A Couple Of Weeks Worth Of Updates

I have started some projects for the house.  This one is for Ian.  I will show it when it is finished.

The weather is so strange lately.  It has rained almost every weekend.  You couldn't even see the mountains.

I planted some cute plants.  Love them!

Another one of my girls received her Young Women's Medallion!

Weekly Quotes!

Lacrosse Begins!

We have started lacrosse.  Ian still loves it.  On a rainy weekend he headed to Arizona to play in a tournament.  As I watched him walk to the bus, I was suddenly sad.  He is growing up, and getting ready to leave the nest.  4 years will go by quickly.

He loaded his stuff on the bus and then came back to hug me.  Yep, I was the only mom on the lacrosse team to get a hug!

They did good in Arizona, winning both their games.  Ian had a blast and is really enjoying being with the varsity boys.  They are really great to the JV team.

This week we had the Best of the West tournament. I honestly hate that tournament.  We end up playing with Utah all-star teams and it is rough.  Out of the 5 games we played, we tied one, won one, and lost the rest.  It was ok, because it meant we didn't have to play in the tournament on Sunday.  Ian had already made his decision not to play.  I was proud of him!

Ian made one goal and he was proud of himself.  He fell, and it was dramatic, but he did it.  He plays left attack and that is a new position for him.  He is getting used to it.

The poor kid is still sore today.  He took a beating!

Valentine's Day!

This Valentine's Day was kind of weird.  We celebrated last weekend.  We went out to dinner and Don gave me roses.  I gave him a new UCONN flag for the house.  Dang those things are expensive.  It is really nice. I like it.  We even gave Ian his gift early so Don could be there to see him get it.  Yeah, Don is out of town.  Unfortunately, Don had to go to Idaho for the weekend.  His uncle died.  He went up to support his family during this difficult time.

So Ian was my Valentine today.  He was super excited to get his candy from his grandparents.  He just waits and waits for it!!!

I also made some cookies for work.  We had a little party!

Even though I was alone on Valentine's Day, I did get some love at school!

On Our Way Now!

Ian got his uniform for lacrosse this week.  He is so excited.  He loves it, especially the sweats.  I think the sweats make him look like the Stay Puff Marsh Mellow Man! Well, a skinny one!  Who gets white sweats for teenage boys???  He has his first tournament in Phoenix this week.  He is pumped for it.

Like Two Weeks In Review

I am a little behind.  The Super Bowl was last week!  What could I do?  Two weeks ago I got to speak with my friend Cami at a Morning Side.  It is for the kids who attend early morning seminary.  We spoke on our trials and how we get through them.  Cami had a very rare cancer in her sinuses and I still have cancer.  I hope the kids got something out of it.  I just wanted to be their cheerleader and acknowledge that teenagers go through some tough stuff, but we can get through it.  It made me feel good to hear that some girls did not want to go the morning side, but decided to go when they heard I was speaking.  I just hope that I can teach people that it is through my Savior Jesus Christ that I can get through this!

Our youth had an awesome activity.  They had an Iron Chef activity making waffles.  It was a blast and the kids loved it!

I told you we had the Super Bowl.  It was crazy.  The Patriots won in the final seconds.  The half-time show was amazing.  Lady Gaga killed it.  The commercials were too serious.  What has happened to our country?  We need to have some laughs!  I spend most of the game snuggling with Ian.  Good thing he stills likes to snuggle with his momma!

Sometimes my special education students like me!

I made these yummy cookies for Dance Fusion and went to watch them in a competition.  I facetimed Aubrey during it so she could watch it too.  Oh, it was so sad.  I miss it.  The team has changed so much.  It was kind of sad to see.

I was glad I got to go and support my favorite Dance Fusion dancer, Rachel.  I got to see her solo.  Oh how I love this girl!  She still lets me be a part of her life!

Ian was excited to get his name on the Eagle Plaque at church.  He has always wanted to be on the same plaque with his brothers and he did it!

Getting ready for Valentine's Day.  I made vegan sugar cookies for Zach and Hailey.

I also made cute Valentine's for my young women at church.  Don't be impressed, I love Pinterest!

Two quotes for Sunday!

The Transformation Has Begun

We are slowly going room by room to make over our house.  Me being sick, kind of put a stop to it.  We have had these 80's looking furniture for years.  We loved it when we got them, but it was time for a change.  Funny thing, our kids threw a fit.  They didn't want us to change anything, and didn't want us to get rid of the couch.  Well, since Austin is moving down here, he gets to keep the flowered couch.  They needed furniture.

Then Don and I went to Ashley furniture one night and ran into a deal we couldn't pass up.  So we purchased the furniture we have been looking at for years!  When it first came into our house, we weren't too sure of it.  It was kind of big, but now we are getting used to it.  We still have some things we have to do to this room, but it is starting to come along.