Easter Bunnies

One of our friends has bunnies that are only a couple weeks old. On Sunday they invited us to come over and see them. The white one is the mom and the brown one is the dad.  Spring is here!!  

The Bunny Who Thinks He's an Alpaca

Lewey's been out of his pen a few times this spring and where does he go. . . across the street to the alpaca's.  He's made friends with one in particular, a shaggy dark brown surrey Afton calls Belle.  It has been very amusing not just for us, but all those who spot him hopping among the feet of the big girls. He acts just like he's one of the herd.  I'm not sure that he sees a difference at all.  He eats, sleeps and runs around with them all the time.  Between feelings of anxiety for his safety, it's actually hilarious to see him interact.  We have even seen him chasing them.  Yes . . . he chases them around . . .  and . . they actually run away from him. It has been quite the entertainment of late.  The girls will bring him home every once in a while to make sure he's ok, but he ends up right back over there as soon as he gets the chance.

**UPDATE:
The girls went to get him last night and Belle was chasing them around the pen.  I guess it's not as two sided as I thought. He has taken to herding out the shorter haired alpaca's  from this open area and doing it in a very determined and aggressive manner. We sat and watched him chase the other animals through the gate at a run!!  Hilarious! Something from out of funniest animal couples or something.

I Love Pastel Pencils

In drawing class last week we were introduced to gray scale paper and pastel pencils.  It has been so much fun using these two mediums.  The results are actually very impressive. It's just such a fun medium to play around with. I will definitely be doing more with this.

Sweet 16

Wednesday was our anniversary and the weather was actually much like it was that day in Manti 16 years ago!  Dennis put in half a day at work and then we went to the Provo temple. Its not as busy in the afternoon so it was nice.  We went to Olive Garden for an early dinner afterward. We had both a coupon and a gift card to use which was an extra present. We also decided to stop at the Provo mall Cineplex to see the newest version of Disney's Cinderella.  (Bonnie calls it the "human version", which she doesn't like.) It was very cute though and a lovely ending to a wonderful day!

Self Portrait

In class we were introduced to facial features.  Our homework. . . a self portrait.  The only requirements were that it include 2 eyes, a nose and a mouth. and it had to be a self portrait, so those features had to be mine.  I had all these abstract, Picasso - ish style plans, but that was the weekend I got sick . . . then Bonnie got sick, and it was my birthday.  So I went more traditional except that I did it as a Venician mask sort of portrait. Kind of like these.

 

So my final project looked like this. 

It was ok.  Not exactly how I pictured it in my mind . . . but I do get a chance to work on it a little more and make it a little better before the end of the semester. 

40 Black and White Balloons

Dennis said he was going to take me out for my birthday so we left the house around 5:30pm and ended up running all sorts of errands.  Finally after about an hour and barely making it to Payson, Dennis told me that we were needed at home.  My spidey-scences kind of kicked in at that point and I thought that the kids must be putting something together for me. Kind of sweet, right.  I had no idea the scale and preparation that was put into it.  I walked through the door and there were so many people there!!  It totally took me by surprise!  All my brothers and their families were there, my in-laws and a couple of the Marker families, neighbors, and even a few of my girls from YW's.  It was all very touching.  Dennis orchestrated everything and our neighbor stored all the supplies at her house.  During the day the girls went over to her house to make birthday cards, but they were really working on a fun birthday poster. There were streamers and black and white balloons all over the house. I was told that there were 40 of them.  There was pizza, two cakes and ice cream! It was all very sweet! 

Activity Days Talent Show

At Afton's last Activity Days activity the girls and I went to watch her perform at the Talent Show.  She chose to sing a song that we have been working on here at home for a couple weeks.  She did a great job.  Love watching this girl perform.  She has some fun leaders.  Sister Bates and Sister Ashmore. She likes going and has fun with the other girls.