This and that of March

I think one of Koen's favorite ways to spend time with us is to play Legos. He left me a note shortly after we played together. I had to leave before finishing my creation to start dinner. It made me smile and remember how much this one-on-one time means to him.

It reads:

To Mom,

I did 1 step on for yoy yuo you Because

I love you but I didn't do the

step with the hoke (hook) because

I got bord. I love you Mom.

From Koen.

We had missionaries from our church over for dinner. Before they leave, they usually share a spiritual message with us. They asked us to draw our testimonies on paper and then share it with each other. This is Koen's drawn testimony. Koen shared his testimony that Jesus is the Good Shepherd and we are his sheep.

Hadley climbing a giant rope bridge. She was nervous while walking up there but felt proud for making it to the top.

We LOVE staring at and watching the sheep in the field near our home. We get to walk by it daily as we take Koen to school. We are especially thrilled there are little lambs. Sometimes we see them running and jumping around or even resting on top of their mama's back as she lies in the grass.

This is the view from my bedroom window on a sunny morning. I find it beautiful. The view from Koen's window is often my favorite because it is the side the sun rises on... but I haven't succeeded in taking a great photo from his window yet.

After the Temple Adventure 

Since the temples are as far away as they are, we always try to do or see something new afterwards before we head back home.

This time, we visited the British Wildlife Center. It's a small center but we were able to see some neat animals better than we've seen at other zoos. The foxes were easy to watch, the otters were very playful and came not a bit shy either. We got to watch Scottish wildcats jump in the air to catch their food. Scottish wildcats by the way look very much like a house cat.

This was Hadleys mood for the majority of our time here:

We kept trying to get a picture with Macie, but once she knew, she'd turn away and frown.

Hadley and Koen played cheetah as we waited for the hedgehog talk.

I was excited to see a hedgehog up close. Unfortunately, we weren't allowed to touch them.

Koen's school had an Easter bonnet parade. All of the children were responsible for decorating a bonnet (hat). It was a pretty low-key parade as the children walked down part of our village's street and ended at the local church for an Easter devotional.

We find many empty snail shells around our gardens so Hadley was excited to have found one with a snail inside. She loved watching it move and will speak to it in a friendly, high pitched voice.

I left our sugar out during breakfast. Macie seized the opportunity to pour spoonfuls of it into her bowl. It was dumped out after I documented it with a photo.

Koen has such a sweet heart and loves to give breakfast surprises. I had slept in a tad one morning and he decided to bring my usual breakfast up to me in bed. He continued to bring me breakfast throughout the whole week actually. When Koen feels he knows how to make someone feel extra loved, he gains an excitement for showing it.