Paint

We had great weather yesterday, so we went to Mom and Dad's and let the kids play outside while I finished one of my paint projects. I found the black telephone table on craigslist last summer and Seth's mom bought it for me for $20.00 as an early birthday present. It was just a wooden color with an ugly eighties seat cushion. Seth started spray painting it a couple of weeks ago and then I finished it yesterday. I like how it turned out. The arrangement of furniture in our entry way/dining room/kitchen/office/playroom/living room changes every couple of months, so we'll see where it lands, but I really like it for the time being.

This is another project I painted. Anyone recognize it? It's mom's doll dresser from when she was a kid, that I played with when I was a kid. I brought it to our place awhile ago and used it to store the Weston and Koper's chalk and markers in. They decided to draw on it with a green marker so I painted it. I love what a fresh coat of paint will do.

And last but not least, Lissa Erb stopped by for a visit on Monday. So brought the boys happy meals and we each had a delicious sandwhich from the Co-op. She stayed for about three hours while Rudy was in meetings and we just chatted. They were excited to hear what everyone is up to. Rudy was in town for meetings. He is the president of some board for the business department at the U of I. I think most of us have caught up with them on facebook, but they live in Oklahoma now.

Happy April!

Our mutual kids went out to Utah for General Conference. We were actually there for five days and made a youth conference out of it. We experienced some snow, some sleet, some hail, some lightning, some wind, some clouds, and some sun. Lisa and the kids stayed with Angie in Riverton while I was with the youth.
If any of you get the chance to watch the Joseph Smith movie in the Legacy theater, don't pass it up. Conference is pretty good on the big screen, too. Happy Birthday Raya! Thanks for the helmet mom! She loves riding her bike at the park. Lisa even said she's learned how to fall over with minimal impact.

Easter Egg Hunt

Think he was excited to find the candy!

Is she happy or what?

I thought I would throw on some shots from last week's egg-stravagansa. The kids had fun decorating eggs and then finding them later scattered throughout the yard. I think we found all the eggs, so we won't have any surprises later this year.

Matt, did you get your sprinklers fired up okay? After I talked to you, I went on Les' Facebook and found your photos. That was a sweet shot of Kya jumping off the dock. Don't worry about too many dog shots, my kids love to see pictures of her.

When I got done looking at Kya's shots, I ended up surfing Facebook. Before I knew it, I was looking at MHS Class of 1992. It was fun to see some fo the old gang. It surprised me how many names I had forgotten, but after a few mintues they came back to me. Some people had changed, but most still looked very familar. I'll have to get my own Facebook set up and send a few notes saying hi.

Have a great week!

Brant

They're Gone

The lonely Williams House

For the past several weeks, Joe, Sandi, and Scott have been moving everything out of their house and into a storage unit and a new apartment. They still make several trips a day but things are mostly gone and they are living in their new apartment. It is within a couple of blocks of Seth and Lacey. I think they sign the papers this Wednesday and then we will await our new neighbors.

Today was Stake conference. I enjoyed the Priesthood Leadership session, although I don't think I was necessarily supposed to be there. The evening session was very good and today's was also good. They broadcast it through the Internet into the Mountainview building. It went pretty well except that about every 20 minutes the system would freeze while the buffering caught up. Then with about 1/2 hour to go, when Aunt Brenda can up to speak, the whole thing collapsed. They said it was the server in Salt Lake buffering. When it finally came back on, the Stake President was speaking. Oh well, I would assume Aunt Brenda gave a good talk.

It was nice to sit there and watch the stake technicians scramble around and sweat bullets when things went wrong and not have to worry about it. About a year ago they took that responsibility away from the FM Groups and gave it to the individual stakes. I love it.

Mom, Lacey and boys are over at Good Sam visiting Grandpa. I don't know why Seth and I weren't invited. Maybe it was because we were asleep on the couches.

It is a beautiful day with rain forecast for the rest of the week. We are looking forward to visiting with Travis and Kelly in two weeks. Bishop Walker asked us to speak on the 25th but that is the Sunday we will be in Orem. Now we are supposed to speak on the Mother's Day. Out of the frying pan into the fire.

Keep smiling!!!!