2/24/2013 Sister Missionaries

Today we had the Sister Missionaries from Payson speak in our ward. Its been such a long time since we have had missionaries speak in our ward. They did a really great job, and you could really feel their genuine love for the gospel and for bringing the peace of the gospel into the lives of others.

2/23/2013 First Run!! :)

I went for my first run in 5 months!!! It felt so good to be out running. I ran 1 mile in 10 min 20 seconds. A pretty slow mile, but it felt so good to be outside again. I have been making some pretty good strides with my health, but I have still got a ways to go. I am hopeful that I will contiue to make progress, and get back to better health soon!

02/19/2013 to 02/22/2013 Catching up....

This last few weeks has been a bit of a whirlwind, but I think I still caught a few fun times on camera... Tyler and I went for a walk together... the weather is finally getting warmer.. we have had a few days in the 40's!. :) We celebrate our family Valentines Day on the Sunday after Valentines Day... the kids get a few fun treats and we share letters and valentines with each other that have been collecting in our family Valentines Mailbox. Tyler got to be the "mail delivery girl" which she thought was great. Tyler really enjoys being home, and getting to do fun things like dress up in her dance clothes and dance for everyone, listen to primary songs, and color pictures for everyone, and one of her favorites... is helping Samantha to make cookies. Samantha makes some really good snickerdoodles!

2/18/2013 Bowling

Presidents Day Bowling!! Fun times! Everyone had a great time! :)

02/16/13 to 02/18/2013 Trip to Pocatello

I am a little off of my schedule, so I am playing catch up! We went up to Idaho for a spur of the moment trip, over Presidents Day weekend. We all had a really good time, and it was a nice break. We played games, the kids played lots together, we went to lava hot springs, bowling, a family walk, took Sterling and Laurie (with Dan and Julie) to lunch for his "Returned Missionary Lunch". We made oreo truffles, attended Stake Conference together, and really just enjoyed spending time with each other!

2/15/2013 Presidents Day Weekend

The kids were excited to get out ot school early today, for an early start to Presidents Day weekend. They had half day of school today, the weekend, and no school on Monday. Yay! Hope we can do some fun things!

2/14/2013 Valentines Day

The kids had a really good Valentines Day. The day before... they made sugar cookies and went around and heart attacked some neighbors. We had fun making some fun treats this year... our favorite was chocolate covered marshmallows on a stick with sprinkles. They turned out to be a big hit! We had a pink pancake breakfast and each of the kids had fun doing their valentines parties at school (and preschool). Samantha got a pair of earings.... so cute! We had heart shaped pizza for dinner and a special sugar cookie for each of the kids from Grandma Chipman. It was a great day for the kids! :)