Stake Conference with the boys

James had some leadership meetings in the afternoon.  All those 12 and older were invited to an evening meeting.  I ended up taking the boys, and James stayed with the younger kids.  Afterwards I snuck back in the house to get a gift card to take the boys out for some frozen yogurt.  Do you think we got enough toppings?

A Tour of the Local Fire Station

Saturday we walked the four and a half blocks to tour our local fire station.  The fire fighters were awesome and gave us a tour of the fire station and showing us the fire engines.  We learned that they wake up to a "Hot Doughnuts" sign.  Plus, we completed another requirement for Hyrum towards his Wolf!

Love Languages

We took a little quiz with the kids to learn about our love languages.  It was fun to celebrate with some quality time together, gifts, kind words, acts of service, and hugs and kisses!

Valentine's Dance

The dance was SO... MUCH... FUN.  I was amazed with James.  He did a remarkable job spending time in the kitchen, on the dance floor, with me, talking with others, and making sure things went well.  I'm so lucky to have such a fabulous Valentine.  And it meant so much that it worked out to have the kids with us at the dance.

Mount Vernon

For President's Day weekend we spent a little time at George Washington's home.  Our yearly passes are getting close to expiring, and there is still more to do! 

 

 

Cold Weather

So, it's been a pretty cold winter.  There have been several days below freezing.  Poor James got pneumonia.  We've spent a fair bit of time at home watching the Olympics and some movies.  I think our daffodils are a little confused.  Or do they always start to come out this early?

Five and Fabulous

 Joy had a fun time celebrating her birthday again with us.  We tried out Jenna's cake pop maker and had them as our birthday cake.  For some reason we got several "artistic" shots of our five year old!

Another Birthday

For  my actual birthday I brought bagels into work, had a special lunch supplied by my husband, and went out to dinner.  That weekend I was lucky to have some friends over to help me celebrate.

I've been wondering lately what I am and should be doing with my life.  It's weird being on a temporary detail at work, and not knowing what's coming next.  It's weird having kids around only every other weekend.  And again, wondering if most of the time it will just be me and James.  It was good to remind myself that I have done some amazing things in my life.  I had my friends pick a slip of paper describing something about me and matching it to a picture on the wall around the house.   See if you can find me at the Berlin wall, honeymooning in Prince Edward Island, performing at the Washington DC Temple Visitors Center, attending a baptism in the Mediterranean Sea, or on top of the World Trade Center in New York City.

Uncle Adam

My brother Adam was in town for a conference, and we were able to have him meet his nieces and nephews.  We went out to dinner, and were able to celebrate Joy's birthday a little early.  We had fun playing the clothespin game, and Hedbanz.

Family Time