Cord Cutting

The Bush family made the switch! We've been paying $80 a month for Dish network for the past two years, and have decided enough is enough!

We have switched to over-the-air network TV, which is coming in just fine! We never watch any of the cable stations anyway.

We also have Netflix and Acorn TV, so don't foresee any remorse for our decision. Ed installed a Tablo, which can record up to four shows at a time and play them back. He's also paying $5 a month for a slick TV guide interface.

It feels very liberating to cut the cord!

Mandolin lesson

I took a mandolin lesson Friday from Moriah. She's helping me work up the mandolin part for a couple of songs with the slow jam. She plays completely by ear, which is the opposite of me, who really likes reading music. She also told me to strike the chord and release it so it ends in a percussive sound. This requires playing closed chords, which will take a little practice!

Single Wide

My friend, Debbie, got us out of the house Thursday night to see a play at BYU. It felt wild and crazy, since Ed and I never think of going anywhere by ourselves!

We saw a musical called "Single Wide" about a group of people living in each other's faces in a trailer park. We really enjoyed it. They had some great lines in the dialogue and the music was great.

It made us think we should get out more often!

Shopping with Mom

Thursday we went shopping with Mom for new furniture and appliances for her soon to be remodeled home. We started at RC Willey, the biggest game in town. It was nice because they have appliances as well as furniture.

It must be terrible being a furniture salesmen when people can't find the perfect couch!

We had a great lunch at IKEA, but didn't do any shopping there. It was nice that Barbara met us, as she was very helpful in running back and forth between two stores with fabric samples!

We bought some appliances, but will have to make another trip to pick out the sofa. Between color,firmness style and size we still have some work to do!

Fur, Flowers, Fun

Springtime weather! Don't you just love it? Sunny one minute and hailing the next. Thank heavens for Coda (and us), yesterday's hail was light enough to not really dampen our enthusiasm for walking!

And, happily for us, the flowers are starting to bloom in Lambert Park! This shortstyle bluebell is one of my favorites from last year. There are only a few in bloom now, but in another week they will be prolific!

And look who is starting to walk! Clementine! It is so amazing watching her take her first tentative steps. She is so proud of herself!

Here is the video we took yesterday!



Not to leave Mabel out of the fun, we took a video of her dancing to Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy! 

Easter with the Nuttalls

Brittany is becoming a cake maker extraordinaire! Her Easter cake was to die for. It had a hummingbird (like a carrot cake) cake inside, and had a little bunny diving into the coconut grass, surrounded my candy eggs. The Kit Kat fence border really put it over the top!

We enjoyed Easter dinner with John's family. His brother James has moved back to Utah, so it made a little larger group!  Marti made a delicious brisket!

Mabel was funny running around in the Easter bunny head!

Easter wore Clementine out! She kept on crawling around after the other kids to see what was going on!

The adults had a good time talking about all the changes announced at LDS general conference that day. Good things to come!

Pickleball and Playground

It was fun to see Mabel and Clementine after not having seen them for three weeks! Can you believe they've changed in such a short time? Mabel is getting so expressive with her sentence structure, and Clementine is taking a few tiny baby steps on her own!

We went over to Burgess Park Friday afternoon. Ed taught Brittany how to play pickleball (in the background) while I played with the on the playground with the girls. Mabel wanted to build a sand castle first. We weren't' very successful! She doesn't know you need water and a bucket!

It was fun to see Mabel going down all the slides by herself. She said "I'm not scared anymore!"

I had to keep a close eye on Clementine who loved to climb all the ladders and steps, but who is to small to go down the slides alone. I wedged myself in the tube with her a couple of times!

Afterwards I played a game of pickleball with Brittany and I lost! Ed must be a good teacher!

We had fun at Pinyon Rats band in the evening, then got up Saturday morning and dyed some Easter eggs.

Mabel also dyed the fingers on her right hand! She especially loved putting stickers on the eggs.

Clementine had a slight cold, but was cheerful and fun, nonetheless. Oh, to be young and not be bothered by the sensation of snot running down your face!