February 2023

Weston and Savannah made some dog valentines this year.  Weston made one for the cafeteria staff, which was cute.  He said, "All the work you do is amazing.  I don't have to come late to school from having to make lunch.  Also, the food you make is amazing.  Thank you for the seconds you let me get.  You deserve a standing ovation.  Thank you, bravo, bravo."  I made some heart-shaped pancakes for breakfast, along with Twix cheesecake bars and sugar cookies for dessert.  Savannah had a friend over to decorate the sugar cookies.  We delivered some of them to other people. 

I got some flowers and chocolate from Alex.  I might have picked out my own chocolate and told him he was giving it to me...😊 They're like Reeses peanut butter cups except with almond butter and dark chocolate.   He did pick out and buy the flowers on his own.  

For one of our Young Women activities, we made some cards for another young woman and also heart-attacked the Bishop's door.  

We got some snow on the mountaintops, which is uncommon for our area (picture posted by a friend).  

Savannah participated in her last annual pinewood derby for activity days.  She didn't win the whole thing, but she won some races and had fun.

Just some other random things:  Alex and I continue to go to the temple once a month.  Owen and I went on a hike with some other people from the ward.  Owen went to a luau-themed birthday party for one of his friends.  Weston was happy to snag a couple of unclaimed items from the church lost and found (which were headed for donation) - one of those was a Cheaper by the Dozen hat.  Weston and Savannah were top spellers in their class.  They both participated in the school spelling challenge (they didn't have a spelling bee where they had to spell the words aloud.  They wrote them on paper).  Weston got 3rd place in the school, becoming the alternate to the 1st and 2nd place spellers who went on to the next level.  Savannah enjoyed a field trip to a local botanical garden.  Savannah loves doing art and made some artwork for her teacher.