them so they could sleep in air conditioning. U spent about 3 hours working on the air conditioner and eventually figured out we had a bad fuse. We are so thankful for air conditioning!

Lionheart is talking so much and is so cute. U loves that Lionheart likes to say "Thank you Pampa!"

U playing with Lionheart while Matthew looks on.

Lionheart waving at the world while Matthew pushes him from the Primary Easter egg hunt to the neighborhood party.

Lionheart and Me

Megan enjoying some solitude.

Lionheart liked sitting in the camp chair.

He also loved eating grapes...

And fritos.

Champion trying to take Lionheart in the obstacle course. Lionheart was not a fan!

Me, Sarah, Lionheart and Megan

Matthew, U and Champion played a long game of Risk. Matthew won.

Megan with a swaddled Artemis.

Megan observation: Toes are little chins on sticks.

Visiting Cedar City

 We headed to Cedar City to stay with grandma and grandpa. Aunt Cheryl-Lynn and Liz came as well. Ben was going to come but did not because he was sick. Speaking of being sick, Me got sick on the trip and by the time we were in Cedar City, she ended up sounding like a frog. Funsies!

We enjoyed putting puzzles together, watching basketball games and shows (the kids watched Seeking Persephone with grandpa), playing games (Grandpa was an actual troublemaker in One Night Ultimate Werewolf, making trouble by opening his eyes with the werewolves even though he was the troublemaker), playing monster, going on walks and a hike. We had a nice visit!

Matthew is slightly taller than Cheryl-Lynn

Me and CL with the glow-in-the-dark fairy puzzle we put together.

 There were 22 fairies in the puzzle, some hidden. It was cool to see it glow in the dark.

We saw some pretty flowers when we walked around the temple. I miss the perennial flowers we used to have in Colorado.

Liz, Megan and Matthew playing Mousetrap.

Grandpa, Megan, Liz and Matthew playing pickleball.

Cheryl-Lynn made elderberry syrup for us all to drink. It must have helped because nobody else got sick. One night, she accidentally pulled out the beet juice. It did not taste the same at all! Can you tell which is which?

Another puzzle we put together.

Megan, Matthew and Liz at the park.

Matthew making some music.

Liz joining him.

CL, Megan, Liz, Matthew, Me, Grandpa on the hike.

Silly faces!

Megan, Grandma, Liz, Grandpa and Matthew

Group hug!

We went to see Lamb of God which was really nice!

Grandma, Me, Matthew, Grandpa, Megan

Visiting Mesquite

 Sunday morning, we left Flagstaff to drive to Mesquite to visit Grandmo and Grandpo and Uncle Justin. We enjoyed a few days relaxing at their house, swimming in the warm pool (up to 87 degrees!), riding the ebikes, watching movies (including Seeking Persephone) and playing lots and lots of games. We went to see Hoppers in the movie theater. We brought Grandmo's and Grandpo's birthday gifts and enjoyed watching them open them.

Puzzle we got Grandmo for her birthday.

Megan and Matthew with their St. Patrick's Day find.

Beautiful flowers on cactus. They open in the morning and then close back up.

Me and Matthew on an ebike ride. Matthew really enjoyed the ebikes and went on rides with Me, Grandpo and Justin. He even went by himself!

Justin, Megan and Matthew swimming in the pool.

Matthew. He loved diving for rings, sticks, etc.

Megan

Matthew, Justin, Grandpa, Me and Megan with Grandpo in the mirror.

Grandpo's AI rendition of the photo. The adults all look really strange....

We enjoyed playing Telestrations. Here are a couple of Megan's drawings.

Grandmo, Justin, Grandpo and Matthew playing more games.

Some photos before we left.

Megan, Justin, Matthew

Megan, Grandmo, Matthew

Grandpo, Megan, Grandmo, Matthew

Grandpo, Megan, Me, Matthew, Grandmo

Grandpo, Megan, Me, Matthew, Grandmo

Grandpa's AI renditions of group photos.