Happy mother's day Marie/Mom! We love you!

We love you!
Originally uploaded by Adam W.

Spencer: Happy mothers day mommy. I love you so much that I even want to play a game with you sometime. Love, Spencer.

Emma: (as told by Spencer) I love mommy because she is so helpful and she gives us jobs. And we are a great family.

Adam: You are a wonderful, selfless, loving, and beautiful mother to our two cute, cute kiddos. I love you!

(yes, Adam has commandeered the blog for today)

In Memory of Grandma Barnard

In Memory of Grandma Barnard
Originally uploaded by Adam W.

Team Honeybees (Grandpa Barnard's name for Grandma) ran in memory of Grandma Barnard, who died from complications from breast cancer, and all other victims and survivors of breast cancer.

Finito!

Finito!
Originally uploaded by Adam W.

Marie, my mom, Aunt Shauna, cousin Jessica, and cousin Lizzy all completed a race yesterday. Well done gals!

Triumphant!

Triumphant!
Originally uploaded by Adam W.

Spencer, Emma, and I had a great vantage point of the race finish at The Gateway from a bridge just above the finish line.

Can you find Marie and Jessica?

Can you find Marie and Jessica?
Originally uploaded by Adam W.

Marie and Jessica ran the Race for the Cure yesterday in Salt Lake. can you find them in the immense crowd?

The last day of Spring Break

Today was the last day of Spring Break, so we jumped at the chance to spend the day with family. Grammy had planned a fun hike along the C&O Canal, so we tagged along and were joined by Grandma W and Laura as well. Good company=good times. It was a chilly day, but perfect weather for a stroll along a picturesque trail.

Emma was loving her baseball cap.

Here's the group at the mile marker. This was our turn-around spot. We went a little over a mile along the trail and then doubled back. I was so proud of Spencer, who was leading the pack most of the way (along with his buddies Trina and Joel). 2 miles of hiking - not bad for a little man.

Emma was a trooper too. She wanted to walk most of the time, but I was glad for the hiking pack and the ease it provides for taking little tikes on treks like this.
Sarah snapped this close-up of these gorgeous wildflowers. They were popping up everywhere!
Here's my favorite picture of the day. More to come on this little man. Can you believe that as of yesterday I have a FOUR YEAR OLD? He's one of my favorite people and a really great buddy to his sister. How can you not love someone this adorable?

Happy Easter!

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, a latter-day apostle, gave a stirring, insightful address during last weekend's General Conference. Here is a piece of it that has been paired with images; I found Elder Holland's remarks to be SO instructive on the Atonement, which is the focus of this Easter weekend.

If you don't have access to Youtube, you can read the address here.