It’s that time of year

I’m rather surprised at the way Easter has become almost a totally different holiday since living in Ukraine.

I’m listening to this song while making this year’s pysanky:

 

I was asked to teach the Relief Society members of my ward how to do Pysanky, and as a result I have been learning all kinds of new things about the craft. Go on the Wikipedia page to found out some of the cool legends surrounding this traditional art.

I’ll be posting pictures soon! Meanwhile, have a great Conference Weekend! Now that we have the internet, you have no excuse not to watch it!

Sippy Cup

Pippa and her pink cup!

PI DAY!!!!

Not to make you jealous…

But had a total of 13 Pies last night!!

SUGAR OVERLOAD!!!

After baking pies all day I was barely able to restrain myself from digging my hands into one and eating it with abandon. Pippa could hardly wait either…

But it was worth the wait. The pies in attendance were:

Apple

Cherry

Peach-cherry

Marion berry

Lemon Meringue

Key Lime

Banana Cream

Peanut Butter

Strawberry-Rhubarb

 

And the wonderful guest pies:

Pumpkin

Strawberry

Okinawan Sweet Potato Pie with Haupia topping (most exotic pie award!)

Chocolate Hazelnut!

And some cookies!

Thanks to all the people who brought pie! It was a glorious Pi(e) Day!!

THANKS PINTEREST…

YOU TERRIBLE, WONDERFUL, ALL-CONSUMING WEBSITE.

You’re taking over my life.

But that’s okay.

RECENT PROJECTS:

Our TV needed a new place to sit on besides our old target bookshelf.

So we got this for free from someone who didn’t want it:

Primed it:

And painted it green!

(Yah, the Valentines’ Day hearts are still up. They are so cute, though, I didn’t have the HEART to take them down. *Chuckles*)

Meanwhile in the culinary world, we were faced with a certain Pizza Friday with a desire to try something new:

Looks pretty good huh?

THE CRUST IS MADE FROM CAULIFLOWER!

It was pretty tasty. Did not taste much like cauliflower at all.

(Can you guess which side is Micah’s and which one is mine?)

Finally, another tasty dish:

Cheddar broccoli soup in a sourdough bowl! It was so delicious!

 

So if you’re not on Pinterest yet, well, we can’t be friends.

Just kidding.

You’re just boring.

Or a guy.

Just some stuff

So ya’ll don’t get bored on here…

 

I tried to keep that poem up as long as possible to scare away the shallow thinkers.

 

But now for the sugar.

 

Out on the town.

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We visited Papa Lenin:

And the famous Fremont Troll:

A little DIY project (post on that later)…

A nature walk on president’s day!

Micah gets eaten by a fish:

Found some graffiti:

We got tired of taking out all the toys out of the toy box, so we just put Pippa in the toy box (the lid is not heavy, lest ye out there be worryers):

 

By the way, Micah is a FREAKIN GENIOUS when it comes to making meat. It’s ridiculous. Like, EXTREMEMLY GOOD MEAT.

 

Pippa tried to steal some.