Good to be alive!

I know Ruby has been hoping for one of these for a long while now so maybe it is time to make some sort of contribution to my wife's happiness....

As everyone around me keeps on about, "Spring has sprung" and we have a lot of blossoms and greenery starting everywhere. This is great and comes with the gradual warming up of the evenings and mornings so that it is pleasant to sit outside and chat or eat a meal. Sometimes I think that the seasons need to freeze for a while as this sort of weather is perfect.
I love the fact that I can run around barefoot (inside or out) in shorts and t-shirt and still have feeling in my feet after a few minutes!
It is nice to hear the birds in the mornings and evenings (although saying that - we had a dove staying in a tree just a few metres from our bedroom window this winter who thought that 10pm was the time to "sing his song" to the world which was funny at first but a little irritating when tired and trying to sleep). I enjoy the fact that in the evening and morning at the moment it is still cool enough to cuddle in bed and just enjoy a few minutes to talk about whatever we feel like at the time. The children are happy to be outside and playing and are even (on occasion) allowed by their mother to play with water or sprays!

I think this is one of my favorite times in the year!

This morning is our turn to do the clean up of the chapel and Ruby is having to go alone because I am not around today. After the cleanup there is also a "free market" which will be held in the parking lot of the chapel. A free market is like a flea market but everything is, you guessed it, free! everyone is encouraged to bring their old, unwanted goods to the chapel instead of having them clutter the home up then have them on a table for anyone else to take away if they want. The whole thing of "one man's garbage is another man's treasure" really is true and can be seen when attending one of these things.
The only negative here is that while Ruby and I will usually get rid of things (where does it all come from? We have given literally piles and piles of large dustbin bags full of assorted things away and yet we are still overcrowded at home) the boys are in heaven and want to bring a whole lot of new things home. Ruby usually will set some sort of a limit such as only allowing two items per child etc. It is funny to see the children negotiating as to who gets what and bargaining with the other children in the ward.

Anyway, I think I have rambled on enough here. Let it be known that I like Spring, I love my wife and children and am happy to be alive!