Happy Easter.  I just wanted to share something fun.  We recently received the April 2013 Ensign.

When Kathryn was in Jerusalem, she had the privilege of visiting this very spot.

It’s been such a blessing that she was able to visit the Holy Land and I love hearing her insight and learning about her experiences there.  Maybe one day she’ll be able to take me back there too.

On Tuesday it was Kevin’s birthday.  In his email last week, he wrote this:

I am excited to turn 21, but I plan on doing it in peace and silence.  There is the tradition of breaking eggs and a bag of flour on the head of the celebrated here.  I hope no one has figured it out, but at any rate, I will be reading my wonderful letters and perhaps some more that the Todds will have brought from Tana.  Then I may use some of the brown sugar I have been saving and make a carmel pudding cake, just “out of the blue”.   

We decided it would be fun to make his birthday cake here, just in case he didn’t get the chance to.  I called up Josie and got the recipe.  We made it up, and cooked it.  In honor of Kevin, we put a candle in the cake.  It started sinking though.  Apparently we didn’t wait long enough for the cake to cool.

I pulled out the candle and discovered it was melting and sinking into the cake.

Oops, oh well.  So we put it back in, lit it, and blew it out.

Then we pulled out the candle and surveyed the damage.

We decided to let the cake cool for a while longer, then we scooped out what wax we could.  The cake ended up being very tasty.  Happy birthday Kevin!

A few weeks ago our good friends James and Erica Peterson came down to Utah for their nephew’s baby blessing.  We were able to meet up with them at Iggy’s in SLC for dinner.  Our waiter was really slow and overwhelmed, but it wan’t a problem for us.  It gave us lots of time to chat and catch up.  And since he felt bad about the slow service, gave us all free dessert.  It was great to be able to see them.