where to begin? hmmmm!

let's start with the quick trip to see jason's parents over the end of priss's spring break and the start of jason's. we literally seemed to make a flying trip to the western corner of nc late one friday night to get some furniture they wanted us to have in the new house...bed for priss that had been her great-grandpa don's, her grandpa ed's and her dad's, a new king mattress set for jason and me, a chest freezer since they had three and didn't need one of them, and a few other misc. items. while there we ate at a hole-in-the-wall pizza place that was awesome. and we took a hike through the smokey mountains. the kids were really bummed that the great smokey mountain parkway was closed so we couldn't do the hike that grandpa ed had planned but we did inprovise and find a trail that was just right in terrain for them. we took a lot of pictures and really enjoyed getting to be outside in the gorgeous scenery.

over jason's spring break we...painted the basement tv room, relaid the carpet in the basement from the flood, put up priss's new bed, decorated her walls, put up our new bed, painted swee's room, put up beadboard in his room, painted the living room, removed wallpaper from the living room, and managed to keep track of 5 kids and two mothers. without our mothers' help we couldn't have gotten so much done. oh, we also went to ivanhoes for dinner and dessert one night. it was crazy but the house is looking sooooo good...like it is ours!

we even were able to return to our old ward and attend a baptism of one of priss's good friends. they had been in the same church class since they were 18 months old. it was so great to see her friend making the same choice that she wants to make in a couple of months.

both of the older kids have starting baseball and softball respectively for the first time this spring. they are so excited to get the games played and they feel that practice is pretty neat. swee is working on running the bases in the correct order and priss volunteered to pitch or play second base. at least i convinced her she didn't want to be a catcher! whew!!!

what did you do over your spring break?