The Haggard Herald

Earlier this spring we took the girls to hike Battle Creek Falls.  It's in the mountain east of Lindon/Pleasant Grove and it about a half mile up to the waterfall.  It's a pretty steady up-hill climb the whole way but the girls did pretty well.  We took lots of breaks.  Lucy looked at bugs.  They both loved trying to convince me that they needed rocks.  I remember wanting to collect rocks when I was a kid.  But I also remember being particular about which ones I wanted.  They don't seem to care very much; any old rock will do.  And all the rocks will do, too. Maddie used to want to just sit at the trailhead in a pile of rocks and gravel when we used to take her to hike.  She will hike now but Lucy wants to sit and play with rocks.  Fortunately, we can get Lucy up the trail better since there's a dad and big sister to chase up the trail.  But she still would rather sit and play in the rocks. There is a cool little c...

Here are a few more pictures from Matt of our day at the zoo last week. Did you notice the fabric on my shirt?  And Lucy's?  We've got our jungle animals shirts on.  Maddie chose her new sand dollar shirt I made for her instead of one of the Serengeti fabrics.  I love making shirts, by the way.  Thank you Melory, for showing me how! Maddie was really excited to ride the train.  It was a short, fun addition to our zoo visit. Danny and Alisa did a great job piling three little boys on top of each other trying to get a cool picture with the elephant statue. Our monkeys, minus Lu.  I love pictures with her cousins because it makes Maddie look small again.  She's taller than average, and she's talked so well for so long, that sometimes I forget she's still only three.  Oh, I love my little three-year-old Maddie Jo.  I was telling Matt last night, sometimes when I look at one of the girls and think about how much I love each of...

So, life has been busy the past few weeks.  We are in the market for a new car which has taken up a lot of time both researching online and going to look at different cars.  I've got a pretty good idea of what I'm looking for and I'm hoping that we will have it in our garage in another couple of weeks.  I found a dealer that I felt good about and told him what I wanted (2012 Oddessy, clean title, less than 50K miles and our price) and he said he would find it for me.  He did, and it should be delivered in about a week to his dealership. So anyways--the rest of our time has been filled with all sorts of things.  Baby chicks (I'll post about them later), Easter egg hunts at home, at Grandma's, and with my old roommates, Lucy finding lions both outside the zoo and inside, play dates, park trips, playing in our own yard every day (hooray!), sewing, making a new fort, ice skating, and other things. The weather has been great lately which really helps. Maddie ...