March Madness

21 years ago this month Shawn and I went on our first date. At the time, I didn't know what a SPORTS NUT I was falling in love with. That was the first time I had ever even heard of March Madness. It seemed like every day that month there were basketball games on--- and every single one was important. What's up with that? But over the years two things have never changed.

Shawn is still a sports nut and I am still falling in love with him--more every day.

March is always a crazy month for us. This year (well actually every year-- we haven't figured out how to skip them) we both celebrated our birthdays, soccer practices and games started, Shawn was elected as a county delegate so there have been lots of politics lately and of course March Madness-- which means... you guessed it... lots of (very important) basketball games

In addition to all of the above CRAZINESS we had a few highlights too!

Madi and Abbey graduated from the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program. They really had a lot of fun learning great life skills in this program. Abbey's essay won for her class and she did a great job reading it in the graduation program.

Brian Kariya ,the BYU football star, spoke at the graduation. He gave the kids great advice to choose good friends and set goals.

Officer Wilco taught the DARE program. The kids loved him. He was a super star to them.

The last Saturday of March we had a family fun day with the Hartvigsen's. The first stop was to Red Robin for delicious Burgers and salads.

For most of us, this was Our first trip to Cabella's. It was very exciting. We had to snap a picture of the WILD ANIMALS at the African Savannah display. Watch out for the little one in the middle. He has 2 sharp teeth!

We also made a stop at the Living Planet Aquarium in Sandy. We always love to feel the velvety smooth Sting Rays. They also just opened up a new Penguin exhibit. They were pretty fun to watch waddle,dive and jump around. Although, Eli wasn't too impressed. One penguin jumped into the water and startled him so much he started to cry.

But definitely the most wonderful thing that we were able to be a part of this month was the sealing of little David Bruce Funk to his parents Phil and Jenny on March 5th. It was awesome to witness that sacred ordinance at the Salt Lake Temple. Because of Phil's employment at the church, he works closely with the Quorum of the 12 Apostles, so he was able to ask Elder Holland to perform the sealing.

Elder Holland recognized Ike and Gloria (they have been friends forever, since Gloria and Pat Holland were roommates in college. ) He said, "Ike, I didn't know you had a brother." Shawn and Ike look more alike all the time! He reminded us all of the symbolism of the temple and the importance of the sealing ordinance. It was a sacred, special event and so wonderful to see our good friends and their little family all dressed in white. Thanks, Funks for letting us be a part of your JOY!