Our church did a family pinewood derby this year and the kids were happy to participate. I bought already made cars where you paint them then screw on the wheels and voila you have a pinewood derby car. Only one car per family was allowed to race so we had planned to race Hallie and Kyle’s against each other. However, on the day of the race Ky’s car got lost so Hallie’s car was the lucky one. When we got to the church each family had to name their car. Hallie named our car “Hallie”. Original I know! We lost every race and Hallie was really disappointed but after Ben’s explanation that her car was more of a fighter car (it was a hummer) rather than a racer she seemed pacified. Every family got an award. Our award: “The fastest looking car”. lol Pretty sure the awards were given out randomly but still the kids were happy.

Ben and I had the chance to visit Thomas Jefferson’s home Monticello about a month ago. We loved it and we wish we could live there. It is seriously so gorgeous! It was a great place for Jefferson to contemplate life and our government’s role in it. I love learning about our founding fathers. I am so grateful for the system they set up for us to live in a free country with a government set up with checks and balances. I’m sure they are going crazy in heaven watching all the corruption in our government now and how freely we give up our freedoms in our effort to be safe. But that is a whole blog post I won’t be writing. 🙂

I think Jefferson and Ben are similar in a lot of ways. Ben loves to read and invent. It would be Ben’s dream to have a home like this where he is constantly improving things making them better and better. Jefferson hated being involved in government but knew it was his duty. Sounds like Ben.

We had a wonderful day and wish we could have stayed longer.

We had a lovely Easter this year. Nana the Easter bunny did not disappoint and I even got involved in buying the gifts this year. lol  We had a great dinner with our friends the Miller’s on Easter Eve and we spent Easter morning playing with our toys and then going to church. Spending the majority of the day at Church on Easter was very fitting. I am grateful for Jesus Christ who suffered in gethsemane and on the cross for my sins and then was resurrected so that I can be too.  What a glorious truth to celebrate on Easter!