I love the month of February!!!!! Even though it is winter, I love that so many people I love have birthdays in February and Valentine's day is one of my favorite holidays. I love putting up Valentine decorations. I LOVE hearts, like, crazy love them.
I love going to lunch with friends. Last week I met Julie at the temple and then we went to lunch. I love talking to Julie and even though I moved, I am so grateful we are able to get together so frequently. In case anyone didn't know they remodeled the Jordan temple and they did it QUICK!!!
Last weekend, Kara spent it at the Utah Theater Association. She loved it. She saw a few musicals, she went to many classes and had a wonderful time. She went for three solid days and came back renewed.
Also, last weekend we had planned to go to Coby's girlfriend Colleen's mission farewell, but the weather was HORRIBLE. Coby's car was broken and they had a lot of people who wanted to go to Las Vegas for it. So Matt rented a car for Coby, that was 4 wheel drive and was an SUV. The ride home was a little scary, my words not Coby's, but it took a lot longer. There were accidents everywhere. I was worried sick. And over the weekend, Matt fixed Coby's car. He was pretty happy that he was able to fix it for Coby. He is a great dad!
I have been worried about Coby. I feel grateful his girlfriend is serving a mission, but it is hard on Coby to be away from her for 18 months. I hate seeing my kids suffer. She leaves this Wednesday, February 6th, and she is going to Thailand. She will be a phenomenal missionary!!! I really adore this girl and I am crossing my fingers that things will work out, and I am praying really hard too.
On Tuesday night Kara, Coby and I went to see the Phantom of the Opera. My friend Mindy got our tickets for us and I gave them to my two children who would enjoy it as a Christmas present.
The weather was so bad, that I was worried about driving there. So Kara and I drove to Provo with Mindy and family. Luckily, Brent, is an excellent driver and their Suburban does really well on the roads.
Above is a picture of Coby, Kara and Tianna. After we left him at 10pm, he was going to the library to study. He usually stays until midnight and then walks all the way home, in the freezing, dark weather. It makes me sad, that he does this practically every night, but he is a very dedicated student and he says if he drives it takes him almost as long to find a parking space.
It took us forever to come home from Phantom, but it was AMAZING!!! The freeway was an ice rink. It took us so long I was seriously worried, I wouldn't get my 7 hours for my fitness challenge and I didn't, but I came home from work on Wednesday and took a nap for less than an hour, even though I didn't have time, crazy, what a contest will do.
Yesterday I went to lunch with one of my best friends, Diane. She is lives in Layton and we usually see each other at least every 3 months. It was great to catch up with her. Love her.
Friday night, Matt planned our date. We went and saw Warm Bodies. There really isn't any words I can use to describe it. Very strange. But he liked it.
On Friday afternoon I had a great visit with my friend Ann. Even though we live in the same neighborhood, I hadn't talked to her like, I like. She also let me borrow her Downton Abbey Season 3. I have almost finished watching it. Thank you Ann, you are always so generous!!! I won't even comment on my thoughts on Seasons 3.
We planned a family activity for today with everyone, but plans changed. Spencer had to work, Kara was sick with a bad sore throat and felt miserable, so it was just the rest of our family. We went up to the ski resorts, that Coby or Colton had never been too. It was so yummy. Coby and I both had the fish tacos and they were delicious and I probably used most of my calories for today, but it was worth it.
Yesterday Coby told us that he got offered a job. He told us about the opportunity a few weeks ago, but we didn't know for sure if he would get it or not. Well, he found out yesterday that he did. He is moving to ISTANBUL, Turkey.
It is a wonderful opportunity and he is getting paid very well. The
company he is working with is providing free housing and several of his
friends are going to work there too. I think it is a good opportunity
for him. I am excited for him. He is such a hard worker. CONGRATS
Coby!!!!!! We love you, and we will miss you terribly! He will leave right after he
graduates from college this April.
Happy
Valentines day!! I’m wishing you lots of love, not necessarily the
cards and flowers kind of love, but the love that you feel because
someone believes in you, somebody supports your dreams and cares about
the things that you do. I hope you have the love that has seen you at
your worst, but keeps on loving you; and that the love that sees your
best and bursts with pride for you. I hope that someone
cares about the little things, and notices when you’re not 100%, and is
there with support instead of criticism, and really listens to your
problems, giving empathy and hugs rather than advice and solutions. I
hope that you are loved so that you feel the strength of someone beside
you, and the courage that facing things together can give you. I hope
that your smile is someone’s favorite view and that your laughter is
their favorite sound too. I hope someone makes you sparkle, even on the
days it’s especially hard to do, but that someone knows the way to your
heart even when you’re obscuring the view. I hope that you are loved
for who you are; that somebody can see beyond your appearance and
achievements to appreciate the soul that resides within. I hope that you
are loved for your kindness, compassion and understanding, for your
courage, integrity and generosity, rather than the way you look, the job
you do, or the car you drive; I hope people can see beyond your
achievements to appreciate the personal qualities that helped you reach
them. I hope that you have a love that gives you a reason to smile every
single day, and makes something in your heart sing. I hope that you
love enough to let that love in too.. Happy Valentines day ♥ With love
& kisses, Hxx ( something I found and Loved)
I had some kind of bug on Valentine's Day so our typical Heart shape meat loaf and red mash potatoes and pink cake and icing didn't happen as planned. Here are the sweet flowers Matt gave me and the Daffodils are from the children. Matt also got me a huge basket filled with all kinds of chocolate from the Chocolate Cottage. It is and was yummy as I am still eating it.
Here is the final look! One of the reasons I L0Ve Valentine's Day!
This is a picture Matt took of us, as we waited for the results of Kara's science fair results. Can you see how tired we look? If you notice the red on my nose, well it really is red from all of the blowing of my nose that day, not a pretty picture. Colton is sitting off to the side reading a book waiting patiently and Spencer was out on a double date.
Here is a picture of Kara after receiving her award. There was less than 300 science fair projects and they were picking 120 winners to go on to BYU for the the state (or was it called Central State; I don't know) competition. It was a very crowded event and it was a lot of fun to see all of the other science fair projects others had done. One thing that was really cool is that Edgemont Elementary will be represented well at BYU because there are three going out of the seven that made it to district. And the other two are both in Kara's class---Sydney, and Olivia, which is way cool! They were some really cool projects that I learned a lot from; one thing is for sure that there is very talented students in the Jordan school district. We got there for her interview at 5:15 PM and then they announced the winners at 7:30 p.m. Then we went to Red Robin for dinner to celebrate!
Here is a picture from our schools Harmon's Day on Tuesday, February 10th. At our PTA board meeting it was decided that the Student Council (6th grade leaders) would do some of the dances they have been learning for the 6th grade dance at the grocery store. Boy did they do a good job and they danced for over a half and hour and had quite a crowd. 
After dancing they all had a nice break and visited.
Here are pictures before the annual 6th grade dance. Kara and I left for the school a little after 8a.m. for the mom's to start decorating. The dance started at 11 a.m. During the dance I served drinks and then after the dance we cleaned up. So it was busy, but mainly it was a lot of fun to watch all of the kids having a great time and enjoying all of the work they did to learn the dances. 
Here is the balloon float we made this morning and then after the dance we were popping all of the balloons to take it down. And all the cute decorations on the walls were made by the 6th grade students.
Kara during the dance-having fun.
And here is Kara and I right after the dance and right before we started tearing down the balloons. And now we are off to the district science fair. Last night we went to Daybreak elementary (quite a ways away) to set up her science fair and tonight we are going back for Kara to have her interview with the judges and wait for the results of her science fair project. And I am very happy that this school week is coming to an end as it was the "Take your Family to school week" that I was over and everything went well! Hooray!
