The pictures below (actually posted, somewhat miraculously by Laurie after several tries) are from our trip to Katie's. We went to the Tulip festival up in Woodland about a half hour north of Vancouver. The flowers were really pretty and it was fun. We had a great time and enjoyed our visit with Katie, Ben, and the boys. Sterling has really grown and has a very pleasant personality - he took to his grandparents Craig right off! We also had a great time with Walker, who you see at his 5th birthday party below, and Truman were also a lot of fun. We went to the trout farm, the park, and antique shopping in Camas. We ate out at the Red Robbin in Vancouver and Katie made us lots of wraps with her homemade tortillas that were great (you all need one of the electric tortilla presses like she had - works great). We stayed with the Richardsons (Ben's folks) and they were very kind to us - what a blessing for Katie and Ben to have them so close by. We ate Thai food up in Camas and that was a treat. The weather was great most of the time and we really enjoyed going for walks with the boys in the neighborhood - what beautiful yards and homes and Katie says most of them do their own gardening and yard work. It was great to get to see them all and we really enjoyed our visit. Thanks to Katie, Ben and the Todd and Marilyn Richardsons for such a great time!

Trip to Katie's

Temple, Beach, Soccer, Egg Hunt + Mom & Dad

My good friends mother puts on the worlds BEST easter egg hunt every year, rain or shine. And we are blessed with an invitation to this easter egg hunt extraordinaire. They hide over 1,000 easter eggs and even have prizes for golden eggs. Their yard his a tiered hill of sorts and each age group gets their own tier. So no BIG kids stealing from the little guy. It works out quite nicely. The boys had a great time and even shared some eggs with their mommy.

Walker is playing soccer this spring. When I went to register him they were all full. Feeling quite bad about missing soccer I did what any mom would do, I created my own team and own league. That's right folks, I've learned to be proactive in my later years. And since I was forming the team I decided to nominate Ben as the coach. We practice once a week in the field next to Marilyn + Todd's house. There are 10 kids on the team and they are all loving it! My friend Brittany made them yellow jersies and they've named themselves the "Dragons!" (side note: coach Ben asked them what they wanted as their mascot. Seeing as it is a team of 4 + 5 year olds there were NO suggestions. So Ben said, "what about the Dragons!?" They all jumped and said, "Yeah, the Dragons" and cheered. This is how they got their name!)
Walker scored the first goal of the season. I think he's going to like soccer!
Conference weekend we enjoyed a sunny spring weekend. So we decided to take the boys to the temple after the Sunday session and talk to them about the temple. They really enjoyed it and we all did like Elder Bednar said and "touched" the temple.
You can't really see, but these are the humble beginnings of Puj. Maybe when we make it big I'll show you the rest of the pictures of where it all started.
Truman has a new smile these days. I call it the Pirate smile. As soon as you ask him to smile for a picture he smiles on half his face and squints his eye....like a pirate.
Grandma + Grandpa Craig came to visit! We enjoyed the fish hatchery, downtown Camas shopping, the Tulip festival (Nancy, you'll have to help mom upload these pictures, I didn't have my camera) the park + some veggie hummus wraps on some home-made whole wheat tortillas.
Did I mention I cut my hair. I couldn't stand my longish hair so I finally grabbed the scissors and just started cutting. When Ben saw what I was doing he said, "You're cutting your hair? Give me those scissors, you need to take more off than that!" And he started cutting too. So, my hair is shorter and MUCH more managable. I don't think I was meant to have long hair.
We will be blowing this one up and putting it in their room
This is a little beach that is 2 minutes from our house. It's one of our favorite last minute getaways.

Demo Reel

I threw this together before the RTNDA Convention. It's not perfect, but it works. I had a lot of fun, made some great contacts, and learned quite a bit.



Also, I walk for graduation today, and I hate the song "Pomp and Circumstance". It's at the Marriott Center. You're welcome to come.

Family Poll

As mentioned, I graduate soon. but ONE BIG question still remains.

I don't mean where to work, or where to live, or how I managed to get out of BYU unmarried, but...

Where should we eat for our big family dinner after my graduation on Friday the 24th?

Some thoughts to keep in mind:

• We Craigs don't have the best track record in speedy service. We might want to pick some place that won't have a large crowd.
• Some of the family have more sensitive palates than others, so we probably shouldn't pick anything tremendously exotic.
• I WILL be ordering a bottomless drink and dessert.

Your thoughts are welcome. Anywhere from Provo to...I don't know, relatively close by. Make your bid, then I'll pick. GO!

NOTE: You are welcome to speak up even if you aren't family. If you're reading our blog, you're (probably) practically family.