February ~ 2013

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In February, I went with my widow group to dinner in Salt Lake and to a play at Capitol Theater.

It was a fun night.

 Aaron helping John remove snow.

This is the Christmas present that Aaron wrapped and saved for my parents.

They got home in February from their mission, I wish I had a photo of them as they got home.

Aaron and Isaac at the Museum of Natural History.

We went with Sadie and Nick's family.

My hand prints on a heat sensitive wall.

 

The student of the week brought their dad in to talk about his job and gave out these medical masks and head covers.

So, when I picked up Aaron at school, he got into the car with this cast on his arm.

I was mortified. The first thing that went through my mind was that he had broken his arm and they had not called me, but had taken him to get it casted. I was freaking out for a few seconds... until Aaron laughed and said that it was fake and that the student of the week brought their doctor dad in and he casted a couple of kids' arms. I was so relieved. Aaron wanted to wear it for a couple of days, and then wanted it off. It was really difficult to take off. My dad finally had to help and it took a while... Aaron did not like it. :)

Anyway, it makes for a funny story.

 Hair cut time.

 Handsome boy.

Aaron's rubber ball eyes.

Nairn's rubber ball eyes.

 Aaron wanted to read to Stella.

I think it was 'Green Eggs and Ham'.

Aaron and Charlie R.

Aaron and Veronica.

This was the night that Veronica got her mission call to Seattle, Washington.

That is the same mission that her mom, my sister, went to.

How neat.

 My cute nieces, Elise and Hannah.

Their team draws mustaches on their faces for their games. So cute.

 

Aaron and I hand made the Valentines cards to take to his class.

Valentines party at school.

Valentines games.

Valentines craft.

This is the Valentines Sugar Cookie Pizza at Pizza Pie Cafe.

I cannot wait for February so we can have it again. Mmm...

 

The Valentine I made for Aaron.

It has a Symphony bar in it. Mmm...

Luke, Benny, and Aaron coloring during church.

I know... its terrible that I took a photo of them during church.

They were just so cute and reverent.

 

Cute Lila. 

The picture that Lila drew for me.

I think it was Lila.

I really should write things down.

This is my cute boy reading books to these three cute cousins of his.

Lila, Evelyn, Greta.

The boys taking turns playing games on the tablet.

Luke, Aaron, Benny, Spencer

Benny, Luke, Aaron

So, Spencer and Kristi's family came in February for several reasons.

They were here for Dad and Mom's report in church about their mission.

They were here for Bruce's report in church about his mission.

And Luke got baptized while they were here as well.

This is Luke with Benny and Aaron right after his baptism.

What a special day. We love you, Luke.

Strange photo, I know.

But look at these two boiled eggs.

The different shapes are so funny.

Last, but not least...

Aaron with his stuffed dog that looks like Ode.

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Random January ~ 2013

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Aaron ringing in the new year by hitting a pan to make noise.

Happy 2013!

Practice makes perfect.

John and Tawnie invited us over to spend New Years Eve with them.

There was a lot of food to share.

We made Ebelskeivers to share. Mmm...

Aaron playing in the snow.

Aaron playing in the snow with cousin Pearl.

These two are great friends.

Pearl wanted to read a short story to me.

She is a great reader and she is Oh so cute.

Beautiful Bountiful Temple.

This is my nephew, Charles R.

He was chewing on this metal basket.

Teething perhaps? He's so cute.

My friend Kerianne and her family went on vacation,

so they asked us to 'Gecko-sit' her boys' gecko.

Aaron was in heaven.

oh, YEAH I DID!

I purchased this piece of exercise equipment in part because it brings back childhood memories.

The other part was to actually exercise.
And, of course, in part to look like the model in this photo... hopefully without having to do much actual exercising, but just by owning the trampoline and moving it from room to room to get it out of the way. :)

So far, it is childhood memory 99.9% and actual exercising .1%.

I was so very sure I would use it often. :)

Aaron and I tend to use the big trampoline outside more often.

These are some of the instructions that came with the trampoline.

Some of them are hilarious.

Aaron dinner with my great friend, Lisa, and her kids.

Beautiful sky at sunset.

Aaron goes through phases of loving to play with these bins.

He can fit into one, but probably not for long.

This is a video of Aaron inside the bin trying to make his dinosaur fall off.

It was so funny to watch.

Sign on the wall at Pizza Pie Cafe.

I love this quote.

One of my yummy salads at Pizza Pie Cafe.

I saw this Pizza Pie Cafe cup in the parking lot of the grocery store and had to take a photo.

Great free advertising as it sat there under the lights.

Me with my friend Jessie.

This is the huge beater that is used to mix the frosting at Pizza Pie Cafe.

We had to have a taste.

Cute Aaron.

I think we were practicing our cross eyed look.

I was saying good night to Aaron one night and he made this sign with his hands.

He made the shape of a heart to say that he loves me.

Why am I so blessed to have him in my life?

He is THE greatest kid I know.

I love him.

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One Crazy Winter ~ 2012-13

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We had a crazy winter.

I'm not sure how much it actually snowed, but it stayed so cold, the snow never seemed to melt.

Here are some photos that show our winter experience.

Aaron and I shoveled snow all winter long.

Aaron was a trooper.

We were blessed with great neighbors as well who would come over without being asked and would use their snow blowers to remove snow from our driveway and sidewalks.

Our car.

Our trampoline.

The icicles outside the windows at work.

Snowflakes that froze on our car window.

Aren't they beautiful?

Icicle from roof to ground. WOW.

These next photos are during an ice storm.

If you look closely, you can see that the top of the snow is just a think layer of ice.

It was really crunchy to walk through.

It actually felt like you were stepping through glass.

 

See the layer of ice on our car?

And again, the layer of ice on top of the snow.

 View out the car window as we drove past the house.

This is Aaron sitting on top of our mailbox.

The snow was so deep.

 This is an icicle outside of our kitchen window.

I LOVED the way it looked with the sunset behind it.

So beautiful.

Later in the sunset.

My sweet Aaron.

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