Ransom's Birthday Weekend...

Ransom's birthday weekend started out Saturday morning with a surprise visit from Elder Pitts - now Brother Pitts - who is the Elder that baptized Ransom. Very cool surprise!!
Then Ransom and I went in search of "gold coins" as part of his birthday present. After an interesting encounter with a bank teller who didn't know who/"what" Sacagawea was, we scored when we found Millard Fillmore gold coins.
Then today - his real birth date - we had a family dinner at Grandma's house which included a pinata. Everyone seemed to have a good time trying to break it open, though I think Deirdre was taking out her pent up anger on the thing!! Pretty funny!
Uncle Andy pointed out that the pinata served 2 purposes - first as the pinata then as party hats! (See the pictures below.)
Ransom invited his first Primary teacher, Sharon Bassi, to dinner and she was so sweet to come!
All in all, I think it was a good birthday for Ransom.
Happy 13th Birthday, Ranny!
We love you!!
And Happy Birthday to Uncle Jeff, too!!

Birthday Party...

Look what I was given today...

How cool is this??? Ryan MADE this wallet for me!! It even has 3 pockets so I can separate my cards!! I've been using a rubberband since Emmy ate my wallet so many months ago! This is perfect!! So cool! Thank you, Ryan!! I love you!

Springtime...

Finally getting around to posting Easter pictures. Unfortunately, I didn't take that many. I did take a video of the boys hunting for their Easter baskets but for some reason it's not as much fun watching teenagers/almost teenager as watching little kids - so I'll spare you :o)
We went to Mimi & Grandad's for Easter lunch so I was able to get a couple of Cody dyeing eggs with his Grandma & 1 with Mimi, Cody & Grandma trying to get their picture taken without their eyes closed (funny)!
We've had several unusual bugs/moths show up on our porch in the last couple of weeks. The other day we had one that was at least 3 1/2 inches long - I can't imagine what his wing span must have been. (Didn't get a picture of him/her.)
Hope everyone had a great Easter and is enjoying Springtime!!

Easter & such...