Easter at the Alba's

We had a good Easter this year. It was quiet, we missed Adam and Andrea. Here are some of the highlights.

Nick found the egg with the 10 dollar bill in it.
The Easter Bunny visited!

Michelle and the boys decorated eggs Saturday. Poor Michelle, she always wants to make the eggs cute and puts a lot of effort into it. Her brothers never quite do the same. Zach's egg won the "most creative" award. Her name is "Stacy Sue".

Oh, the mind of a 14 year old boy.

We hope you all had a good Easter.

Happy 26th Birthday Adam!

Reasons Why We Love Adam:

Hiram: Because of his strength and example.
Jane: He is smart and a good example.
Michelle: He gets nicer as he gets older and he's fun to talk to.
Andrea: See here.
Andrew: He made me do the dishes when I had a broken wrist once, it taught me the true meaning of pain.
Patrick: (please insert here)
Zach: His "adorable forehead bump"
Nick: He gives the best wedgies.

Happy Birthday Adam, we love you!

Patricio

We love and miss this kid.

Patrick is staying in Honduras until the end of March. He's having a lot of fun working with the missionaries and the Cause for Hope offices. You can learn more about Cause for Hope here.

We hope his Spanish improves while he is there. Here are some examples of when his language skills could have been helpful;

1. While Patrick and Hiram were driving one day, Patrick noticed a billboard with the words "Jesus Saves". Patrick quickly asked Hiram what "Hey-Soos Saw-vase" meant (writing the pronunciation is harder than it looks). We all got a good laugh. Sometimes he tries too hard to speak spanish.
2. While in Honduras, Patrick is staying with a man and his young family. One of the young daughters asked Patrick if he would like to play a game called "Uno". Patrick immediately translated the word and was imagining a game of "one" having no idea that it was the game he's played in America growing up.
3. And lastly, while the whole family was in Honduras, Patrick was really sick. After being in bed a few days, he finally felt better and ventured out with the rest of the family. After trying to speak to a few people, Patrick finally responded "I was feeling really confident in my Spanish until someone started talking to me."

We love and miss you Patrick, good luck with your Spanish.

Patrick's Court of Honor (Circa 1973)

Following the tradition of his two older brothers, Patrick earned his Eagle Scout the night of his 18th birthday. His scout leader flew back into town at midnight and Patrick was waiting, with his last paper to be signed. Despite his procrastination, we are still proud of Patrick. For his Eagle Project, Patrick collected shirts and ties for missionaries in Honduras. He collected, packaged and ironed almost 200 shirts to be distributed to future missionaries. We're proud of you Patrick, congratulations. Andrew in the "Eagle's Nest".

The Bros.

Like Father like Son.

Brothers.

Patrick didn't realize he no longer fits into a size 28 pant.

Has Beens

We've had a busy weekend. Here are some highlights....

Hiram and the kids had fun at the "Blue Man Group" concert.

Maddie had an accident and ripped off a large part of her toe.

Andrew had another show and did a great job.
If you haven't heard, Andrew is nominated for a City Weekly "Slammy". If you haven't voted, tomorrow is the last day. His category is Mellow Rock and he goes by the name "Aye Aye". You can vote here.

Nick had fun skiing with his dad.

Wife Wars

Nick and Zach always find ways to entertain themselves during church. The "wife wars" are our favorite.

We haven't been posting often, we've been busy. Our family continues to do well. We enjoyed having Adam and Andrea home for Christmas and we are excited to be getting a new daughter-in-law (Trish) in the coming months.

Adam and Andrea are still in DC, Adam starting his second semester of law school. Andrea recently started the paralegal program at G.W. University. We are proud of both of them.

Michelle is busy working. She works at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, as well as Hiram's company, IGES.

Andrew is busy getting ready to release his CD this coming Saturday. We are proud of him and his musical endeavors. He and Trish plan to marry in May sometime.

Patrick just had his wisdom teeth out and he was a trooper. He is getting ready for his internship in Honduras next month. He has also started volunteering at the Guadalupe center, teaching English. He will turn 19 in July when he will begin the mission paper process.

Nick and Zach are both spoiled and well. They have a lot of homework and hang out with their friends a lot. They spend a lot of time on the family "Wii".

We are all happy and healthy (despite last night's late night trip to the ER with Nick. It turns out it was just heartburn and not the WPW Patrick had.) We are keeping busy and we always love visitors! We will try to post something more frequently.