Dressed- Up

Today was the first time the boys going out to a church.  They looked classic when they were ties, slack and shirt.  Frankly, they felt so handsome. So did I!

After visiting church for the first time, we asked them questions what they had learned in the boys' class in a front of President (aka) of Ward and his wife.  They were pleased that they were quick learning especially Ryan. 

Package

My eyes popped out when I received a Nutri-system package in a mail.  It was REALLY big.  All of the dry food is worth for 35 days.  I already started on my second day.  The food was not so bad.

In the package, it includes food dairy.  I also have a small and thin brochures to keep it in purse in case I need to keep the track of my daily mean plan.  It also requires me to buy small portion amount of fresh fruits, vegetables, and fat free milk.  Drinking fat free milk is NOT bad.  My husband especially refused to try it.

Let's keep it crossed that I followed it through for 35 days then I will order it every month!  I have a faith that I will because I personally am ready to follow it through until I reach my destination.

Bibles

Whether you re fan or not fan of reading bibles, we as parents strongly encourage teaching our sons basic 10 commandments from the Bible.   My husband bought very simple Bible for the boys to read.  At first, we were not sure if they would be interested without forcing them.

Dylan was the first because he has asked several questions such as, "What is baptized?"  This is one of the valid questions he has been asking.  After we bought four volumes of "Who's Your Hero?,"  I caught Dylan reading the book at 5:30 A.M.

We are starting to notice that he is starting to read daily. So, my husband and I agree to have young men from church to answer his questions.  As soon as he kept reading, Ryan started doing the same thing. 

It amazes me how the sibling can influence one thing to another.   Boy, am I glad Dylan is a good role model?

Lost and Found

A day after Easter, we freaked out because Star, our cat escaped on Easter's evening.  We were worried wrecked because we had two things happening on Easter Day: Earthquake and raining hard.  The raining forced him to hide nearby bush though we did look most of the night and morning of the day we returned to work/school.

On the morning Ryan and Dylan found it out that Star was missing.  All of us had heart-wrenching throughout the day.  There were another reason why were worried:  traffic and coyotes nearby our home.   By the time we arrived home, we searched around our neighbors.  No luck!  When David came home to take his things out of his Jeep with an open garage, Star took an opportunity to go inside of the garage.  David was stunned and let him go inside of the kitchen through by our garage door. When we saw Star walking in the house, we all were delighted and gave him lots of hugs.  He was purring !

Hopefully, he has learned his lesson because he appeared he did not like the noises outside of the houses.

Water Foundation

Here's what we found on our Easter Morning.

Lucky for those whoever made an attempt to steal this water foundation realized it was too heavy for them to take home.  God had been watching this for us.  We will be asking our friends to put these back up.

Horse Back Riding

Just in time before the rain fell, the boys had their first experience riding on a pony at a friend's farm. They did enjoyed seeing so many wonderful animals. When we entered the ranch, the first thing we saw a huge peacock. I did hope to see a peacock with feathers sticking it out. We did make several attempts. It did not work, but at least I took a good shot of a close-up peacock.

Before the boys rode on a pony, they had to learn to brush the pony and clean the hoof off. We did have a wonderful trainer. Dylan was the first one who volunteered to go on a pony. He went on several rounds. Ryan was on the other hand. At first, he did not want to go on a pony because he feared to fall off a pony. I had to bribe him to get him something-- a Blue Puffle (Psst, he will get it one for Easter's anyway.) He did enjoy for a little bit around.

After they finished riding on a pony, they visited several other animals: pigs, goats, rabbits, donkeys, and cats. Many of them was braved enough to feed the animals. In fact, they wanted to work on a farm so they could get a free horse back riding this summer. It was a nice way to end of our Spring Break!

Happy Campers

Have you ever had any indoor camping? Thought it was a perfect way to entertain the boys over their Spring Break. They sure were happy campers!

I could have provide them smores but unfortunately I had to think about Dylan. He is not able to have marshmallow due to having a retainer. But this is a life time memory to do something unique over their break.