Spring Break in Oklahoma! (From The Milligans)

Hi everyone,

This one is actually from the Milligan family. They're doing very well and I wanted to make sure you all got to see it!

We've been having a great time with our spring break. The college is on the same schedule as the public schools, so we all have spring break together! We started out badly because Amy got Influenza B from Nathan just as the break started. He was just getting over that and strep! When we get sick, we get sick. Anyway, once the tamiflu started working, we started having fun. We got all the kids bedrooms cleaned out (even the scary closet just in case Heather or Josh is wondering!!) and caught up on 2 weeks of laundry. Now that Amy is in school, laundry seems to pile up. For some reason she does her Calculus homework before laundry. Go figure. On Tuesday we rented Enchanted and Nancy Drew from the RedBox. If you haven't discovered RedBox, you have to. They are outside of a lot of McDonald's and inside a couple of our Walmarts. Only $1 a night for a movie! Anyway, we covered up the window in our family room and turned it into a movie theater. We had all sorts of goodies they never have at the movies. Like brownies and icecream! We had a lot of fun. Two cute movies. The kids were able to get out their bikes and ride around on our street for most of yesterday, and we went to a friend's house for a picnic lunch. Today the kids raked up the leaves in the back yard. They filled 20 lawn and leaf bags! There are a lot of trees in and around our back yard. We were hugely entertained by our dog who dug two holes in the dirt part of our back yard. The dirt here is bright red, so it was hilarious seeing her full of red dirt. She is a cream colored dog, or was. We spent the rest of the day riding bikes and playing basketball. Friday we have some old BYU friends coming to visit us from Kansas. Amy and Thomas were recently extended new callings at church. Thomas is the new Scoutmaster, but when the bishop asked him to serve he said "Cubmaster" so when it was announced that he would be SCOUTmaster, Thomas was a little shell shocked. When asked about the discrepancy, the bishop said, "Is there a difference?" He's new. Amy has been asked to be the Primary President! Gasp! She never thought she'd be asked to do something like that. She's starting to get excited, though. She has another week before she starts, so she has time to prepare herself. Our biggest excitement this year has been David turning 12! He was given the Aaronic Priesthood on March 9th. Amazing. He passed the sacrament for the first time this last Sunday. It was really a special experience.