Scattered Thoughts

It's spring in Utah! We've had a few snowy, windy, cold days lately. Sometime we don't always feel the wind down in our little valley, but Enoch found this tiny, horizontal icicle jutting out from the house earlier this week. You know it's windy when you see that! I actually don't mind snowy days...if I can stay home. I've had two trips to the dentist this week (one crown, one implant) and each time I've had to drive to Herriman, it's been snowy. But, it has been incredible beautiful to wake up in the morning and see our yard looking like a winter wonderland.

What could be better than reading Jane Eyre and crocheting at the same time?! I'm not sure how she does it, but she does both really well.

Like I said, spring in Utah. We had snow at the beginning of the week and sunshinny days in the 50's at the end of the week. We ate around the fire on Saturday night and had a wonderful time. We ate Cornish Pasties, which thankfully everyone likes, and we talked, laughed, and played with the fire. I'm so thankful for our amazing yard!

 

Guard's Egg Drop

Guard is always projecting. He LOVES projects. It's like his brain just never stops inventing cool and detailed projects. Always. All the time. Constantly.

Today, it was an egg drop. He decided that he wanted to do an egg drop and he did it. He doesn't put things off - he has an idea, and he does it. I actually really admire that about him. He is not a procrastinator. Unless it's cleaning his room. 

You can imagine what his room looks like with all his projects in different stages. It's a mess. It's like all his creativity threw up in his room. And, he refuses to sleep on his mattress while it's on his bed. His mattress is on the floor, along with everything else. When I say you can hardly push open the door to his room, it's mostly the truth. Stuff everywhere, including all the past projects that he doesn't want to throw away.

Back to the egg drop.

He started with a tennis ball that Coal broke apart with her constant chewing. He pried it open and gently wedged a raw egg inside.

Then, he wrapped the tennis ball in a few layers of duct tape. This kid loves his duct tape. He should start a YouTube channel about it, or write a book, or start a fan club for duct tape.

He then wrapped a long, skinny balloon around the ball, twisting it to cover all sides, and then secured it with, of course, duct tape.

It looked a bit funny, but he did a good job with his design. He was so excited to drop it off the back deck.

It worked! His egg was recovered safely, uncracked and slightly scrambled.

Guard constantly amazes me with his energy, determination, and motivation. He is definitely related to Grandpa Dee, "If it's worth doing, it's worth over doing." Truer words have never been spoken for Guard.