The Greatest Job!

I have been a nanny for an entire year now! Wow!! Time flies so quickly! The family I nanny for has 4 children! I love all of them sooo much! In the past year I have been able to teach the older two how to swim, and the twins how to clap! :) We love to jump on the tramp, play in the sand (the twins like to try and eat the sand), play Guess Who, make forts, have piano concerts, dance to Tarzan music, swing, play peek-a-boo, color, play dress-up, and much more! Everyday is a new adventure!

The twins just turned one a few weeks ago and they are starting to walk and talk! I can't believe how quickly they have grown up. I was watching them play the other day and realized that they aren't little babies anymore; they are little boys! They went from this...

to this...

I really do have the greatest job! I am greeted everyday with slobbery kisses and big bear hugs! I wouldn't trade it for any other job! I love them and am so grateful that I have been able to be a part of their family for an entire year!!

I Looked Out the Window...

and what did I see? ...

POPCORN POPPING ON THE APRICOT TREE!!

Well, it's not an actual apricot tree but as I drive down my street everyday to go home, I see TONS of these trees in full bloom and the song pops in my head every single time and ends up stuck in my head for the rest of the day! I absolutely love that I can now really relate to that song! :) It's a gratifying feeling, especially since Pres. Uchtdorf loves that song (or so he said in his last conference talk)! :) Haha!

Other random things: So we have quite a few fruit trees in our backyard. Last year the trees did not get fertilized in the transition of homeowners and the fruit turned out NASTY! This last summer, the boys took the time to fertilize the trees after we had a tree doctor come and tell us all about these trees. We learned that these fruit trees are ALL over 50 years old. Crazy huh?! That is so amazing to me! Most are still doing quite well, but a few had completely died. We ended up ripping out 2 of the trees and we are getting ready to plant 2 brand new navel orange trees in the next few weeks! :) Anyway, because of how old the trees are, we did not have a lot of hope for good fruit this year, but much to our surprise, the fruit is DELICIOUS!! I love fruit trees and I love that "Orange Blossom" season is just around the corner! :)

Spring really does bring us such a nice surprise every single year! :) - Blossoms popping right before my eyes!!