FEBRUARY was a fun and busy month with school and Church and family and friends.
My preschool braved the weather to visit some BYU museums including the Paleontology Museum. This is a few of my cute students.
We hosted our first Fireside in our new home and it went very well. We had a really nice Family History speaker and a good attendance. It was wonderful to be able to host something on that scale so easily.
A highlight of the month was getting to go to Duvall to visit Austin, Laura and the kids.
This shot was while we were at the Seattle Woodland Zoo, a chilly but really nice day with very fun animal interactions.
It was fun getting to know little Clara better now that she is growing up and developing such a fun personality.
Clara turned 8 months old while I was there
Speaking of personality...Mackenzie has plenty of that too! She wanted her photo with the sea otter statue after spending a long time watching the fun otters playing in the water.
Mackenzie was my buddy different times when older kids were at school or playdates. We made some "Frozen" Chip Cookies together!
I got to share Valentine's Day with the kids and made some fun shaped pancakes in hearts and letters and animals...reminded me of when my kids were little. And they spoiled me with roses and chocolate and bath bombs!
Evan was fun to read with and play with and toss a football with almost daily!
Brooklyn wanted to go on a run with me one morning so I came back for her after my long run and we went on a shorter one and ended up at the climbing gym nearby.
Brooklyn loves when we work on her dollhouse when I go up. This is the room we decorated this time. I had sewn the little quilt and brought bed skirt ruffle, pillows and wallpaper etc. to do this cute room with her.
OK, had to tell the story of being at the zoo watching the lionesses hunting a stray duck that had flown into their pond. This photo is after the closest one had jumped into the pond in chase...and did not succeed. She was rolling all over trying to get dry...pretty funny!
While I was in Washington, Scott was in Durban South Africa with his brother Mitch for the dedication of the new temple there. Mitch served his mission there years ago, and was happy to accompany Scott on this trip. They had a wonderful time together there at the temple and exploring the area complete with a Game Preserve they got to drive through and see many interesting animals.
This is the Durban S Africa temple at night, so beautiful!
I was the hip Grandma with her sleeping grandchild under a blanket shopping all over the mall.
One young lady recognized me, but most of the young men did not have a clue. Even when I was talking with them, they said they had not figured out it was me. HA!
Scott, the CoronaVirus Avoiding Mall Walker, was actually stopped by Mall Security because he looked suspicious! Made us all laugh! He was headed for the jewelry store to rob them for sure!
Here was my "child" made from a sleeper, bag of flour, pool noodle legs, BYU teddy bear body, arms and head. It is no wonder I had to cover him up! Such a big nose he had!
The last week of the month we hosted my friend Dana and another ward friend from AZ, Linda.
They came for RootsTech.
Here we are at the Saturday Family Discovery Day.
This is Linda and Dana with us at a sold out BYU Men's Volleyball game.
It was a lot of fun, but hot and super crowded. We were glad they were good enough to win in a "sweep" of the first 3 sets!
Thanks again to Braden for getting us in!
We brought up three YSA related friends for the Discovery Day and all got our photo done at the Family Search Photo Booth.
I found Ian James (Carl's grandson) and messaged him.
I found Tamalyn Lively, a second cousin that I had met in Austin's ward in Redmond, and messaged her and met her and her three siblings.
This is us: Me, Shauna Beard, Corey Barnard, Valerie Wride and Tamalyn. They are Opal Hulet's grandkids, (Hope's sister.)
It was a great month!!
