Columbia River Temple

This month, for our temple trip, we took the girls along so they could also have a temple experience. The Columbia River Temple is absolutely beautiful! It was pretty windy, so the girls had hair in their faces in a lot of the pictures we took. Before we went home, we stopped at a Dairy Queen and Miriam got her first real taste of fries - we've never really given them to her before.

Easter and Conference

Moses Lake hosted a community Easter Egg Hunt at McCosh park, and it was the first "big" hunt we've been to. Too bad it's over in less than 30 seconds after it starts!

Jenna was excited to start. She wanted a blue egg first!

The Easter Bunny did not disappoint this year. Jenna's new favorite toy is her little Tinkerbell doll. Miriam was quick to employ her new window crayons. And it's nice that her artwork stays off the walls!

We love bubbles at our house!

One of our favorite things to do - rough house on the couch!

Sisters

My girls sure love each other. Even when they don't......you know what I mean. These two can make each other laugh like no one else. Just this morning, they were chasing each other with a Tinkerbell pop-up laundry hamper and taking turns "catching the puppy" -each other - in it. It's the little moments that make life wonderful.

Ok, yes, I know that I am way behind. Such is life. Here's the update. Way back in March, Granny and Papa Russell came for their spring break. The weather was great while they were here and we went over to Leavenworth, WA. It's a little German town nestled up in the mountains. Definitely a tourist trap, and lots of fun. We went too early in the season for any of the bakeries to be open yet, but I'm sure that we'll be headed back sometime in the summer for those yummy treats. We went on lots of walks and had a picnic at Potholes State Park the next day.

A view of Leavenworth's Main Street

Out on the lake......

Since we now live in Moses Lake, there is something that we will have to enjoy - the lake. Moses Lake is made up of three long fingers that extend over about 18 miles. We live on the peninsula in the middle of it. We bought a kayak at Costco and Luke and Jenna took it for a test run on the lake. They had a fun daddy-daughter date last Saturday paddling out to Goat Island and having a picnic. I love that the weather is already warm enough to be able to go out and enjoy life. I am excited for summer here!

Back in the groove.......

We finally are settled enough (I think) that I can get back to blogging......not that I was all that faithful about it to begin with, but I'm back anyway. We moved into a two bedroom townhouse in Moses Lake, WA, and are on the lookout for our first house here. For those of you who don't know, Luke got a job with REC Silicon here in Moses Lake as a process engineer. They've recently built two new plants on site and Luke will be in charge of the one that starts up in July-ish (it's scheduled to open anytime between June and August). Luke loves his job, which is good, cuz he's stuck with it for at least a few years. One thing that makes his job even better is he really likes the people that he works with. A few of the guys at REC have families with kids around the same age as our girls, so the times we've done stuff with them the girls actually enjoy themselves as well. We found a preschool for Jenna that had a few kids move out of the area just before we got here. So, luckily, they had a few open spots. She goes every weekday from 9 to 1, allowing me to have some time to actually accomplish something at home. She's made lots of friends and comes home singing at least two new songs everyday.

I am on the countdown to nursery! Miriam is extremely good for her age at church, but I would absolutely love to be able to concentrate on the whole lesson in either Sunday School or Relief Society! Only 3 Sundays left..........

Jenna and Miriam jumped on the chance to play in the cupboards before we got everything unpacked.

We had some extra space in the closet under the stairs, so we put the kids' books in there. Jenna loves to go to the "library". She'll shut the door so Miriam won't bother her and literally spends hours in there.

Back to life.......

So, we are mostly settled into our new place and finally have internet! I will try to get up some pictures and such soon! Just wanted to let you all know that we haven't fallen off the face of the earth.......