Wednesday, February 27, 2008




















Over the weekend we went to Ephraim for Grandpa Willden's 82nd birthday. (The dad of Marc's mom). It was great. I learned all about his marriage with his wife Ruth and how he left 7 days after they were married to fight in WWII for 17 months in the Phillippines. He ended up baking thousands of loaves of bread for all the men fighting there. He has lived an incredible life and was angry at me for taking his picture instead of focusing on eating the delicious cake! He also told me before I married Marc that if Marc does anything to make me angry or if he does anything to upset me he will be the first to give him a swift kick to set him straight. We love going to visit Grandpa and have done it quite a bit. We have also had the opportunity to go to the Manti Temple...and wow is it a beautiful one.

I had to throw in pictures from school today because we dissected owl pellets. I thought it was one of the most disgusting things I did in elementary school so I decided my students needed the same opportunity. They loved it and it was something new for me to do with my class. It turned out to not be as horrible as I thought it would be.
Next time we do something I will be sure to actually take pictures of Marc and me.

4 comments:

Endless Days and Northern Nights said...

Gotta love owl pellet day!

tiffany garfield said...

Happy day! It's so fun to see new pictures!!! His Grandpa is so cute! Oh and what are owl pellets? I know, i know, I should probably know. Love you and miss you! twink

Susan said...

Okay, so I'm wondering the same thing. . . what are owl pellets? Why is it disgusting?
Thanks for sharing!
Susie

Katie said...

Owl pellets are the leftovers that owls cough up after eating because they cannot diggest them. It's pretty neat because you can put together the bones, find the skull and then figure out what animal it ate. It was a mess, but perfect for our living/non-living unit.