March started out with a day babysitting my nephews and niece!
Waiting for an apple snack from Grandma
One Sunday. reading to Jewelyn and her six dolls
Elizabeth playing a game with Micah, Jonathan, and Quil
Beautiful, cotton clouds!
I enjoyed crocheting a baby blanket.
One day we went with our friends, the Browns, to see their son, Lincoln's, display about Nepal at his school.
Mid-March, our first crocuses bloomed!! A sign of spring coming! Yea! :)
Lilacs leafing out.
One beautiful Sunday, we went to Colorado Springs for Arms Around the World conference. After the service and dinner, we went to see my dad's uncle Alvin and cousin Katie for a bit. We love getting to see them from time to time.
And then we went to Garden of the Gods, to take some senior pictures.
Daddy and me
Elizabeth and me
For my birthday, I made and decorated a cake.
It was a lot of fun to decorate!
The evening before my birthday, my brother's family and two friends, Joanna and Natalie, came for supper.
Opening gifts... this was a violin bow from my parents!
Thank you, Daddy and Mother!
We played games with my niece and nephews in the evening.
One weekend, some friends of ours, the Grouts, who are missionaries to Russia, stayed with us on their way through CO. One of those evenings, we had other friends over for supper too.
Here Elizabeth is visiting with her co-worker and long-time friend, Mary Cruz.
After supper with all our guests, we visited and played music.
My sweet friend, Joanna.
Palm Sunday, the Grouts did a missionary service at our church.
The kids loved learning about Russia.
Judy Grout doing an object lesson with Russian nesting dolls.
Sunday dinner
One of our firsts walks of the season!
My sweet sister Elizabeth on our walk
Mother and I at our Tuesday-cleaning job, posing for a picture of what we really do every week. :)
More spring crocuses!
The day after I took the above picture, we got a blizzard of heavy snow!
Our lilac branches making a tunnel beside our house.
Elizabeth shoveling snow.
Playing in the snow with my nephews and niece.
Easter Sunday! Jonathan and Jewelyn - I think it's sweet how they are holding hands!
Quil, Micah, Jonathan, and Jewelyn -- How much we will miss these kids when they move away in April.
Joy, Joanna, and Jewelyn
Jewelyn and Daddy -- how Jewelyn loves her Grandpa!
Elizabeth reading to Jewelyn.
The last Monday of March, I went to my friend Jenny's house, for lunch and visiting. We had a special time together! Her little boy, Fletcher, is a lot of fun!
That night, we had some other missionaries, the Durhams, at our church in Denver for a service.
It was neat to hear about their work in Hungary!
More spring around here after the snow melted!
Progress on the lilacs! :)
The last Wednesday of March, Randy and Joy's family came up for supper and the evening. We enjoyed Root-Beer-Floats for dessert!
Jonathan, Joanna, Quil, and Randy...
Joy, Micah, and Elizabeth...
Mother, Jewelyn, and Daddy...
Grandpa playing with Jewelyn
Elizabeth, Joanna, and I played "Farm" with all the kids, and had a lot of fun making memories with them.
Randy and Joy's family and Joanna will soon be moving away to South Dakota, so we are trying to soak up all the time with them that we get!
Grandma doing her grandma-thing, and clipping all the kids' fingernails. :)
Reading to Quil, Jonathan, and Micah before they left to go home.
Today was BRIGHT Lights Bible Study that Joanna and I attend every other Thursday. We got a picture afterwards with two of our friends, Natalie and Esther.
Thanks for reading about our busy March! We have a busy April ahead too.
"Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near."
-Isaiah 55:6-
