Spring brought a few expected surprises.
First was Philip's surprise visit. With his airline job, he flies for free, so he can pop in anytime. We took him and Lorelei to the zoo. Buying a grandparents Zoo membership has already paid for itself. We love going to the zoo whenever we feel like it.
We ate lunch next to the giraffe enclosure. Philip wanted to put a piece of lettuce on top of his head, walk close to the giraffe, and see if he would eat it. I talked him out of doing that.
After the zoo, we visited Jessica in her classroom at nearby Poe Elementary.
This daughter is an amazing kindergarten teacher.
Philip loves seeing his nieces and nephews. We had dinner at Lauren and Dan's home at the end of our zoo day, and Philip flew back to Utah the next morning.
The grandchildren always look forward to surprises from the Easter
Bunny, including the usual Easter egg hunt on Saturday.
The babies, Rae and Ben, were more active participants this year.
They both needed a little help from their parents.
Dan and Brian do a good job hiding all the eggs in our backyard each year.
Since General Conference fell on Easter weekend, all the men went to the Priesthood session. Dario, who is now 12 years old, attended his first Priesthood Conference with his dad, grandpa, and uncles. Going to Diary Queen afterwards is a tradition.
Our final Spring surprise (an expected one ) was Jessica's engagement to Cameron in April. He joined Jessica on her trip to Utah, where she was running a marathon, and proposed to her on a hike up to
Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Canyon.
Since the engagement, Cameron has graduated from medical school, and is in his first year of residency in Dallas as a plastic and reconstructive surgeon.
He is a very fine young man whom we already love, and we are looking forward to the wedding in early November.
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