February Birthdays and Temple

Esther and Mallory at Sweet Tomatoes for our Valentine dinner!

We had a little cake and ice cream to celebrate Scott, Ezra and Nicole's birthdays on Feb. 12 because we were all going different directions for President's Day weekend. I gave Scott and the boys tickets to the All-Star Jam in Phoenix for his birthday. They drove down Friday morning and came home Saturday night. They had a blast and if I ever figure out how to get pics from a cell phone onto my computer I will post some pics. They did all different skills competition, Bump, half court shots, and games. They loved their hotel that had a glass elevator and 13 stories. Hannah was going with the YW to visit the Draper Temple Open House for the weekend. Esther and I were going to have a nice quiet weekend. Hannah's YW pres. called me Wed. needing help transporting kids up to Draper. We had gone throught the Draper temple open house as a family in January and our kids loved going. So Esther and I got to drive YW up on Friday afternoon and we stayed with Scott's mom, who also lives in Draper. We went to the temple open house. The temple is beautiful and peaceful the YW/YM had such a good experience. It was a great weekend and I am thankful we were able to go. Hannah has great YW leaders. What a blessing to have more temples built, the brochure that they handed out was very informative about every room in the temple. I am so lucky to have great in-laws that I can hang out with and have fun.

Jonah's Play

Jonah's 3rd grade class put on a reader's theater for their parents. Jonah was the troll. He used Scott's scary mask and used a raspy voice. He enjoys being in the spotlight. Scott, Esther and I went to the school and pulled out Noah and Ezra from their classes so Jonah had the biggest group of fans. Esther hates that mask and would not watch the entire performance! We told her Jonah was going to be wearing it and she thought she would be okay but when we walked in the classroom, she grabbed my neck and would not turn around or let go!

Ezra's 7th Birthday Party

We had a fun bowling party for Ezra and 8 friends. They are so funny. The boys love to wrestle and run so after 45 minutes at the bowling alley we went home and let them run around the backyard. I had games and activities planned but they were content to play tag and football. Boys are great!