Blue and Gold Banquet

Tonight was the Blue and Gold Banquet.  The leaders did a great job putting it together and our kids had a blast!

 Eating very disgusting, much-too-realistic-looking candy worms...

 ...and fake eyeballs...

 Jaiden and Emily Williams

Snow!

We woke up to SNOW this morning!  Just a week or two temperatures were soaring and now we are freezing again!  But the kids loved it!

Janelle had a combined choir concert at the high school...

 

Jaiden's Cool Picture

I thought this picture Jaiden drew was pretty cool and creative and so I told her she should frame it for her room!

Jase Preference

Jase had a fun time at Preference tonight!

Tech Savvy Science Camp

Janelle had a great time going to the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) convention for girls at Dixie State University today! 

District Geography Challenge

Second Place in District!  Congratulations, Janelle! 

Happy Valentines Day!

Sat. Feb. 14:  Happy Valentine’s Day!  Rick woke up and fixed everyone a nice big breakfast with scrambled eggs, sausage, hashbrowns and fruit salad.  He got a container of Pringles potato chips to put on each child’s plate along with the Valentine he wrote for them.  I told him that Pringles chips were not gluten free and he didn’t know that and so Jenna was throwing a bit of a fit because she didn’t get some.   I gave her a bag of Swedish fish instead, but she was still complaining. 

We had a lot of work to do – as we do most Saturdays – and today was no exception.  Valentine’s Day or not, jobs still needed to be done.  Janika helped a lot but mopping both the tile and wood floor, but with the other kids, it was like pulling teeth to get them to do anything.  It is so frustrating trying to get our kids to work.  I feel like I have to be right there with them every minute prodding them along or working alongside them in order to get them to do anything.   I try to work alongside them when I can, but I can’t be everywhere at once and I only have so many hours in a day and have my own work that needs to get done too.  I kept after the kids over and over to get their jobs done and Jenna piped up, “This is the worst Valentine’s Day ever!” 

Actually it was a nice Valentine’s Day.  Rick and I went out to eat for an early dinner.  We were going to go to Texas Roadhouse, but there was already a long line reaching clear out the door – and this was at 4:30!  So we went to the Mexican place called Durangos  instead.  Then Rick and I started our fast and went to the temple to do Sealings.  Jase is receiving his patriarchal blessing tomorrow at 4:00 and so we are starting a fast tonight until after his blessing.  

Rick and I did sealings, bringing in the names Janelle found.  The spirit was there and it was really nice!  Then Rick and I came home and watched a movie on Netflix called “I Hate Valentines,”  which was a cute little romance movie.