Baptisms and Singing

So this weekend we went to Morgan to see my nephew Myles get baptised and receive the Holy Ghost. It was fun. I played the piano for two of my sisters and my sister-in-law Julie played the flute with us. They sang an arrangment of Jesus came to John the Bapitist.
When it came time for Myles to go under the water Kendall was unusually interested. She has seen others get baptized but this affected her differently. My brother Jared held Myles under longer than anyone I had seen before. Making sure that he was completely submerged.
Kendall decided that she didn't like that and maybe she wouldn't get baptized after all.

Then today I sang with my two sisters, Beckie and Merribeth, for my Sacrament Meeting.
We sang, "How Shall I Live". Despite me having a very horse voice and sore throat we did really well. It's funny when I sing with my sisters (not very often because I am usually playing for them) people will come up to me and be so surprised that I can sing or as a lady put it today, "Sara I didn't know you had talent". So I guess when I play for them I don't really have any talent, only if I sing with them. Anyway, it was fun to share our testimonies through song.
Now the kids are taking a late nap and I think I just might join them. There has been a lot of sleepless nights in the house lately with me being sick, Tucker waking up often and Sawyer waking up often. Got to love being a parent though.

Coloring is fun to do, to do to do to do!

So tonight we colored Easter eggs with Kendall and Tucker. They thought it was great fun. Justin even got in on it. Kendall felt like a pro because she had colored eggs earlier in the week at preschool. She kept showing Tucker what to do and that it must be done a certain way.
She did a lot of pink. Tucker on the other hand wanted to just dip and take out, dip and take out.
He at one point decided that the egg dye looked yummy enough to eat. Much to his dismay it didn't taste very good. We put white vinegar in it to have the colors brighter and stick better.
Justin and and I put little dorky messages. It was good times with our little family!

More of the Green

When I went to pick up Kendall from preschool, she had so much to say. She had learned a lot about leprechauns. She kept saying that they were sneaky, and tricky and that we had to watch out for them. Every time I suggested going to find one she would freak out and get really scared. I think that they read some stories about them that made her very nervous.
I stopped at Lee's (the old Acres) and got some corned beef. I asked the meat manager if he had any Irish Bacon, he said, What? I then proceeded to give the history of why Irish Americans use corned beef instead of Irish Bacon and where the tradition came from. Also why they use cabbage. He was impressed. Justin would have been so proud. Any who, I made Corned Beef and sauteed cabbage (so yummy) and mashed potatoes and Soda bread (actually it wasn't really soda bread, I couldn't find any it was artisan bread)
Justin came home and was very excited to have such an ethnic meal. It was fun. Tucker wasn't very excited, the only thing he ate was the corn. Kendall ate everything. She is such a better eater now than she was. There is hope for Tucker. They had the left over green punch and cookies from Kendall's snack at preschool. It was fun.

Celebrating the Green!

Top of the Morning to ya! So today is St. Patrick's Day. Love the Holiday! I took Kendall to preschool this morning all decked out in her green. She had the snack bucket so we took loft house cookies that had green frosting and green Hawaiian Punch. She was very excited.
When we got to her school, her teacher had green footprints on the floor and told Kendall that a leprechaun had stopped by and left his green hat that was on the table. Kendall's eye's got big and she put her little hand to her mouth that was already wide open. She was so excited to see what was going to happen next. I had to leave because the kids were in the car. Fun for her though.

I am thinking I want to make Irish bacon, or corned beef and cabbage for dinner. Feeling very Irish today. Or I could make Shepherd's pie. Or, I could just fake it by making french toast and dying it green. Anyway, fun to think of ways to celebrate.
May Irish eyes smile upon ya and raise your glass's to all of you lad's and lass's.