Welcome Spring!

I'm so dang excited I can hardly stand it. I'm trying to ignore the frost on the ground this morning and instead focus on the neighbors daffodils. Lovely buttery yellow blossoms. *Sigh* I love spring.

Now, for my long blogging absence. I only have these excuses: I was rushing madly to figure out/finish A's Easter dress (as seen in the pictures to the side), pack and straighten the house so we (the children and I) could leave to UT for a week for spring break, and S took the computer (yes, physically removed from the house) for the week prior. I've just returned from spending a week at my in-laws without my husband. My own lovely parents are on a mission to Nauvoo (details later), and while I love my in-laws, I have discovered a few things:
1) after 3-5 days guests and fish both stink. Seriously. I have only about 5 days of pleasant "niceness" in me, before I feel like I'm not on vacation anymore. I must relocate every five days (or less). If you want to come visit, plan on 4 days. That way we will still be friends when you leave. =)
2) traveling with the kids and no husband stinks worse than old fish. I need daddy to be a buffer with the kids, and the kids need daddy to be a buffer with mommy.
3) mommy is not a jungle-gym. the kids need rough-house time that mommy can't provide as well as daddy.
4) C knows how to push my buttons very, very, very well. I don't like PDA's (public displays of affection) and I like PDD's (Public Displays of Discipline) even less. Needless to say, I was responsible for a few of those last week.
5) seeing family is alot of fun. I like re-connecting, then I don't feel like I live quite so far away.

anyway. enough for now. I still have suitcases to unpack. And the kids have pulled out every toy they own...just to make sure they're still there, I suppose...