Animals

Jeremiah LOVES animals. Lately, he has been finding all kinds of animals around outside. He loves them, hugs them and carries them around with him. The only thing he has a hard time with is being gentle. Jeremiah doesn't know his own strength yet.
On Easter Sunday Jeremiah was on the back deck throwing a garden snake by it's tale, last week Jeremiah excitedly brought me a snapping turtle and the day after that had fun playing with a frog.

Jeremiah loved his turtle. He carried it around in a white ice cream bucket and loved to hold him. I think he held the turtle a bit too tight because every time Jeremiah picked the turtle up it would urinate. Jeremiah thought it was funny that the "water" came out of the turtle; he liked using his turtle as a water gun.
 Jeremiah has shown me an appreciation for all living things. I'm so glad that Heavenly Father gave us such a beautiful world full of all kinds of animals.

I wanna be like you!

Jeremiah is at a stage right now where he wants to do everything like everyone else. His favorite person to mimic right now is his uncle Sam. Jeremiah makes sure that he always has his rugby ball for all of Sam's rugby games. He also screams loudly and tries to run on the field to play with all of the big boys.

Because Sam is so good at a wide variety of things, he has a huge opportunity to be an example to his peers. We are so proud of him for always living his standards and being a missionary in the way that he lives. Because of his example, one of Sam's friend's, Joon, is learning about the gospel. Joon is a wonderful guy who is full of faith and has many Christ-like attributes. We feel like Joon is part of our family and enjoy having him around so much. I have been blessed to witness Sam teaching his friend Joon and Joon learning gospel principles.

Both Sam and Joon have been Jeremiah's buddies. They are so sweet with him and even though they could just ignore him and do their own thing, they play with him and make him feel happy. No wonder Jeremiah wants to be like them.

(Sam's friends: Joon and Caitlyn)

  

There is Beauty All Around

 I don't have a lot of time to write but pictures are more fun anyway. Enjoy!

These are pictures taken from behind the house. Everything is in blossom and beautiful. We love going for walks on the trails outside and seeing all of the wonderful things Heavenly Father created for us. Jeremiah loves the wildlife around here. There are always bunnies, dear, giant squirrels or other critters around the house

 For Easter our wonderful Neighbors and ward friends threw a party. All of the little ones were able to play games and hunt for easter eggs. It was so cute to watch all of the babies and toddlers. They didn't quite get the whole easter egg thing but they loves running around and taking eggs out of and putting eggs in each others baskets. 

Jeremiah thought that the eggs were fun all by themselves. He thew them, rolled them and just laughed and laughed. But, once he found out there was candy inside of the eggs he was even more pleased!

We went to Belle Isle for spring break and had a fantastic time. Bell Isle was beautiful and relaxing. Most days were spent playing games in the sun room/dinning room and going canoeing. Jeremiah loved playing in the water but didn't like getting bumped around by the waves.

Chris and I went out canoeing at sunset and enjoyed the beautiful colors.