XOXOXO

The month of February leading up to Valentines Day we bought the girls a mailbox to put in their room. Many of the days the girls got a letter, candy or little gifts from us. It was great for the girls and for me to do a little something fun. The plan was to do it just for the days before Valentines Day but I think I will continue to do it.

The morning of V-day Cirdan told me to get ready. I didn't know why. He had surprised me by asking my sister Stacey to come over that morning to babysit while we went out to breakfast (Black Diamond Bakery). It was a nice surprise. Also, after I got out of the shower I opened the door and there was a beautiful bouquet of flowers. I have a wonderful, loving Valentine!
The girls skyped with Ava after school and I could tell Ava had eaten a lot of sugar that day. She was bouncing off the walls! Running around like crazy. It was fun to watch her act so funny. I bought a heart shaped pizza for dinner....the girls thought it was cute.

Jett's Blessing

Jett was blessed by Cirdan on February 13th. It was a very special weekend for our family. Cirdan received the Melchizedek Priesthood from his Dad the night before and was able to give his first blessing to Jett.
After the blessing we had our family over for some crock pot breakfast casseroles, pastry's and some fruit. Church starts at 9:00 so it was an early morning. I was very thankful for everyone who came to support our family.

Food...

Dad, Kevin and Jeff

All of the shoes. Most black!

Brad, Hailey and Shirley

Stacey and Allison

Some of the kids playing in the playroom

My cousin Allison brought these very delicious cupcakes. They were goooood!!

Casey

Jett being the center of attention

Cousin Matt.

Stacey, Allison and Corey

Aunt Debbie and Mom

Uncle Wes

My cousin Krista with our babies (17 days apart)

Ireland, Pieper (being shy) and Kennedy

Oh oh Emma (Ms. quiet troublemaker) got into the markers!

Brody with Jett

Ireland, Joshua and Kaiya

Galade

Brody, Stephanie and Jillian

baby Carter

Mr. Jett

Big Sister Helper

Ella is a big helper. She loves to help give Jett his bath. She will gather his bath, towels and wash cloths for me and bring them to the kitchen where he gets his bath.

Cirdan and Jett

I just have to share this. The girls and I have watched it over and over and still think its funny.

Temptations

Cirdan and I were called to be the Valiant 11 teachers this year. We have enjoyed working together and teaching the kids in our class. The lessons are harder than they were last year since we have an older class. The harder lessons have been good for me. It gives me a chance to refresh on everything I have forgotten over the years. Good thing for my 100% attendance at seminary all my years...and all the many Sundays at church, I retained pretty much nada.

I wasn't able to go to church yesterday since Kaiya was sick. The first part of the lesson was to have the kids write down problems they face today...temptations they are faced with. While cleaning out the papers Cirdan brought home this morning I read what the kids had written down. I was shocked/humored at their responses...keep in mind these are 11 year olds.


1. skip school

2. curse

3. do drugs

4. shop lift

5. break windows

6. hitting

7. talk back to your mom and dad


Okay so all those are pretty normal...except # 5. Where did that come from?? ha ha

Another one writes...

1. steal

2. kick people


I thought that would be the only boy in the class to write that one because of the #2 answer but it was a girl. So I guess I will stay away from her or she might kick me. hmmmm

This last one was the shocker!!

1. fight

2. curse

3. smoke

4. steal

5. vandalism

6. skip school

7. murder

8. robbery

9. breaking and entering

10. drink


Okay...Say what?!?!??! Murder??? Breaking and entering?? I was laughing and called Cirdan to see if he had read over these. I sure hope that this 11 year old girl that was visiting her grandparents for the weekend isn't tempted to commit murder!!


Oh, I love kids...