What I wish I were doing right now

Yesterday Ellen, Jack and I went to the Lubbock Temple to help in the temple gardens. This marks the beginning of spring for me, and the beginning of one of the most fun things I like to do with my kids.

Here are the top ten reasons I love our Monday morning activity:

10. There's a huge yard for the kids to play in.
9. The yard is surrounded by a huge metal fence.
8. There is only one way out of the yard.
7. We get to meet and play with other kids and moms.
6. My kids get to play in the dirt.
5. I get to play in the dirt.
4. I get to practice gardening in someone else's garden.
3. We learn the names of the plants and flowers.
2. We have an opportunity to serve and be blessed. (Sometimes we get to take home flowers!)
1. We get to go to the beautiful Lubbock Temple every Monday morning!

Beginning to garden at the temple make me want to go right home and plant something. I haven't quite gotten there yet this year, but Ellen and I did get to help plant a garden in Waco.

Here are some beginning-of-spring pictures from last year. Note the egg cartons -- seedlings that actually did survive graduated to larger pots on the porch, and we enjoyed herbs and tomatoes until November last year.



It's raining!