Springtime Fun

Jared was able to come home for a few days last week (FUN). The Easter Bunny left a note on our kitchen table explaining that he wanted to come when we could all be together as a family. (On a side note, we just had a little talk about honesty today and I couldn't help but feel like hypocrite, with the Easter Bunny thing and all. I hope they don't hate me someday).

Logan enjoying some jellybeans.
Our happy Noah!
Porter getting motion sick on the carousel. I guess we have Dad to thank for that.Isn't she cute.

Secrets to Happiness

Hey, fam. I've been thinking a lot about happiness lately. Isn't it funny how it's a little different for everybody? Really, I want to know what makes YOU happy, so I'll share my own list in random order to get the ball rolling.

1. Eating good food. Preferably lots of it and with people I really love. People I really like will do.

2. Knowing the difference between goals and dreams. Goals are dependent on me and only me. Write at least 50 words in my journal. Read the scriptures to the kids for 10 minutes every night. Go to bed by 10:30. Finish my book by Sunday.

3. Knowing the difference between getting things done and being busy. It's easy to be busy. Getting things done requires planning and diligence and sometimes patience.

4. Charles Dickens. Every word is butter. Sweet cream butter.

5. Oscar Wilde. Brilliant and absolutely hilarious.

6. Watching "Tangled" with my family. This movie has grown on me since the first time I watched it and I just love it. Makes me laugh and cry.

7. Playing "Just Dance 2" on the Wii. Before I know it we've all spent an hour or two laughing and sweating and dancing and oh-no-Porter's-going-to-be-late-for-school!!!!!

8. A nice walk in the sunshine.

9. Being grateful. It's just a baby step behind happiness. Baby steps. Ba-by steps... (If a certain movie doesn't immediately come to mind, it's okay. I love you anyway.)

10. ENJOY. "The Screwtape Letters" dedicates several pages to this subject. I can't compare with C.S. Lewis at his worst, so why try when he's at his best? Go look it up.

Now it's your turn!!!

We had a pretty big fund raiser this week down at the Truman Waterfront - the Taste of Key West. 60 or so restaurants bring dishes from their menu and donate it for tickets people buy and the money goes to the agency I work for. In 3 hours, they raised over $100,000. That's a lot of cheese.

Another sunset in Paradise. I'm not sorry I have this kind of sunset and that its been in the 80's for the last month.

The World Sailfish Championships are in Key West this weekend. It can have a pretty rich purse (some years, if you do everything right, I've heard you can win a million dollars). Big names like Johnny Bench and Norman Swartzkoff (?) are regulars. I had one of them in the taxi last night that has had a lot of success placing, and he was a nice guy. Fish on!

We just had Spring Break here and I took some vacation days and worked at the taxi jib. I was able o make enough to get ll the boat parts needed. My mechanic was out yesterday and it's running good. This is a legit boat, and will work out.

Pickin Daisies

I was looking through the pictures on Elizabeth's phone and come across this one. I guess when Owen roams around outside, he likes to go up on the hill and just sit there in the flowers and hang out all peaceful-like. What a funny little kid. It reminds me of the Incredible Hulk. Brandon will know what I'm talking about.