It's January 75th and we're Screenless

So Miranda came home from her mission a couple weeks early to have some surgery, but I have this great excuse to still write our family history down, since her novio is still on his mission in Paris, France for the next year.  So until May 9, 2019, I'll still write a missionary letter for our blog posts.  =)


This winter is NEVER going to end.  If we have a warm day (35 degrees), we go back to freezing cold soon after.  It's ok.  It makes the Spring that much sweeter.  This is the week that we tried to have a relatively screen-free week... it didn't really work, but there were glimmers of people doing things besides staring at screens.

So Monday, Connor got a haircut on his way to play at James's house.  =)

Tuesday, Jeff & I went to Hale to see A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder.  It was a funny, irreverent toward murder play... so delightful.

While we were gone, the kids played Telestrations instead of hanging out on separate devices!!!

Wednesday, we had a combined activity (these involve 150 youth and 26 leaders) that the Teachers were in charge of.  They gathered into 2 large groups, had a lecture/demonstratioin on finding ancestors & themselves & names to take to the temple, then played Signs, our ward's favorite group game.  It was super fun.

Thursday, I picked up my mom and we went to lunch with my sister Kimmy in Heber for her birthday.  Jeff went skiing.  Do you see the significance of this picture?

FIRST ONE ON THE SLOPE.  See all the ski tracks?  Neither do we.  =)

Then he came off the mountain, checked the girls out, and took them to the temple for their first ever baptisms there.  They were SO EXCITED.

When they got home, I whisked them off to their 7th grade orientation at the middle school.  They are going to love being Timberline Grizzlies!!

Friday, we woke up to this:

But later that evening, I had to hurry and hang up my phone call with Jeff to take this.  Holy shmoly.

That night, we went to see all the little kids' friends in the elementary production of Aladdin.  Our local schools do not put on your average play.  We have so many talented & ambitious students (and parents), so the productions are always stunning.  This one was no exceptions.  Half our neighborhood was in the main cast, and they stole the show... especially Genie.  =)

THEN WE HAD SCOTT, KELSIJO, AND MY MOM OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER, PLAYED GAMES WITH THEM, LAUGHED SO HARD, AND ALL THOSE FUN THINGS... AND DIDN'T TAKE A PICTURE.  It was a total fail.  And still tons of fun.

That was our week!  MEMES!!!

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