BAYLIE TURNS 6

still our favorite view from the back door  Taken 3/21/14

Erik and his family came over Sunday evening to bring us some St. Patrick's cookies.  It was just fun having them here for a short time.  We love that we are close enough to see them often.  As usual I forgot to take a picture.
Monday the wind blew fiercely.  We could do nothing outside so we cleaned the inside.  We had Nixon for a few hours.  When it was time to go home he gave me a big hug.  I forgot that I had just given him a cookie.  

 He was proud of the mess he made.  I think he looks a lot like Cameron did at this age.
Baylie Anne Batchelor turned 6 on the 19th. 

 She said she had been 5 for 12 years when we asked her how she got so old.  She is such a delight.  Her mother put in 131 extensions for her big day. 

 It took 2 days to get them in.  Seventeen hours.  What child sits that long for a hair do? 
 It 's a good thing it was something she wanted.  She is doing very well in school and loves it.  She loves to read and do homework.  We are so blessed to have her sealed for eternity to our family.  We love her so much.  We just wish they lived closer so we could see her and the family more often.  She had a Frozen party on Friday and we guess it was quite the party.
George loves the carving class I gave him  for Christmas.  He is learning so much.  He has finished this cane topper of Santa.

We had a fun and stressful Saturday.  The morning went well and in the afternoon we went to Springville to watch Kolton play soccer.  Before and after the game we worked in the yard.  Dad pruned the bushes on the side of the garage and I worked on the berm.  Dad also dug out a lilac and loaded all of the branches of the lilac and 2 huge climbing roses into his truck.  Later that evening Uncle Del called to see how he was and I mentioned Dad's hearing aids.  All of a sudden Dad said that one of his aids was missing.  Boy did we panic.  We tried finding them on his iphone but something wasn't working right.  We went out and searched where he had been working.  The darn things are so very, very tiny and clear in color.  The grass was rough and the little pieces that he couldn't pick up were all over the grass.  I walked very slowly and kept my eyes to the ground.  Right behind me was Dad.  He looked down and found them.  Whew!  Our Father in Heaven continuously gives us tender mercies.  How we are blessed.

Resting up for Tuesday's day of fishing

 We love the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and the blessings we constantly receive because of our Savior's mercy.  We love each other and our eternal family so very much.  We are anxiously awaiting the news of when our friends in North Carolina are going to the temple. We would love going back and seeing the good people we have grown to love so much.