An Angel in Review

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Happy Birthday Laini Cakes!  It has been a SWEET year!  We love you!

President's Day

Perfect temperature, perfect weather, perfect sledding hill and 4 wheeler to transport in lieu of a grueling uphill climb.  It was a perfect day!

Courage

Fearless

Falling with style

Sleeping!

Happy Smiling Faces

He had a face like a blessing.- Cervantes

The magic of a face. -Thomas Carew

The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.- Jack Handy

 I've never seen a smiling face that was not beautiful.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

 ~Victor Hugo

A laugh is a smile that burst.

Smile, it is the key that fits the lock of everyone's heart.

Whenever I see your smiling face, I have to smile myself- because I love you- yes I do!

A smile is a window on your face to show your heart is at home.

When you smiled you had my undivided attention.  When you laughed you had my urge to laugh with you.  When you cried you had my urge to hold you. 

When you said you loved me you had my heart forever.

A face to lose youth for, to occupy age with the dream of,

meet death with. -Robert Browning

Blue & Gold Banquet

I love Cub Scouts- especially this one.

The theme for the night was recycling- so we made robots out of recyclables.

Week of LOVE!

It has been a fantastic week of LOVE!  What a great holiday and time to celebrate ALL kinds of love.  Here are some of the fun things we did.

We made heart shaped pizza and watched some soccer games which we LOVE.

We made some delicious Valentine bark.  Just break up some pretzels- cover it with melted chocolate and sprinkle on your favorite toppings.  We also made some pink, heart shaped popcorn balls for an after school snack- but we forgot the photo.

Kaleb made these adorable Valentines of Love for everyone.  I love all their different facial expressions and especially their toothy grins.

Seth made this Valentine box to catch all the messages of LOVE sent his way.  He built a catapult on top to toss the candy into his box.

I am the Room Mom in Seth's class this year so we planned his class's party and Kaleb joined us for the fun.  We played Buzz Bomber Balloons where they held on to the end of a blown up balloon then let it go - trying to hit the heart target on the ground.  We also played Valentine Bingo, "Do you Love your neighbor",  and guessing how many candy hearts are in a jar.  It was a blast.

Sunday night we had our traditional candlelight Love Feast.  This year the kids chose pork tenderloin and steaks.  We also had Potatoes Alfredo- so good, rolls and a big green salad.  For our love juice we drank sparkling cider.  We went around the table and toasted each other with things we love about each other.  It is such a great feeling to hear all the things that your kids love about each other.  The kids all got a box of chocolates.  Brigham gave me beautiful red and white roses and a big box of chocolates.  All to keep me company this week while he is out of town. :)

Katry made up our Hearts of Love this year for everyone.  We all wrote down something else that we love about each other.  We enjoyed a lot of laughs.  I love this circle of our families LOVE.  

There is nothing better!

Love this quote my Mom sent us:

"For children, love is a feeling; for adults, it is a decision.  Children wait to learn if their love is true by seeing how long it lasts; adults make their love true by never wavering from their commitment."

Pathfinder, Orson Scott Card

Ski School

The Three Amigos just finished up their second round of ski school.  They are having a blast!

The Granny Club

Seth is in the fifth grade.  His teacher always has something that the kids can be making with their hands while she reads to them.  She just started knitting with looms.  Seth grabbed on and has been knitting like crazy.  We have had some freezing cold days where the kids couldn't go outside to play so Seth started a "Granny Club" with his friends.  They go into the library and knit during recess.  So cute and .......hilarious.

In 4 days he has made this gigantic scarff,  and two hats.  One for him and one for Brigham. 

He is AD.ORA.BLE!!!