February Fun!

The prophet said to plant a garden... We are attempting a garden this year.  When we first moved here, we tried a garden, but didn't have much luck.  Now that we are in the new house, we are putting planter boxes in the back yard and attempting a garden once again...plus Taz is going for the gardening merit badge.  So here he is starting some veggies from seed.

My cookies of the month:  No bakes.  Everyone loves them and the kids were requesting them, Nothing new, but yummy none the less.  I actually followed the recipe and they turned out better than any no bakes I've ever made.

One evening, Cynjyn asked if she could paint my nails.  She did them silver with red stripes and a cute purple heart in the middle.  They matched hers and she did a great job.  It was very festive for Valentine's Day.

A few days before Valentine's day, we got our annual Valentine's in the mail from mom.  She makes a homemade card for each of us and sends us each a $2.00 bill every year for Valentine's and Halloween.  We all love this tradition.

I had the best cupcake at New Beginnings.  So delicious.  I want to make cupcakes like that when I grow up!

This is what we came up with for the cards this year.  It seems to have become a tradition that we come up with a cute picture and some sort of treat for the kids to give out to their friends each year.  Thank goodness for Pinterest!

We had pancake day at preschool the day before Valentine's day.  I was going to lunch with my friends right after, so i didn't have any pancakes.  So the next day was Vday and so I made myself a pancack for breakfast with the leftover batter and berries.  It was so yummy and I hadn't had pancakes in forever!

The night before Vday, I finished off my heart attacking of the kids and Garry and their treats of the day.  So that night at dinner, they each got a small gift on their plates:  Garry got jerky and Munchos.  Tanner got a raccoon and Pitch Perfect on DVD.  Talon got a DVD and $25.00 gift card to Subway.  Taz got all 6 Rocky movies on DVD...he's been obsessing over them and we got them all on Netflix and he wanted the set. Cynjyn got some gradient nail polish set, some white polish and two bras. 

I made heart shaped meatloaf and mashed potatoes and a big salad.  We had cream puffs for dessert which is a treat because I NEVER make dessert!

Taz gave me a homemade card all in spanish that he did for an assignment and Garry got me some new head phones.

Last Saturday, Taz did a 25 mile bike ride.  They are earning the cycling merit badge and this was a big one. He borrowed Brother Delahousayye's bike that weighs about 14 lbs. and he was so excited to go.  Half way through the ride, his friend Hansen was really struggling because he was on a mountain bike.  He was very winded and his legs were killing him, he didn't think he was going to make it.  So Taz volunteered to switch him bikes so they could carry on.  And he vowed to stay up with the group on the mountain bike.  He made it to the turn around point and then one of the leaders volunteered to ride the mountain bike back and give Taz back his bike and Hansen could ride the leaders.  I was proud of Taz for stepping up and helping his friend when he didn't have to. He's a great guy!

Randy and Traci (my brother and sister in law) came into town for a coach's clinic.  We went out to dinner with them to Hash House.  Traci had seen my Instagram on when I took Tanner and Talon there a couple of weeks ago and she really wanted to try it.  It was a fun evening and great to catch up with them.  The next day, Traci came to the house and we visited until Randy came later in the afternoon to get her and see the house.  It was a short visit, but very pleasant and made me realize that we need to keep in better contact and visit each other more often.

Last Sunday, our good friend Don Sawyer invited us over for a BBQ after church.  It was kind of a last minute thing, so I whipped up a batch of peanut butter rice krispy cookies and put some kisses on them...wooo, my second batch of cookies for the month...but who's counting!

Taz really bonded with their dogs and was in love with Chloe.

Bella, has small dog syndrome and doesn't like ANYONE.  But by the end of the night, Taz had won her over and she sat on his lap through a whole game of Hand and Foot.

It was a fun night and we played 10 handed hand and foot!!  Here is Tanner, Taz and Cody, Tanner's primary team teacher.

Last weekend was Sadies.  The group went to a comedy/magic show on the strip and then to BJ's for dinner.  They had a 45 min. wait, so they went to the party store that was next door and had a great mini photo shoot.

Katie and Tanner are such a cute couple.  We love it!!

They went to an arcade after dinner that one of the girls uncle owns and then watched Inception.  Tanner got home about 1:00 am.

We stole these pictures off Katie's phone!