February 2016

 1. Sickness - After Russ came home sick from his business trip in Canada, EVERYONE else (except Mom) got sick as well. Pretty awesome.

Sunday: Russ & Kaylee stayed home from Church. When the other girls and I returned from Church the three of them all claimed not to be feeling well and took themselves off to their beds.

Monday: Everyone home from work and school.

Tuesday: Everyone home from work and school.

Wednesday: Brenna and Ashlyn returned to school.

Thursday: Everyone returned to work and school, but then the school nurse called because Ashlyn was running a fever, so she came home.

Friday: Ashlyn home, again.

So, these were the foods and drinks of choice in our house for about a week:

2. Movie Party - For Christmas my brother Nate's family gave us all the supplies needed for a Movie Party (including the movie!) We finally got around to having our party after all our sick days were over!

The movie was "The Muppets" and our packages had decorations, snacks, a joke book, a puzzle, a cool circuit set, and even a pinata! It was such a fun gift.

 3. Mini Kaylee - Apparently some of Kaylee's friends at school call Brenna "mini Kaylee". One Sunday I snapped this picture of Russ and Brenna napping together. I posted it online somewhere Russ's family would see it. We happened to have a group call with the Burnetts that evening, and Russ and I were pretty shocked to learn how many of his family members had mistaken Brenna for Kaylee in the picture! I guess they look more alike than we thought. What do you think?

4. School Stuff - McKell and I got to go to Ashlyn's class Valentine's party; McKell was particularly excited about the slice of pizza the size of her own head.

Kaylee made it through the 4th round of the regional spelling bee.

The 3rd graders did a musical performance called "Where the Wild Things Are".

Kaylee made a model of the solar system with candy planets and a grapefruit sun.

McKell sorted M&Ms during preschool on the day we learned all about Letter M.

5. Stake Activity Day Girls - The girls and I got to attend a church event themed around "Sweet is the Work". Whomever was in charge spent A LOT of time on decorations. They were amazing. And the girls had a great time at the activity - decorating cupcakes, playing games, singing songs, learning about scriptures, and doing service.

6. Miscellaneous - I made a little book nook in the corner of our piano/computer room. It's pretty adorable when McKell finds her way over there.

One of Brenna's birthday gifts was a date with Dad to a U-Paint-It studio. She chose a princess figurine and they had a great time painting it together.