Valentine Scavenger Hunt

So, Dave made an awesome dinner for us on V-day. He set out candles and put on music and made chicken cordon bleu. It was amazing. It was also really funny because they kids had been eating candy all day and by dinner time they were so hyper. Corbin kept licking the inside of his glass and running around the table. It was kind of funny.

The gifts at the end of the scavenger hunt...

My kids follow a bunch of heart confetti through the house that leads them to little treats, ending with gifts on Ashlyn's bed.

Class Valentine Parties

Ashlyn made these cute lollipop butterfly valentines for her class. The boys chose lego valentines for their classes.


Class parties...







Our whole family crashed Corbin's class on V-day. We got to take Ash and Trev out of school 5 minutes early so we headed over to Corbin's class to hang out on the play ground.

Valentine's Morning

The kids woke up to their Valentine's Day breakfast. This year, breakfast consisted of: heart-shaped pancakes, heart-shaped sausage, heart-shaped strawberries (ok went a little overboard on the heart-shapes) hashbrowns and pink strawberry milk. I was able to wake up early enough to send Dave off with a plate that he ate in the car. :) The kids were so tired! I love their cute sleepy faces.

Book of the Week

Eldest
(February 13, 2012)



I liked this book a little better than the first. The author added three separate stories into this one and that makes the book move more quickly and becomes more interesting to me. I think the book is good. Not great. But good. Other YA fantasy books that have been recommended to me are: the Chronicles of Narnia series and Mistborn. I'm excited to read these in the future sometime when I'm ready to revisit fantasy.

Love this scripture

Doctrine and Covenants 109:8-9
8 Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing, and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God;

9 That your incomings may be in the name of the Lord, that your outgoings may be in the name of the Lord, that all your salutations may be in the name of the Lord, with uplifted hands unto the Most High—

The Chocolate Factory

My friend, Marilyn, plans really fun Friday play dates for our ward. Anyone can come and it's always a good time. Last Friday, February 10th, we took a tour of the Fannie May chocolate factory. It was so fun!

The LOVE boat

A couple in our ward threw a really fun ward party. It was so cute. The title of the event was, The Love Boat. Everything was set up for a cruise and we were all told to wear our best nautical outfit. Dave was asked to be the Captain of the Love Boat, i.e. the MC. (this was payback to Dave for having Sam Taylor take his spot in the Christmas play at the last minute due to Dave's conflicting work schedule).

Activities included:
Couple Connections
2 Musical Performers
A dance

Here, we learned that Lacey and Austin Cope have yet another talent...swing dancing. How is it possible that so much talent exists in two people?!! It was a really fun night and we love our ward.

A picture of the LOVE CONNECTION contestants.
Congrats to Cicely and Dave for winning!

I caught these cute kids playing chess together in the hall. They were all huddled around the board at one point.