February Nuts and Bolts

Without further adieu, here are some of our adventures from February:

· Our highlight was our second trip to Disneyland within 10 months…and this was even better! We were able to time it right, planning around the busy holidays and the upcoming Spring breaks. As a result, the lines were great…especially on one of the rainy days. We stayed at a nice hotel ¾ mile away. The children were wonderful, although Stockton was much more of a handful this time around. They met their share of friends: Rapunzel, Flynn, Mickey, Pluto, Goofy, Woody, Jessie, Chip and Dale, Jasmine, Aladdin, Aurora, and Snow White. We loved it! There is just something magical about Disneyland, especially to see the excitement of our sweet kids.
· Kadence turned five…absolutely incredible! We had a family outing to Pirate Island, a party with seven cute friends, and spent her actual day going to church and driving to Las Vegas! She loves her Rapunzel doll, her Princess piggy bank, books, oodles of toys and art supplies, clothes, etc.
· I went to the BYU Football signing day lunch with Dad.
· We took the kids to see Jimmer and the Jimmerites, a.k.a. BYU Basketball. It was Stockton’s first game. We loved it and love the way our team is playing!
· Elizabeth went to our monthly Relief Society meeting, as well as book group. She and the kids also frequent a weekly play group.
· I had lunch with three of my best friends growing up, one who was in town, the other two who also work at BYU. It was a reminder of how blessed we’ve been with wonderful friends!
· We celebrated Chinese New Year’s in style, dinner out w/ our family and a potluck with the extended, at our house to celebrate February birthdays.
· Church activities: ward baptisms, ward conference (Elizabeth and I were able to sing in the choir), stake conference with Elder Wheeler of the Seventy (I was able to sing in a Priesthood double quartet), Blue and Gold banquet, the Worldwide Leadership training (that I was not in this time!), ward high priests social
· Date nights: ward Valentine’s Day party, complete with dinner and dance instruction; wallyball with ward friends, dinner out with ward friends before stake conference.
· Two very unexpected things occurred: Jazz coach Jerry Sloan retired after 22 years and All-Star Deron Williams was traded to New Jersey. If you haven’t been reading my blog, first repent and then make amends. I usually post Wednesdays and Sundays at http://www.utahjazz360.com/.
· Stockton is signing and saying more words each day. So very fun! One more month to Nursery!
· Tayah loves writing letters, cards, and drawing pictures to give to family and friends. Ditto for Kadence.
· We’ll see if that Groundhog is right…so far, doesn’t look so!