sunday picnic

 Daylight savings always does something to me- it stays lighter longer and puts me in a better mood. I guess I'm a light lover. So I sat in church the day we turned our clocks forward and thought about picnicking in the park. After church we headed to our favorite Draper park with loads of trails and playgrounds to eat our sandwiches and cheetos.

 Adam with the giant frisbee, Linc on his bike, Elliott and Ollie on their scooters. We searched for a place to lay our blanket, but the grass was wet. And the wind started to blow. And it was freezing. I guess we missed the warm hours getting out of church at 4:00.

 But we huddled on our tiny blanket (note to self we're a family of 5 now...) and ate our thrown together dinner on a semi-dry piece of grass. Homemade sandwiches always taste better out of the house I've decided. Then the boys played like crazy until I made us go.

I sure love a Sunday picnic with my family. I'm looking forward to many more... when it warms up just a bit.

night walkers

I don't know about you, but our house right before bedtime can sometimes get a little wild- wrestling, fighting and sometimes boredom... And since it was a little too early for bed and I wasn't ready to  hear one more tattle, we decided to go on a night walk... in our pajamas! (Not me- I was fully clothed thank you.)

We grabbed our flashlights and headlamps, stuffed pajama footies into shoes and went out into the night. It's all about the simple pleasures of life right?

I didn't capture the boys' happy faces, but they were, I promise. 

It was fun to actually use the flashlights other than our once a year camping trip... 

Linc checking out the raindrops with his light.

We even ran into a few neighbors taking their garbages out. I wonder what they thought about our light brigade?

A little fresh air before bedtime was just what we needed. When is fresh air ever a bad thing?