March

 Happiness is pretty simple:

someone to love,

something to do,

something to look forward to.

Chinese Proverb

Well, I have plenty of people to love and a lot of stuff to do and this month we had so many fun things to look forward to! 

We began the month at the University of Utah recognizing and celebrating David's completion of his PhD.

Congratulations - or as the Brazilians would say - Parabéns.

We are so excited to see what the next chapter in 'David's Book of Life' will bring.

Speaking of Brazil...

We always look forward to our Portuguese Saturdays at the Jordan River Temple with Raquel and Atílio Vittorazzo. This month Kay and Larry Brown joined our little group. 

The next Saturday found us in Manti for a 'McSibling' temple trip.

Janeane, Don, Linda, LuAnne, Dallan

And, even with all of these 'happenings', we were still able to complete a most difficult puzzle.😊

Whoever thought that this would be fun?!

With the temple closed for its two week's maintenance, we headed back down to Texas. As always, we packed a lot into those days...

Nothing brings a family closer together than doing a puzzle - a Texas puzzle, no less!

BBQ at Hutchins

Hockey Game - Go American Eagles!

Girl Day Pedicures

Making sun catchers

Painting

Walks 

and parks 

Hanging out with Grandpa and Oscar 

More hockey

 Thai Food
(This might have been better with just the adults. Just saying.)

Indoor games and Bowling at Pinstack

The Buc-ee's experience

Our little super heroes and the princess 

What?! Another puzzle

Sadly, no leprechaun was caught, but they had fun trying.

More Grandpa time

And then, before we knew it, our magical nine days in Texas were done and we were back in Utah...just in time to see Tyler as the cutest rhino ever in The Lion King.

You can never get too many temple pictures, right? 

Hey March - let spring begin!

And we must thank the NJMs for sharing their new game with us...and David for joining in.

Cousin Sylvia (and Dave) lives just down the road but I really never see her. So, what are the odds of meeting up at Great Harvest?

And, last but not least, three very Happy Birthday shout outs to Michael (18) and Ryan (45) on March 28, and to Nathan (42) on April 1.

Just you wait until next month when we get the birthday 'overload'!!! Not just Nathan, but ...well, you'll just have to wait and see, if you don't know who they are already.
So that will be one of the things to look forward to in the month of April. 
Hey, since I'm mentioning birthdays, I might as well go all the way back to January and belatedly wish Joseph and Elder Christian a happy 15 and 20.

Can't wait to see what April brings!!!