We had fun in February! The kids were off-track from school and there was so much to do. I started the month with our annual big "New Beginnings" activity at church. It's a very special night where the girls bring their parents and we welcome the new beehive girls who turn 12. We turned the church into a cruise ship and had a very special night.
We gave the kids skiing lessons, went roller skating, celebrated birthdays, a baptism, Valentine's Day and went to a dance. Also, the girls had their first clogging performance of the year. The young women and I "heart attacked" some neighbors - we wrote special messages on a bunch of paper hearts an stuck them all over their door and left plates of cookies. Then we ran away and hid. It was so much fun.
It's been a fun month and now that March is here, we continue to have more fun!
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| I was excited to see this at the grocery store! |
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| I made this fruit dip for the young women's activity at church. |
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| These are the fruit kebabs I made to go with the dip. |
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| This is the world-wide theme for all the youth of the church this year. Our activity was based off of the word "embark" |
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| Here is the "sea water" drink |
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| Baby Tatem likes pickles. |
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| Grandpa Roger and Grandma Candice |
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| At cousin Easton's baptism. |
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| Easton turned eight years old! |
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| Easton got a very nice CTR (choose the right) ring! |
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| We gave Easton a white drink and Gabe made him a special card. Now that he is baptized he is clean, pure and as white as snow. |
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| Me and Manuel |
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| Baby Tatem discovered our shower. |
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| This is his favorite part about getting changed. |
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| The kids and I had lunch at "Kneaders" We love their soups and desserts! |
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| On Sundays we go for walks after church. |
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| I made apple cobbler for dessert. |
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| I made fried mushrooms, garlic sauce, steak and salad. |
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| My newest creation is the "sushi burger". Wow! Manuel and the kids loved it!! |
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| Here is the "sushi burger" in it's complete beauty! Ginger, teryaki beef patty, California sushi roll with Asian slaw and crispy fried onions on top and a sweet teryaki glaze. I also made sweet potato fries with sweet and creamy ginger dip! |
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| Gabe was awarded a bunch of awards at scouts. He is an awesome boy scout! |
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| Isn't he so precious? |
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| This was Cambrey after her Valentine party at school. |
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| We made Valentine cookies for our neighbors. |
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| Playing in the garage. |
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| His first time touching grass. |
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| Bubbles! |
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| My own made up recipe for rinderbruaten. Manuel loved it!! |
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| Paisley on Valentine's Day! |
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| We put a big heart in her hair! |
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| I volunteered at Gabe's Valentine party at school. I made Valentine Bowling and the kids loved it! |
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| I ate lunch with Gabe and Paisley at school and then played with them outside at recess. |
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| I invented these really yummy valentine cupcakes! |
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| They had cream filling inside and cream frosting n top! |
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| For pizza night we went to the Pizza Factory! |
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| It was the night before Valentine's Day and we went to a free dance that was sponsored by Layton City! |
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| At the dance, there were tables for the kids to make special valentines cards. |
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| There was also live bands playing fun music. We danced a lot! |
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| On Valentine's Day I woke up to these cute little boxes hidden all around the house with sweet notes on them and treats inside. Manuel is so thoughtful and creative! |
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| Grandma Bev spen Valentine's Day with us. We went to the park. |
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| Manuel and went to a sushi placed called "Tona" Their sushi is so good that there was a 2-hour wait. |
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| Squid salad |
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| Kimchi |
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| Yum! |
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| We took the kids to Powder Mountain to go skiing! |
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| They had their very first ski lesson. |
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| There is Paisley and Cambrey with their instructor! |
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| We ended the day with dinner at the lodge! |
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| This is a giant plate of french fried, with a heaping pile of sweet shredded pork, BBQ sauce, melted cheddar cheese, sour cream and onions! It fed our whole family. |
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| We roasted "pumpkin pie" flavored marshmallows over the stove and made s'mores. We were invited to our friend's house to roast marshmallows in the backyard over a campfire and look at planets through a telescope BUT....it rained!! |
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| This is a s'mores. |
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| This is the cake I made for my mom for her birthday. I made it homemade - it's my own creation! |
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| Manuel and I went on a special date to the Jordan River temple. We go to the temple once every month. |
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| My siblings and our spouses celebrated my mom's birthday at a Hibachi-style Japanese restaurant. |
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| We went back to my mom's and Cherise made games for us to play. |
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| Everyone said this was the best cake that they ever tasted! |
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| After church |
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| A yummy pasta salad that I made. |
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| The kids playing under the stairs. |
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| The young women and I had a fun activity at the church. |
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| Gabe babysat the kids in the church while I had my activity. He was such a good babysitter. |
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| My yummy steak salad with fried onions! |
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| We went to Classic Fun Center for an entire day! |
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| The kids learned how to roller skate. |
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| We finally ordered Gabe's basketball hoop! We helped Manuel build it. |
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| The girls had their first clogging performance! It was winterfest. |
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| I took the kids to Zupas for lunch. We love their soups and making our own sodas. |
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