Day 42--Spencer's a Star

Tonight was Spencer's Court of Honor. He received 3 merit badges (First Aid, Citizenship in the World, and Citizenship in the Community) and advanced to the rank of Star. We are proud of how hard he's been working in Scouts.

Please ignore Spencer's Scout pants. He keeps growing so darn fast he wears them all of 3 times before he's busting out. Now me busting out of my pants...that's another story and I don't want to talk about it!

Day 41--Oh Crap!

Adam came home from school saying his legs were really tired. Within 15 minutes he was barfing.

Yeah...I'm so not excited! Especially with a girl like Ellie in the house who gets stomach bugs 100 times worse than everyone else. Yuck.

Day 40--Indian Summer Days

For our February visiting teaching appointment, my visiting teachers hosted brunch and cookie decorating. Ellie had the time of her life with free reign over little candy hearts. I felt like a queen eating quiche and homemade cinnamon rolls I had not cooked myself.
Then since it was ANOTHER 60° day in February (third in a row), we spent the afternoon at the park, while I snapped pictures like crazy!

Day 39--Silliness Runs in the Family

There's a good chance that you'll see this picture again tomorrow for my I ♥ Faces entry (silly category), but it was such a classic I couldn't resist putting it up for my picture of the day.

We spent the evening at my brother Pete's house with his cute family and my cousin Aaron and his awesome family. Mika made us a delicious dinner....yay, food I didn't have to cook myself and we had a great time eating, chatting, and chilling! We love having family nearby and hope that in time we will have a lot more! (yes K, H, AL, Nate, Tim, Matt, Mom & Dad, Lara, Eric, Ryan, Alex, Kurt...we mean you!)

Day 38--Breakfast with Their Teachers

Today was the kids' favorite primary activity of the year---"Breakfast with Your Teacher". They got to stay in their pajamas (or change into them as the case may have it with a couple of my kids) and eat pancakes and bacon cooked by the Bishopric. They sit with their Primary classes and each teacher brings a special topping for the pancakes. Afterwards they play Bingo and eat more sweets. The kids look forward to it all year and the one time they had to move it to March for scheduling purposes, my kids about staged their own riot!

As for me, I liked the quick trip to the grocery store totally kid free!

Day 37--Morning Snuggles

My kids wake up slowly each morning. They usually stumble out of bed and need 10-15 minutes to just "chill" before they get moving for the day. Ellie and Adam's favorite way to chill is on someone's lap. Usually the job falls to me, since I'm in less of a rush than Glen, but every once in a while when Daddy's running ahead of schedule the kids get the special treat of snuggling with Daddy! I love this one of Glen and his arms totally full.

Day 36--My Little "Helper"

I'd been hurrying all night making treats for book group, a teacher's meeting tomorrow, and for a plate of goodies for a friend. Ellie had on her apron and was happily "helping" all night! I snapped this picture on my way out the door to book group and am glad I didn't miss it.