February 2021

We had more visitors to our new house.  Derek and Tansy came down looking for housing for themselves and brought late Christmas presents from "The Greggy Bunch."  The girls loved their new clothes for their American Girl dolls and Tyler loved his new porg.

Megan helped organize and put away our movies.

Emily did the same with our games and puzzles.

Part of the moving process was downsizing and finding places for everything.  I lovingly donated two quilts to DI.  The flowered one was made by my Grandma Leonardson when I was younger.  It was my favorite blanket on my bed to snuggle with it.  The striped and polka dot one was made by my Grandma Hansen when I graduated from high school.  It was on my bed during and after my college days.  

  

  

Tyler did Jr. Jazz.  Only one person at a time could attend his games due to COVID-19 protocols, so that was a little different.

  

We celebrated 30 days of reading the Book of Mormon by getting a treat at Cold Stone.

We found these cute pillow for our mud room at "At Home."  They're definitely better than the rug Darrell bought to go on the bench.  The rug has now found a home by the sliding glass door.

Emily and Megan planned our 3rd annual Super Bowl Party

  

Megan was the Master of Ceremonies

The agenda:

Football Magformer challenge

I won!

Cup and ball game

Blindfolded drawing challenge (using masks as blindfolds, of course!)

   

We wrote Valentines to each other.

We ended the night with a scavenger hunt.  I love the creativity and energy the girls put into this tradition.

The girls had crazy hair day at school. (Emily and Megan)

  

Hat day at school. (They used their American Girl doll hats and bobby pins.)

 

Our traditional Valentine's Day meal at In 'N' Out

We had a chance to go to Montana during a school break.  It was so fun to be with cousins.

Emily, Megan and Samuel

Cousins coloring, eating popcorn and drinking orange julius and smoothies.

  

 

Cousin gymnastics show

 

 

Emily wanted to give Grandma and Grandpa a Valentine's Day gift.  She saved her money and then bought them things at Dollar General.  What a big, giving heart!

The kids' table at dinner.

Valentine's Day breakfast with cousins

The tradition of waving goodbye at the window when someone leaves.

We got a little bit of snow and Emily made a tiny little snowman on the deck.

  

Every year Freddy's has a birthday special for the original Freddy who is still alive and they offer cups of custard for the price in cents of the age Freddy will be turning.

We finally got around to getting Tyler's Christmas present set up.  He and I did most of it, but we needed Darrell's height and strength as well.

  

Finally done!  A happy kid for sure!

  

Tyler did another session of Jr. Jazz.

The girls and Dexter helped make Snickerdoodles.

  

We had these big trees in our yard that we paid to have removed.  One tree had grown into the fence.