Forget-Me-Not: Provo Temple

Easter

So the next day after the double pirate parties we started celebrating Easter.
We started off by going to the Hafen family Sunrise Service. We reviewed the Easter story and then had a small testimony meeting.
Usually after the sunrise service we all go to McDonald's for breakfast. But this year I wanted our family to drive to the Provo City Center Temple and see the progress that had occurred.

After breakfast we came home and the boys looked for their Easter baskets. After a couple of minutes the boys all found theirs.

It was cute to see Quincy discover his basket.

I knew that I wanted to include a stuffed animal, because he had loved cuddling with them.

Happy Boys= Happy Mom

I realized that I didn't take many pictures of our Easter Week Celebration.

This year I used Jen Lund's Easter Eggs idea.

But I didn't want to use a tree, so I found this cool twig looking basket at Target.

And we also made an Easter Garden.

Here is a picture of the entry table on Easter Sunday.

The twig basket is empty because we opened all the eggs during the week.

Then on the other wall we have our Easter picture timeline.

Then across the room was our Easter/Spring Mantel

I love my blue mason jars that I found at several antique stores in Oregon.

And I made the baker's twine eggs in the cream bird cage.

On the dining room table I had our egg holders and our dyed eggs that we used in the Egg Bash.

And this year our winner was: Walter

After a nice morning we got ready for church. The boys got to wear their cute new Easter outfits.

And then I attempted to take a group picture. Here is the best one

After church we came home and had a nice Easter dinner.

Overall it was a wonderful day. We were able to focus on the true meaning of Easter and we were able to relax as a family.

We started this month with a trip to Lowe's. We are working on organizing the playroom downstairs. I'll post pictures when we are done.

But here is a shot of Walter and Hunter sitting on a shelf, while we waited for the guy at Lowe's cut the wire shelves for us.

Groundhog's Day

On Groundhog's day Walter and I decided to make some groundhog cookies.

I got the idea from; She Know: Food and Recipes.

They were super cute with cute details like eyes and teeth. We just made no-bake cookies and put a tootsie roll in the middle.

Provo City Center Temple

On Sunday our bishop told us that we should take some time to go and walk by the Provo City Center Temple. He said that the progress was a engineering marvel. And sure enough he was right. For our family home evening we walked around and talked about the temple.

Isn't that amazing. I have no idea how they did it, but it looks like the whole temple is on stilts

Uncle Josh's Birthday

Friday Feb 8th was my brother's birthday, so we went over to my Tio and Tia's house for a little celebration. Josh had asked me ahead of time to make two banana cream pies. So I was a bit surprised to see that in addition to my two pies, he also had two cakes.

So we put a "two" on one cake and a "four" on the other. He may have not gotten everything he wished for, but he had plenty of dessert.

Let Me Call You Sweetheart Dance

After Josh's Birthday Party, we went home and met the babysitter, put the kids down for the night and attended the Stake's Valentine Dance. We missed the dance instruction part of the evening, but we were still able to watch some BYU dance groups perform.

We were able to find a group of friends and sit and talk and enjoy some yummy dessert. We did dance, but just one song. It was funny-because in the middle of the song Weston told me his hips hurt already from dancing.

I love him, so much.

Cute Quincy

No post is complete without a picture of Quincy. He is just such a cute little boy.

This is he favorite way to sit.

Valentine Exchange Gift

Several ladies in my ward get together each year for a valentine exchange party, and they invited me this year. I was super excited, but a bit nervous (that the ladies wouldn't like the craft I made). I wanted to make something cute, but simple since I would have to make 15 of them.

So I went to my favorite wood craft store: Wood Connection, in American Fork and picked up 14 small hearts. I love the way they turned out. I just think they are so pretty. Here they are (13 out of the 15) all lined up.

Valentine Surprise

The boys and I thought it would be fun to "Heart Attack" Grandpa Mac and Grandma Sharman. So on Sunday we cut and colored some hearts and drove over to their house, while they were in church.

The boys and I put them all over their door and Weston shoveled their driveway. The boys were so pleased with their work. And Grandma and Grandpa told us that when they came home, it put a smile on their faces to see all the hearts.