Devin and Kim: Sunday Post #5

So, this one will be quicker, I think.

Let's start with the good news:

1) We took the Sonata in for safety and emissions and it passed on the first try! WHEW!
2) The van failed both safety and emissions and while this is not good news, we got both issues resolved enough for it to pass. Whoo hoo. Eeked out another year.
3) We have our addendum to the home study with all their ridiculous questions almost done. We are waiting to get pictures here from Costco showing how amazing we are with our kids on a daily basis, but other than that, we have all supporting documentation, too. I really feel blessed that we were able to get this done so quickly. I think we have angels helping us. Now, really just praying that they accept it...

The best parts of this week were of course Easter and General Conference. Oh, how I love conference! I just want to say that I 100% sustain and support the First Presidency and the Quorum of the 12. I love them and I know that they work tirelessly as God's leaders here on Earth. I am so grateful that I know that we have a living prophet here, who guides and directs us. I didn't get to listen to conference yesterday as I was working, but I will catch up on it over time. I loved today's sessions. There's just something incredible about it every time.

For Easter, we usually do a family egg hunt and dinner, but our schedules didn't allow us to do that this year. Instead, the kids came to my work to have an egg hunt. I clocked out for lunch and joined them for a bit. They liked it and that's all that matters. No money in those eggs though! Today, we spent the entire day at home as a family and it was wonderful. We've done this with two major holidays recently (Thanksgiving and today, Easter) and it has been really nice. I think there's something special about spending time alone, but there's also something really great about being with extended family too. I am glad we get a good mix of both. We cooked ourselves a nice ham dinner today, complete with Devin's homemade rolls (because I don't do that, of course). We had strawberry shortcake for dessert that was divine and took a big family walk and made sure to stop and pose for a few candid "look how amazing we are as a family" shots for Ecuador. :)

I'll throw up a few pictures from the week and call this one done! I know, record shortness. You can thank me later.

Randoms:

March is National Social Work month (who knew?!) so my boss at ORMC has this hanging on the door at work. I thought it was sweet of her. Had to take a picture, of course. :)

Hallie's feelings in her own words about getting a new sibling. We're adding this to the dossier to pull at their heart strings. Jace on the other hand had about two things to say and then was done. Hopefully they'll understand that he is four...

Hallie is really into drawing and writing...she left me this gem on my pillow the other night. I think she's seen a few too many of my work brochures.

Jace is obsessed with trains. He picked out this horribly boring train movie from the library that just shows footage over and over of trains rolling by. He insisted on continuing to watch it one afternoon but when I came back a little while later to check on him, I found him fast asleep. This NEVER happens. Must have bored him more than he wanted to let on...

Easter:

We did get around to dying eggs this year, but I am a total doofus and used the kool aid dye idea from Pinterest. Bad idea- we ended up with red eggs only. Nice.