Spring Shopping and Serving.

Back to Spring Break.

After church on Sunday (Mar23) we said goodbye to Lex and sent her back up to ID.

I was so grateful that she was able to make the trip down to see us.
(I can't wait to see her this Friday when she's here for her semester break!)

(Protesting the picture-snapping mamita. As usual.) 

On Monday, Britt, the girls and I went shopping.
Shi and Chey were looking for Prom dresses, Britt and I were shopping for quilt fabric for sweet Baby A, and Mar came along for the ride (although she ended up with a few things she needed, too).

Here is glimpse of some of the favorite dresses:

(This was actually taken Tuesday while we were in Provo)

And the winners are...

(and photo-bombed):

These girls are so beautiful they would make any dress look great, but I love their choices.
Now they just need dates.
My fingers are crossed.
(Any suggestions?)


On Tuesday we headed down to BYU to check out the dorms. Shi and Chey wanted to see their options before registering for housing a few days later.

I could sense their excitement about attending in the fall as we walked around campus.

We made a stop at the bookstore so the girls could purchase some BYU gear (actually TWICE, since we walked in two minutes before they were closing for the weekly devotional, so, in the interim, we dropped by a couple Prom dress shops in Provo).

We ran into the Ottesons (a family in our ward, counselor in the Bishopric), and McKenna and Hannah (LHS-soon-to-be-BYU students, too) while we there. 

It's a small world, after all.

One of the things Bill and I are making a Utah-trip tradition is attending the temple with our children while we are there. My dad had recently found a large number of family names that needed ordinance work done, so we were excited to schedule time to do baptisms with the younger girls, and sealings with the marrieds. We decided on the Draper Temple because (1) it was somewhat central, and (2) none of us had been there before (except mi madre y mi padre).

(Lynnea was sick that day. Bummer!)

It was awesome.

Afterwards we headed to Applebees for dinner (half-price appetizers after 9 - PERECT!).

And Spring Break has only just begun.
Next up: The Barn