What February Looked Like

Care Bear had a school concert for

African American history month.

They have a new music teacher this year.

She is sooo good. 

She had them singing harmony and everything.
I loved it.

Mormon humor for Valentine's day.

Care Bear and I spent LOTS of time studying words

from several root languages.

One of B's gifts to Caroline was a brother-sister date.

She took him up on it this month.

They went to the Friendly Center,

looked at the pet store and out for a treat.

So cute!

Fun with the filters on my phone.

Time for the county spelling bee!

We didn't know until the night before that she'd 

be competing against middle schoolers, too!

How is that fair?

She got one of the hardest words in the first round: stethoscope.

She spelled it with an "a" where that first "o" was supposed to go.

She, along with 13 other spellers, got out that round.

She has vowed that she will never be in the spelling bee again.

Too much work and so much of it is luck with what words you get.

Andrew and I took her out for consolation hibachi lunch. Yes!

She hadn't been since she was a baby.

We had a great time.

Helped ease the pain of defeat.

Daddy-daughter Valentine's dance at Pilot.

Her straight hair makes her look so old!

Andrew and I also got to sneak over to the 

church adult Valentine's dance.

We had fun.

His pre-surgery shoulder hindered some of our moves.
Looking forward to next year. :)

The Winter Olympics were this month!

Apparently viewership was WAY down,

but the girls and I loved watching the figure skating

and ice dancing. I also liked watching the

snowboarding and a few skiing events.

Andrew is so thoughtful.

Since he knew that he'd be recovering from

surgery on Valentine's Day (surgery was the day before),

he worked with the kids to have this card and flowers

waiting for me when we got home from surgery.

So sweet.

We had a quiet Valentine's night here at home.

My visiting teachers had brought us dinner.

Care Bear had a fabulous time at 

Lili's birthday party with some of her school friends.

The braces are finally off!!!!

Woo hoo!

His teeth look so good.

C's music teacher is also having them learn the recorder,

which I also love about her.

All kids should learn to play it!

Such an affordable way to introduce kids to an instrument.

I missed the first note, but this is "It's raining, it's pouring..."

Haircut time!

Second quarter awards ceremony

Also cut her hair!

Dinner with Sister Tebbs and Sister Snow

My Valentine's gift to Andrew was this book of things I love about him.

It was so fun to read through while he was recuperating from surgery.

Fun to reminisce and see what each of us remembers from our early years.

Blessed to still be so in love 20+ years later.