Spring is coming

I can sense that spring is coming soon. I spent last Saturday up in my tree pruning. It looks so much better. I really hope that I'll get a large crop of plums this year. 

At work, we are learning how to make sourdough bread. This is my third, and most beautiful attempt. It is so fun to learn a new skill that is so, so tasty. 

Luke and I have been working on one of his school assignments. It's forcing us to get out into nature and enjoy time together. We've had a lot of fun doing it. I am thankful for a job that lets me be with the kids when they get home from school. It makes being a momma so much easier when I can be there for my boys. 

Vday

The boys always look forward to our special valentines day dinner. This year was so fun! The boys are getting so kind to their "old" momma. They actually didn't complain when I wanted a picture all together. I also took them to Macey's (the grocery store) afterward and had them pick out Vday gifts to give me. Luke got me swedish fish and Peter got me flowers. It was super nice night. 

 

A new project

In January I decided to make washcloths for the ladies that I minster to, and my companion. Here is the one for February. 

I have the January ones done already. I have to make three each month. I think it would be fun to also make me a set too. I'm planning on doing a different color each month. 

So far I want to do:

January - blue

February - pink

March - green

April - yellow

May - purple

June - orange

July - red

I guess we'll have to see what other colors Walmart has to finish off the year.

On Tuesday night Luke told me about an assignment that he needed to turn in on Thursday morning. His Utah Studies teacher has the class do 4 extension activities throughout the school semester. Luke decided it would be best to go to a museum. So, we went to the BYU museum of people and cultures. They are a very, very small museum. Like the size of the bottom floor of my house. Luke was so annoyed when we went on Wednesday. I reassured him that we wouldn't be in there for longer than 15 minutes. Sure enough, it didn't even take us 15 minutes. They had some really cool artifacts from the Provo tabernacle (now the City Center temple) Granted, Luke like the club and ax best. I was just glad we were able to get the assignment done with such short notice. 

My new job

I feel so grateful, I started a new job this week! I work with 5 other women making high quality (expensive) yogurt. 

It's really fun to work in a commercial kitchen. There are so many expensive pieces of equipment. The kitchen even has a walk in refrigerator.  I've learned a lot about cross contamination. We have to be very  careful not to mix dishes without completely sanitizing them. We also have to be very careful when we are using any kind of coconut flavorings because so many people have severe nut allergies. Here is me on my first day of work. 

Since we are stirring and mixing all day long it's easy to get dirty. So, I don't have to wear fancy clothes. It's so nice. I think my favorite part of the job is seeing the milk delivered from the dairy (from that mornings milking), and then seeing yogurt made a few hours later. It's very satisfying.