So I found this great website called BookSneeze. Here is the link for them:
http://booksneeze.com/ You agree to write a review on your blog and also on a site like Amazon, and then they send you a book for free that you get to keep. I thought that it sounded too good to be true, but since it only asked for my name and address I tried it out. Sure enough, they sent me a book (I got to pick from 7.) I really enjoyed the book that I recevied. All the books were non fiction, but that is right down my alley. So as promised I will post my review on my blog. Then - I get to pick another one :) Hooray for free books!
With great expectations I started reading a book from the Christian Encounter Series titled John Bunyan by Kevin Belmonte. I was not disappointed with the few pleasant hours I spent perusing this book. The book summarizes the little known life of the man who penned The Pilgrim’s Progress very eloquently and succinctly. Belmonte’s tone has the ability to effectively draw the reader into Bunyan’s life. I felt as if I were sitting next to Bunyan experiencing many of the difficult things he was called to bear. Bunyan’s life on its own is very captivating, but given the lapse of time since his birth, this book could easily have been rather dry and dull. I found myself eager to move to the next page and my only disappointment was that it ended too quickly. I gained a great appreciation for Bunyan from reading this, and I was inspired to finally tackle The Pilgrim’s Progress after reading this. I felt like I gained knowledge not only about Bunyan’s inner life, but I also got a mini history lesson of his time period. Belmonte is quick to praise Bunyan and supports his praise with the impact Bunyan had on many other important figures. I can add my praise to Bunyan and this well researched and presented book from Kevin Belmonte.
It's beginning to look a lot like....Easter. So we have been decorating the loft upstairs with holiday stuff for the boys to play with. They have had fun with it, and the loft actually gets used this way. I put out all the Easter decorations, and now Easter can come. Next week we plan on celebrating the last week of Christ's life and doing some fun activities to go along with that to learn more about it. This is our first go at that....wish me luck. (Thanks mom for the book of ideas - it should be great!) 
We went for a quick trip to IF on Saturday. It was my nephew Spencer's 7th Birthday Party. We went up for a fun party that my mom put on for him. The kids got an Easter basket, and got to go on an easter egg hunt in the backyard, filled carrot bags with sugared popcorn, made bunny cupcakes, bird's nests (out of chocolate and coconut), and then they made bunnies with beans and baby socks. They had a great time. We had a great time visiting with family, too! there are many benefits of living closer to our families. We just don't take advantage of those benefits often enough.....I guess we should do something about that.
We had such a fun family night at the Layton City Family Recreation Circus Night. Every month Layton city puts on a free fun activity for the family. We have loved them thus far, all the ones that we have been lucky to attend. Last March we went to their Luck o the Irish Party, and this year it was their Circus Night. We played carnival games, listened to stories, morphed ourselves into lions and tigers, watched clowns chase each other hysterically with library book carts and horns, and waited in the balloon line for an HOUR AND A HALF. That was so not worth it to me, but the boys were sure happy with their balloons. I survived the line waiting by browsing books and periodicals the whole time. Random comment I just heard from Cade to David, "Do you want to play the ocarina with me?" Okay now.........
After I got the boys dressed this morning, I went on a David hunt. Of course, Cade and I were loaded in the car waiting to jet to preschool. David was MIA. I finally found him. Upstairs in his boat in his bedroom. I thought the little man was so darn cute, I ran and grabbed my camera to savor the Kodak moment. He told me he was going to "The Wibrary to get Boooks!!!!" He was so excited. I let him finish out his adventure and I went camera happy. It was only just now that I realized he has on two different socks :) Ha Ha - what kind of crazy mom dresses her boy in mismatched socks?
St. Patrick's Day! Happy Green man Day! We started our day off reading several books we checked out from the library about St. Patrick's Day. Then, we went and had our breakfast - homemade Banana Bread (compliments of Chef Eric) that we doused in green sprinkles. Capping off our exquisite cousine was green Yoda Fruit Snacks - oh and lime green Crystal Light.....yum. We would've had key lime yogurt to boot, but I ate that all up much before the St. Patty's Day. We had a small "parade" around the block. We put on our crazy hats, had chattering teeth thanks to the cold spell, and we went home. We also got carnations that were white and we put them in water with green food coloring. They did eventually turn green - a few days later......We watched our free redbox movie and it was a great green day. 
One of the things that we won on Halloween in one of our best costume prizes was a family pass for 6 to the Discovery Gateway Center in SLC. I've been there before and it is always a blast. Eric had no desire to attend this, and suggested I take a friend. Well, the pass was expiring this month, so I chose to go with my friend Sarah. I reconnected with Sarah on Facebook. We were really good friends in Junior High, and then she moved to Layton. Lo and behold 10 plus years later we find each other once again in each other's backyards. She has two adorable little girls that are the same age as my boys. We carpooled down and had a great time together - and we somehow managed to avoid any major meltdowns - WOW! - is all I have to say about that.