APRIL 2023

WELCOME SPRING...SORT OF!

This year our weather was slow by about 2 months so we were delighted to see some spring birds start showing up even in the snow!

This is a Mountain Bluebird.

Scott surprised me by arranging for Braden & McKenna and Bree and Elliot to join us in our weekend outing up to Bear River Bird Bird Refuge and Antelope Island.

It was the BEST SURPRISE EVER!

The kids humored us by birding with us all over the place!

We found our goal bird, the Chukar.

We saw some cool Bison including this big guy.

We were excited that we actually saw some cute Burrowing Owls as well.  They were so fun.

Lots of time with our favorite Dad and Carolyn!

We spent a lot of the month preparing the basement to be an apartment for some live-in caregivers we are so excited to have join our family.

Dad was invited along with Carol Olsen-Taylor to go up to Bree's 5th grade class to talk about growing up in the days of the Great Depression.  They did a wonderful job and it was amazing to see the kids realize that these people grew up without electricity, running water and indoor plumbing, let alone without cell phones!

I enjoyed some outings with LeAnn's kiddos this month.  Trying to keep them busy while LeAnn was recuperating and  not able to even lift kids.

This one was to an indoor playground and was fun!

The boys were  not afraid of the big slides.

Scott ditched me to go to first Egypt and then Israel with Elder Uchtdorf and his family.

He did see a very majestic bird perfectly Egyptian in every way...the Eurasian Hoopoe.  Crazy bird!

The pyramids...

The Sphinx...

And some time chilling with Elder Uchtdorf in one of the pyramids.  How cool is that!

Here he is with both Elder and Sister Uchtdorf.

Meanwhile...

I am back in Provo taking care of business as usual including helping out with a baby shower for a neighbor Emmy Nelson.

Preschool Drive-In Movie day with Lucas and Timmy in their adorable cars!

I took Lucas and Timmy to Farm Country at Thanksgiving Point another day and we had a ball.

Timmy riding his pony.

And Lucas riding his!

Scott moved on to Israel for the last part of his trip.

Jerusalem and the Dome of the Rock on temple Mound.

The Garden Tomb in Jerusalem.

My Prschool class making a big box into a BUS!

And then we rode a REAL BUS up to BYU to explore the Eyring Science Center.

We love to pose at the Tree of Life Statue each year.

And I like to take them to see the real COUGARS inside the Wilkinson Center!

With Scott back in town, we got out to do some birding again.

Found these cute Snowy Plovers near the south end of Utah Lake.  So tiny and not as loud as Killdeer.

And we are so happy to have some of our summer birds start to show up like this Snowy Egret showing off for the ladies!