LOVE IS IN THE AIR

 

Beautiful February

It’s February and still the snow is a daily occurrence.  We love it and know that this spring will be beautiful.  We love the different seasons in Utah.  It’s a lovely place to live.

I went to Eureka to help my brother straighten his house.  He has had a heart attack and 3 stints put in and a new prosthesis.  He is doing very well.  Sure do love him.

Went to another of Kolton’s games.  Forgot pictures.  We go every Saturday and just love to watch him improve.

Sunday Scott and his family came for dinner.  The other boys had car problems or other places to go. No problem.  We'll catch them another time.  We just removed a few plates. We had a great dinner and so much fun.  They spent the afternoon and evening and we just visited and ate and visited.  Bethany had made 2 pans of brownies which we will have some remains for home evening.

 We certainly enjoyed our newest addition, Rowan Noelle.  She slept the entire time and I just held and loved.  She's 5 weeks old and over 9 pounds.  She's a keeper.
I gave the RS lesson on Sunday on Pres Uchtdorf's "Fourth Floor Last Door:
It was a fun lesson.  

Granddad found 16 names to do in the temple this week.  He is so excited.  He gave the names to Shanelle so the boys could do the men.  I hope Molly or Shanelle can do the women.  Granddad is on the computer for hours searching for mistakes and new names.  He has found so many mistakes in his family files; even his dad's name.  He's a bit hyper.  It continues to snow here.

 Hope that means plenty of water in the summer.
I had surgery on the 8th to repair damage done when I fell and had 15 stitches a few years ago.  It was more intense than I thought.  24 stitches in the hairline in my forehead and 30 stitches in my eyelids.  It has not been fun.  I was in ice packs for 3 days and nights and feel so humble that I am not blind.  That was a very hard thing to do and I so appreciate the attitude of a blind lady who was in our ward.  Blind people are amazing.  Dad took very good care of me.  I listened to many scriptures throughout the day and we watched a TV show in the evening where I knew what the actors looked like and dad told me what was happening.  We laughed a lot.  At noon, 3 days later, I was able to take the packs off and only use them 3 times a day.  Wonderful.

Feb. 9th is Dave Jennings' birthday.  Boy how we love him.  He takes such good care of that family.  His kids adore him and Tiffani even likes him.  Together they have a family and home filled with the Spirit.  

Feb. 11th, Dad went to Kolton and Molly's games.  I just looked too yucky to go.  Clark stopped by because they were early and it was so good to spend some time with that family.  Jonny decided not to go to the game and stayed with me.  I loved having him.  He said he loved to come to Grammy's.  Way to score points.  When Shanelle, Asher and Camden found out Jonny was at our house, they came to be with Jonny.  I love having family in our home.  I made brownies so that when the game was over we could have brownies and ice cream.  Fun! fun! fun!
Dad took me to Mi Ranchitos for Valentine's Day and gave me a card and box of chocolates,  Wow!  What a treat.  We went early and I wore sun glasses so it was great.  Sure do love that man.
Kristin and Tiffani sent me a bouquet of orchids to hep me feel better.  They're absolutely beautiful.

Wednesday was my last day for heat or cold packs.  Wonderful.  Somewhere in here Dad made pancakes for breakfast.  Now this is a pancake.

He loves them big and thick.

Dad has been doing a lot of genealogy work and carving while I am home bound.  He loves doing those things and is getting better at both.  He got into a Louie the other day while he was on the treadmill that he lost time and went for 45 min instead of 30.
Dad made the very best, most wonderful, chocolate chip, pecan cookies.  Sure am gad I have him for eternity. (I wonder if they have chocolate chip cookies in heaven.) Sure am glad I snagged him; I think I'll keep him 'cause I love him.

The 17^th was Aunt Julie’s birthday.  What a great lady.  She is always there for everyone and suffers so much herself.  She is an example of true charity.  We love her.

The 18^th we went to Kolton’s game.

 We just love that young man and the whole family.  That afternoon we went to Applebee’s for an early dinner. We couldn’t decide what to order so we both had ribs.  We will go there again.  They were so juicy and flavorful.  

Sunday was Asher’s birthday. 

 Jalen and Asher

 He is so active and full of energy.  He was excited to open his journal and card.  They always know what’s inside the card.  He knows everything about Star Wars and loves to build things.  We just can’t believe he’s already 9.  He loves to be with his family.

The 20^th I got my stitches out.  With all those staples and stitches I thought they would numb me a little but it wasn’t really that bad.  I had such a good night’s sleep with not rolling over onto the staples.  Yeah!

Tulips Bethany brought me.

 

On Thursday the 23^rd we went to Ava’s first solo dance competition.  She is amazing on the floor.

 She doesn’t seem nervous at all and when the music starts she takes command of the floor.  It’s just fun to watch her. 

She danced to a Peter Pan song.  She was also in a group of 4 and they were also so cute.

  If any of the movies just show a black line just click on the black line.

                                          

After the competition

She’s just a born dancer.  They are going to dance at Disneyland in a few days.  Tiff is meeting them there.  I don’t think Rowan will ever be out of Tiff’s arms; well maybe for snacks.

Monday, Feb. 27^th, our day that Nixon comes.  Granddad decided they should build a snowman. 

They had so much fun in such deep snow.  They even had a snowball fight or 2.  

We are getting a little tired of the snow but we know it will be such a blessing when we need water this sumer.

Saturday at 8:00PM we wet to Molly’s championship game for her division.  It was in Spanish Fork and we always love watching the grands do things.  She is amazing and has improved so much during the season. 

They beat a team by many points who beat them earlier in the season.

We are so grateful for the many blessings our Father continues to give

 us.  The restored gospel of our Savior, Jesus Christ is so true and brings such peace and eternal happiness.  We just wish we could explain to our children and grands how much we truly love them.  They are the heart of our blessings.