March Nuts and Bolts (Family Newsletter entry)

How did March fly by so quickly?! It was an amazing month is so many ways. First of all, we bid farewell to Grandma Nelson on the 24th. Although she was getting up there in age, it was still unexpected. We miss our loving, gentle, kind grandmother, but are so grateful for her life and example she shared with us. We couldn’t ask for a better grandma. It was wonderful to see so much of our Nelson family and the funeral services were very spiritual. We were able to sing two musical numbers and it was an honor to be a pallbearer. She was buried in Paradise, Utah (up past Brigham City).

On the other side of the spectrum, we were able to do the temple work for another grandmother, Sarah’s mother. We spent an afternoon at the Mount Timpanogas Temple with the entire family and we could feel love in the ordinances we did in her behalf. We love our grandparents!

Stockton continues to get cuter and cuter. He is always smiling and loves to play, listen to songs, etc. Like we’ve mentioned, he is the mildest of our three babies, but is the clingiest—he loves being held! He is also the worst in the sleep department…many a rough night. We had a scare when we got quite lethargic and uncheery one day. We took him to the doctor and found out he had RSV . We followed instructions and kept the kids home for two weeks. Thanks heavens it never got ultra serious and that our little one’s health was restored. We could not ask for a better baby!

Tayah and Kadence do everything together. They cook in their kitchen, play dress-up, read books, draw, color, and build forts. They enjoy giving “talks” and having “music time” in their imaginary Primary. Kadence is thoroughly enjoying Sunbeams and going to class instead of Nursery. We just switched to a sacrament meeting-last block and the girls have had some adjustment issues, but all is well. Our girls are so good and sweet, with a few choice moments daily. Bedtime can be a chore and curses be to Benjamin Franklin for the whole Daylight Savings thing.

Elizabeth had a birthday and we celebrated with a few meals out to Red Robin and Tucano’s, presents, and many phone calls, notes, cards, and e-mails from loved ones. She understandably got stir crazy being at home and is relieved for some sense of normalcy. We had a few nice weather days and she took advantage of it, making a few trips to the park. She enjoys play groups and visiting with wonderful neighbors. Elizabeth is a voracious reader and goes through several books each week.

I managed to stay out of trouble in between work, church, and other fun. My highlights: I attended my first caucus meeting, conducted meetings in March (including our ward conference), attended the BYU PLC meetings, conducting a convert baptism and spoke are our ward baptisms, had our annual student and employee giving campaigns at BYU, went on visits with Stake Presidency, attended Carissa’s band concert, participated in our Little Philmont scout training, and went to Cougar Club with Dad.

We also had some fun family outings: Princess and the Frog in the theater, a ward adults’ date night, dinners and shopping trips, and so on. Life is busy and amazing!