Happy Mother's Day!

The only way I could feel good about not going to Utah for Spring Break, was if we had another plan in place to see my mom soon after.  Mother's Day seemed like a prime opportunity to fly down to Utah.  So we bought tickets.  Then, we ended up going to see her for Spring Break anyway.  So--surprise!  We are back just 2 weeks later!   

But Dave joined us in the surprise and it was so good to see her getting even stronger.   Rachel and Brad drove down from Bread University at Great Harvest Headquarters in MT.  It was a 5 out of 6 sibling weekend!  My mom came out to lunch with us, went to church with us, and started a game of scrabble (Nick had to finish for her because she had to do something else).  It was fun to come down to the kitchen and see her doing a little cooking.  She's getting back to herself!  

The trip felt miraculous in another way too.  Everywhere we went, no lines.  Even airport security on the way home!  Restaurants, etc.  We just seemed to walk right in.  Then a line would form behind us.  It was so nice.  Not sure how we managed that. 

Notice that one of these kiddos isn't mine.  Devin adores Ben and wants to be with him ALL THE TIME.  Pretty sweet, even if Ben gets a little tired of it.  It's hard being adored.  

Even Derek came--2x in a row.  We are spoiled!  But he won't be coming this summer, so we had to soak it up while we could! 

My brother Brian spoke in his ward for Mother's Day and was looking for some help with his talk...I gave him this gem as I was heading out for my walk.  Darn autocorrect!  I got a really good laugh when I realized what I'd said.  Beaters instead of bearers.  HA!

We all went to church in Lehi.  I took some irreverent pictures before the meeting started.  It was so fun to have a whole row of Randalls wedged in.  It was also a very exciting meeting.  Someone pulled the fire alarm during the sacrament.  They knew almost immediately it was a false alarm, and it wasn't that loud.  So we just finished the sacrament with intermittent beeping and advisories to leave the building until the fire department could come and clear the alarm.  Brian did an amazing job on his talk with the 5 minutes he got.  

Mimi out blowing bubbles!   

We stayed through Monday, and we got to see Derek's favorite tourist attraction in UT, the Copper Mine!  This is the largest open pit mine in the world, or something like that.  It is pretty amazing.  Not everyone was as impressed as Derek, but it is really cool!