It's springtime, 2102.  It has been a beautiful spring this year with butterflies galore!  During my runs (you know, jogging, not bathroom problems) I have collected some of the butterflies and brought them home for the kids to see.  Really, they have just been everywhere!!  They seem like little tiny happiness reminders.  Now, the little happiness reminders have gone home with Sophie for further enjoyment. 

I know it's been a long time since I've written.  I want to blog.  I just don't want to take the time to blog.  But, I want a place to put the things we're doing and what I'm thinking, and to stay in touch with family, and to keep for our own family history.  It can sometimes feel overwhelming.  But, as I read other blogs, I think that it's such a wonderful place to see pictures and read words with feelings that will be a treasure for years to come.  

I don't need to catch up on the world, but Allison was baptized last October....we took a last minute family vacation to California to play with Greenwood cousins over Christmas....Quinn broke his arm at wrestling practice....Tanner was in the paper for writing a paper....Connor has played football and run cross-country and track this year. 

I am trying desperately to finish up this second year of seminary.  I haven't missed a day of teaching yet.  (I have missed some inservices, but not a day of teaching).  And no, I don't feel like I need to keep it up for the next 2 years, however, I also won't throw away my attendance record for just anything.  

Scott is getting things ready for Scout camp.  We got to sneak off, thanks to Stephanie and a friend, to Dallan and Carrie's wedding in Seattle.  Loved the market and the laughs!  Scott would just like to go on a bike ride, but seems to be filling his time up instead with teaching Connor how to home teach (trimming shrubs), playing catch with Quinn, going to Tanner's ballgames and trying to figure out how to get on Allison's good side.....  

Allison was baptized in the dress my mom made for my sister, Paula.  Allison's cousin, Zoey, was also baptized in the same dress.  Grandma Prince made the dress for her to wear afterwards.
Sweet, white memories!

I didn't even answer the phone when the school tried to call and tell me what had happened....I'm thinking thoughts like:  "who is this call from Lemoine??  he keeps calling me!! I am trying to get ready to get the kids from the elementary school!!  why won't he just leave me a message??"  BECAUSE YOUR SON BROKE HIS ARM AND IS GOING TO  THE HOSPITAL IN AN AMBULANCE!  That's why we keep calling you, and why I am not leaving you a message!

http://www.arlingtontx.gov/animals/pdf/animalessays/2012/Tanner_Greenwood.pdf

That link, my friends, should take you to Tanner's animal essay contest that won him 3rd place in the 5th grade entries in Arlington.

http://myarlingtontx.com/2012/03/08/2012-animal-essay-contest-winners/

This link shows Tanner getting a second with Mayor Cluck.  He is about 1:25 in the clip.

https://picasaweb.google.com/102592117960894692099/AnimalEssayContest2012VisitingSchools#slideshow/5709798623116972962

This will hopefully take you to the picture of when Scott and I got to go to the school to surprise Tanner!  He didn't want to enter this essay contest when I showed it to him at the library.  But, thanks to his wonderful teacher, Mrs. Doskocil, who encouraged the students to enter, he did!  BTW, Mrs. Doskocil is retiring this year.  I am saddish because she taught all 3 boys, and I would've liked Allison to have had her.  It is becoming extremely challenging to have any creativity and fun in the classroom because of state mandated testing, so she has prayed and decided it was time to leave teaching.  We love our teachers!

 Connor is on the top ladder at the top.  How cool is that to climb on, on your campout with the scouts and your dad?!  I tried to get a picture of Connor at a track meet, but I haven't been able to get one on.  (That is one reason why it drives me nuts to blog....I can't figure it all out and it takes a long time).