Hey Ben! This is a bird's eye view of Benjamin, or how he looks to me when I am holding him. It's a "mom's eye view."

Ben has a blanket that says, "Thank heaven for little boys." Mariah read it to Calianne, but she didn't hear it quite right. She said, "Oh! Thank Kevin for little boys." Something like that . . .

We've been struggling with pink eye this week. Bethany got it first (and still has it) then Cheyenne got it although hers cleared up within a couple of days. As it was just begininng, Calianne heard us talking and said, "Bethany and Cheyenne are lucky because they get to have pink eyes!" Well! I think that is taking the love of pink a little too far! Calianne agrees with me now that she has the same thing. :(

I got a call this week from a woman who works for Springville City. She told me that my daughter, Sarah, had been chosen by her teachers as a student who was making a positive difference in her community and would be recognized at the next city council meeting with an award from the mayor. She wanted to know if I could come. Could I!! How exciting! Kevin and I went to the meeting and Sarah, along with students chosen from each of the other elementary schools in Springville, were given a certificate and a goodie bag and got a picture with the mayor. Isn't that cool? I just looked at that sweet girl up there and marveled at how much she had grown up and wondered how many more exciting things I would get to watch her do in her life. I already know Sarah is a marvel of a soul, but it is neat when other people see it and want to recognize her for it!
On Friday, I had the good fortune to be able to attend the kindergarten Mother's Tea starring Cheyenne and Calianne Skinner! (Or at least it seemed so to me!) It was very precious. They sang songs and recited poems and we learned about what they are learning. It was so cute!

Here, for your enjoyment, is one of the songs they sang for us:

Savannah has started taking pictures of clouds. These are the cool clouds she spotted this week:

I think they are much better than the pictures of rain clouds that she took a couple of weeks ago, but she would disagree. On our way back to the car after Sarah's concert that week, it was raining. Savannah spread her arms, spun around and said, "Isn't this weather GREAT???" I had to laugh. She was absolutely serious! She was so thrilled with being rained on. Anyway, I digress. Friday was Savannah's district and final track meet. I couldn't be there to take pictures, so the picture of the clouds is here in her honor, instead! She flew around the track -- like the wind she so loves -- in a new personal record time of 6:24 -- for the mile. Isn't she cool? She borrowed a phone and called me right away to celebrate. Go Savannah!!

On Saturday, Kevin woke up at 6am to run 5 3/4 miles with a friend of his from work. Then he went and played football with some men from church. Back at home, he installed two new lights for me, mowed the lawn, helped clean the carport, played softball with the girls, went to the store, made dinner, and vacuumed the house. I might've left something out . . . Anyhow, Sarah and I replanted the garden! We weren't quite as tired at the end of the day as Kevin, though. Imagine that!

Today was Mother's Day, but I don't think Kevin had to work quite as hard as he did yesterday. Still, he made me breakfast and helped with the meal we had at his mom's house. He also grabbed the camera and got one of the few pictures of me with my son! He is a great man and I love him and I couldn't be a mother without him

-- and I love being a mother!