In February We...

I have neglected my blog this entire year. I have had to take a break from everything and try to focus on my mental health and everything. So I'm going to try and catch up as much as I can.

In February, we got to attend baby Naomi's blessing on the 11th. She seriously is the most adorable little baby.

On the 13th, Dave and I celebrated Valentine's with a lunch date at our favorite restaurant, Tsunami. Best part about doing Valentine's NOT on Valentine's day is that there is no wait and no crowds. 

Jett was adorable and made me a Valentine at school. He later added the candy...but he had to have a taste first. Ha ha!

On the 23rd, for Family Fun Day (which is every other Friday), we attended the Ice Festival at the Riverwoods. We had never been and it was pretty much freezing, but it was also pretty cool to see the sculptures and the boys got to play some games and roast marshmallows. After awhile, everyone couldn't feel their faces, so we went and got hot cocoa at Kneaders just across the way.

On the 25th, Dave proposed! Again! Lol! My ring hadn't fit me in a long time. Probably 2 years if not more. So when I had gained a bunch of weight, I bought some $30 rings off of Amazon to wear. Then when I lost some weight, those didn't fit me anymore, so I bought some $8 silicone rings. But it didn't really matter how much weight I lost, my knuckles were too big to wear my wedding rings. So Dave secretly had them resized, re-plated, and re-crowned. 

Dave had always felt bad that when he proposed, he didn't have a ring or a proposal plan, so he had a bunch of photos printed out and while I was gone to a meeting, he hung them all the way from downstairs, up the stairs, in the hallway, and into our room. Our room was clean, covered in rose petals, hearts, and stuffed animals on the bed. Dave got me distracted looking at the stuffed animals, when he got on one knee with my rings and proposed! The good news is, I said yes! Ha ha ha! It was the sweetest, most unexpected display of love and it meant the world to me to have my ring fit me again. Love that Dave.

On the 28th, we celebrated Dave's 33rd birthday. I made him rosemary chicken legs with mashed potatoes and a salad, and bottles of IBC Rootbeer. The boys got him a Star Wars t-shirt and 33 balloons filled with reasons why we love him. He popped each one and read the paper that was inside. Then we had German chocolate cake and ice cream. 

Whew! And that was February. 

Titanboa, The Park, Bowling, Field Trip with Jett

In January we...

Visited the Bean Museum's new exhibit called Titanboa. The boys had seen the advertisement in the fall and really wanted to go. It was pretty cool, but the boys were really disappointed that the model was just that and not a fossil.

There were a few days there in January that were unusually warm and so we visited the neighborhood park a few times. We brought the R/C truck the boys got for Christmas and had them see how far it could get up the slide on the playground and how well it could go over curbs and different terrain. 

When Dad came into town to get everything out of the condo for it to be sold, we went bowling with the boys...well, we watched the boys go bowling...and it was pretty entertaining.

On the last day of the month, I volunteered to accompany Jett's 2nd grade class to the play "The Music Man" at Lehi Jr. High. It was pretty fun to go with him and I was a little impressed with a few of the actors. I had a lot of flashbacks of being in plays in jr. high and that one time I fell asleep on stage and missed my cue. Ha ha ha! Good times. 

The "Miles Being Adorable in January" Post

Because I spend a lot of time with the kid, and because he just happens to be super cute, I tend to take a lot of pictures of Miles. Here are some highlights from January.

Miles sometimes likes to do makeup with me in the mornings and so I give him a brush that I don't use very often and some powder and he does what I do. It's adorable and I love it.

 Miles also loves to listen to music whether it be on his MP3 player, my computer, or his brother's iPod. He's got his own playlist and everything.

 Miles really liked wearing his snowsuit to pick Cruise up at school so he could play in the snow while we waited.