February 2018

Lil had 80s day. She would have fit in well in the 80s. :) She's definitely my child. 

 Some good friends of ours sealed they youngest boy to them. We were so lucky to be able to make it down and see them, and participate in watching that sacred event. Families are forever! 

Grandma was cleaning out a closet and found some old hats and gloves. These dog gloves are so cute. 

For young women's they did a Book of Mormon cake wars. MJ was given the story about the Brother of Jared touching the stones and seeing Christ. The other half of the cake is about them building a ship and them being like a whale in the sea (Ether 2:24-25). One of her friends ate the ship though. 

RB was able to take his annual ski trip with his brother and mom. I'm glad they have a good time! 

My parents are so cute. They are snap-chatting with the grandkids. Hehe. 

We were able to go sledding on our new blow-up polar bear. 

The Em-A-Nator giving knuckles and playing Pickleball. 

RB and I had parent teacher conferences. On our last night I got these texts from my daughter. Silly me thought it was because she missed us with our late nights. I should have known something was up. 

When we got home all the lights were out. They jumped out and tried scaring us. Some were under the table, Ms M was in the coat closet, and Buddy was nowhere to be seen. I asked MJ where he was. She said he got mad and went up to his room to pout. Totally believable. So RB went upstairs to check on him, and I went to hang up my coat. 

This is what I saw. 

This is what happened after I hung up my coat. He emerged saying "Ninja." It scared me so bad. The kids sat and laughed for a good five minutes at me.  

 Ms M loves selfie. 

 Buddy's Jr Jazz ended. He did well and his team improved a ton. The week after RB was able to take Buddy to a Jazz game. They had horrible weather, lots of traffic jams, and a good dinner at Red Robins. They had fun and I'm glad they were able to go together. 

 Our ward had a country dance. We had fun dancing the night away. Learning to swing, line dancing, homemade root beer, and eating really yummy cookies. It was a great night. 

Here is a fun video of the Em. Love her!

January 2018

Buddy Boy is a true man as he carries a pocket knife. :) 

Starfish. 

When one fork is not enough to eat spaghetti!

Jr. Jazz basketball started. I am Buddy's coach. I really don't know basketball. I know the rules and can yell at the TV. But it's hard being a coach and teaching skills to 1st graders. 

My cute kids helped RB and I celebrate our 16 years of marriage. We came home to our door decorated and this wonderful note on our bed. We sure do have some great kids! 

While at the school for basketball I saw this on the wall and snapped a pic. Lil loves student council and is doing a great job. 

MJ had quit the Jan. For new beginnings they had a princess theme. They dressed up in gowns and had a great time. Then she was able to do baptisms with the youth group. What a great bunch of youth we have! 

We went to a gymnastics meet at USU. They always have a dance at the end. Ms M is the only one who went out there this year. She loved it!

For the 100th day of school I aged all my students. Of course I then had to come home and age all my family. Not too shabby for 100. :) 

 For school we had a fundraiser at McDonald. We get 100% of cookie sales, and then like 20% of all other sales. So RB and I went and helped out. This year they decided to put us in the drive-thru to get more cookie sales. Yes, I felt like a beggar and some even treated us like it. One person donated money because I looked cold. Another was shocked when it was really McDonald's cookies we were selling. We reported back to our principle and the next day they got a big poster explaining the fundraiser so they wouldn't look like beggars too. It was a cold, long 2 hrs. But we sold A LOT of cookies and made some good money for our school. 

RB was able to go with Lil on her Biz Town field trip. He was assigned to work at Mav, and Lil was picked to be the DJ. She had fun! 

Jan. came and went. On to Feb.