April has been a wonderful month, with Ashleigh and the boys here and Easter. I had a conversation with my three year old grandson Breghten and he was telling me all the things the Easter bunny had brought to him. I told him that the Easter bunny was a lot of fun and asked him if he knew why we celebrated Easter. He told me that Jesus sacrificed and had nails in His hands. And then he said very emphatically that Jesus conquered death and He was resurrected. " I have been told of a very small and very devout boy who was heard murmuring to himself on Easter morning a poem of his own composition which began " Chocolate eggs and Jesus risen". This seems to me, for his age, both admirable poetry and admirable piety. But of course the time will soon come when such a child can no longer effortlessly and spontaneously enjoy that unity. He will become able to distinguish the spiritual from the ritual and festal aspect of Easter; chocolate eggs will no longer be sacramental. And once he has distinguished he must put one or the other first. If he puts the spiritual first he can still taste something of Easter in the chocolate eggs; if he puts the eggs first they will soon be no more than any other sweetmeat. They have taken on an independent, and therefore a soon withering, life. C.S. Lewis

FUN with Ashleigh and the boys!!

These are a potpourri of pictures Ashleigh has taken. Grandpa Duke and Ian, Great Grandpa Curtis and Mason and Ian ( with the doggy backpacks I made for all the grandsons) Ian and Grandma sewing the backpacks, Masons birthday cake, and yes the candles are sparklers. I realized I did not have any candles so I grabbed the sparklers and although Mason wasn't totally sure about it all, he still tried to blow them out! We went to the studio for pictures for Malories graduation and Ashleigh took some great pics of all of us!

pictures

I'm really anxious to post some pictures. Ashleigh is going to show me how tomorrow because Sharon ( alias Mrs. photography!) emailed Ash some pics from the barbeque. Anyway, my son-in-law Ryan is always telling corny jokes like.....What did one snowman say to the other snowman? ...........What smells like carrots?! I really didnt think this was funny at first, but the more I thought about it, the funnier it got!

Aprils Barbeque

These are pictures from Aprils barbeque/Moms Birthday of my siblings and kids.

Getting Started!

My first blogging experience! I had to wait for Ashleigh to come and get me started. We have had a wonderful time. We celebrated Grandma Curtis's birthday, with a suprise visit from my sister Valerie from Utah, Masons 5th birthday, and have had such a fun time watching all four grandsons play! And we got a special Easter surprise from our German Easter bunny ( Birte ), a box full of chocolates. And if you have tasted chocolate from Germany, you will be jealous!