Birthdays, Spring, and College Plans

Hello, All--

last year or so...

EVENTUALLY SPRING.  Looking out the window today, you would think spring might be coming after all!  It's sunny, with blue skies.  Then you walk outside and it's only in the 30's, so winter reminds us: there's still a little ways to go...  Tomorrow is supposed to be in the 50's though.  That is better.

This above is  a flower photo from years past...we are nowhere NEAR having flowers yet, but I can dream, can't I! :)

KARA TURNS 15!  Well Kara had a birthday on Saturday!  15 years old, can't imagine how that happened.  Here are some baby pictures.  I posted a couple of these on facebook.

3 yrs

6 mos

last fall, for her friend's Quincinera

Hollywood seems to like making movies out of trilogies, these days.  Last year, the movie "Divergent" came out the weekend of Kara's birthday, and we took a group of girls to the movie.  This year, Book 2 in the series, "Insurgent," came out her birthday weekend!  So she had a brunch birthday party,

complete with a waffle bar and games.  Then we took a caravan to the theater for 'Insurgent."  Including our family and 2 of Teresa's friends, there were 21 of us watching the movie!

let's go to the movies

 I liked this 2nd movie better than the first movie, for once.  I think a good time was had by all.  Oh, of course, she did have to make all the cupcakes and party favors...she finished them at midnight.

UNIVERSITY FOR TERESA.  Teresa has put in some more study and research, including online program comparisons and an informative conversation with the Department Head of Wildlife Science.  After all that, plus thinking and more conversations with many people, Teresa has decided to go to BYU Provo this fall!  We think that's pretty cool.  She's been online looking at housing options and mealplans, distances between housing and classes, etc.

from last fall

She can go online Friday afternoon to sign up for housing.  She won't know her roommate.  But there are a handful of kids from our stake who are there already, that she knows.  There are also a few senior girls she knows from camp, who will be going as freshmen too this fall.  She won't have to choose classes for another couple of months.

That about covers our excitement for the weekend!  We are plugging along as the snow melts.  Now we just watch for rain coming, and hope it comes in small doses.  So far, so good :)

Kari