Spring miscellany

Sunday selfie: Sunday, March 12

Andrea and Seth take a picture prior to their ward conference meetings. Andrea serves in the stake Relief Society presidency, and Seth serves on the stake Young Men presidency. Sometimes we get to go to the same stake meetings.

Another selfie: Monday, March 13

Rebekah, Andrea and Ana take a selfie on the couch at Grandma Susan's house.

Snuggles: Thursday, March 16

Andrea and Miriam in the master bedroom.

Saturday morning: Saturday, March 18

Winnie eats her breakfast and reads a book.

Miriam eats her maple cinnamon roll.

St. Patrick's Day dinner: Sunday, March 16

The rainbow Jell-o Andrea made for a St. Patrick's Day dinner. We also had corned beef and cabbage.

Silly girl: Thursday, March 23

Winnie puffs out her cheek by blowing on a glass.

Lincoln Court: Saturday, March 25

Ana plays a song on the piano at Lincoln Court. Rather than just coming at Christmas, we decided to pick a random Saturday and play more music. 

Winnie playing piano.

Seth singing and playing guitar.

Rebekah playing trombone with a backing track.

Miriam playing the piano. We played music the same day Miriam finished up her Gem State ballroom competition, hence the fancy hair and earrings. (I also played/sang, but since I was the one taking pictures, I don't have any of myself.)

Teaching Primary: Sunday, March 26

Seth shows a video to the Primary class we subbed for a few weeks while the regular teachers were out of town. Videos are a great teaching tool for this age group. :-)

Malcolm: Thursday, March 30

Seth gets ready to give a presentation on his program at work.

Cross-country skiing: Friday, March 31

Andrea and Peach ski at Twin Bridges Campground.

April Fool's: Saturday, April 1

Miriam, Winnie and Ana giggle as they take over our bed on a Saturday morning.

Winnie uses the mannequin head we bought from D.I. to pull a prank on us.

Date: Friday, April 7

Seth poses with a self-descriptive book at Goodwill while he and Andrea are on a date.

Musical prep: Saturday, April 8

Seth writes in notes and lyrics on his music for "Bright Star" in preparation for rehearsals. Seth can't read music as well as Rebekah, so he wrote in all the lyrics so he could follow along.

Pet store: Monday, April 10

Winnie and Seth pose by the birds at PetSmart while in town.

Anime love: Wednesday, April 12

Miriam and Seth pose with the tanjiro earrings Miriam bought for herself and her dad as a surprise. These earrings are worn by a character from Demon Slayer, an anime they enjoy watching together.

Subbing: Friday, April 14

Andrea takes a selfie in a first grade classroom at Cloverdale Elementary during lunchtime. I picked up a few sub jobs throughout the year.

Pierced: Friday, April 14

Seth poses with his newly pierced ears.

Another Sunday selfie: Sunday, April 16

Andrea and Seth pose at the Coltman building prior to another ward conference meeting. After the block of meetings, Seth was asked by the stake president to remove his earrings. 

Office desk: Thursday, April 20

Seth's array of  decorations on his desk at work.

Pocatello temple: Friday, April 21

Andrea and Seth pose outside the Pocatello temple after attending a session on Seth's day off.

Andrea putting on socks after changing from tights and a skirt to jeans and socks in the temple parking lot. We went to lunch and a seed store after the temple.

Monkeys in a tree: Saturday, April 22

Rebekah and Winnie climb in the newly pruned crabapple trees in the front yard during a day of yardwork.

Hammock relaxing: Sunday, April 23

Miriam, Winnie and Andrea relax on the hammock in the back yard.

Training: Wednesday, May 3

Aunt Rachel, Seth and Melanie Pierce pose with their teambuilding exercise attempt at a work training.

Couch time: Monday, May 8

Rebekah, Ana, Seth, Winnie and Miriam chilling on the couch.

Primary activity: Wednesday, May 10

Winnie paints Andrea's toenails in the Young Women room of the church during a mommy-daughter Primary activity.

Scooter date: Friday, May 12

Andrea on a rental scooter at the Greenbelt during a date.

Temple baptisms: Saturday, May 13

Grandpa Scott, Andrea, Miriam and Ana pose outside the temple after doing baptisms for the dead. Seth and Rebekah were supposed to come with us, but their musical rehearsals went extra long.

Picnic: Saturday, May 13

Ana relaxes on Roscoe and attempts to pacify Lizzie during a picnic at Grandma Susan's house.

Mothers' Day: Sunday, May 14

Winnie treats Andrea to a massage with the new massage gun she received for Mothers' Day.

Ana poses with her origami earrings, her crochet sweater and Seth's bolo tie in the Relief Society room after church.

Grandpa and Grandpa Scott cook weinerschnitzel at their home.

Naptime: Friday, May 19

Winnie takes a nap on the living room couch with her Go Dog, Go!

Outside time: Saturday, May 20

Seth and Andrea pose with the arborvitae Seth cut down in the side yard. The trees in the front and side were dead/dying and had been since the water was shut off for an entire summer while our house was added onto.

Winnie waters the plants at Grandma Scott's house while she's out of town.

Winnie poses on the senior rock at Bonneville before watching the high school musical Seth and Rebekah participated in.