In January, it snowed a lot. I often said, "If it weren't for our anniversary and Rachel's birthday, January would be the worst month out of the year." It was long and cold, so we are always grateful for those two big events in January.
We also had a Star Wars marathon--stretched out over several weeks, but still. Now our kids finally understand what Star Wars is about.
The Young Women in our ward and I got to participate in a local service project where we put together bags of food to send home with kids throughout the area over the weekend. We learned about how many local children go hungry over the weekend because of how dependent they are for the meals schools provide. These bins are full of kits for local kids, each containing 10-15 meals. That's a lot of kids who need food over the weekend.
The kids formed 4 lines, grabbed a food item out of each of these bins to fill up a grocery bag, and then they'd pass it off to us leaders, who then tied the bags and filled the bins with the correct number of bags.
For example, this bin headed for Franklin (name of the school) needed 13 kits. So my job was to help count the bags going into this bin and make sure there were 13.
It was a humbling thing to be able to participate in. I'm pretty sure it was founded by the people who created Built Bars.
Rachel got to participate in the Future Chevaliers drill team clinic and performance at Lone Peak High School. They taught her a dance and did her hair and make-up.
She did a great job performing at half time at the Boys Basketball game.
It was our first Lone Peak basketball game, and we sat by Chris and Cindy Burton, whose son is on the basketball team. Chris was our bishop when we were living in Wymount.
Brian and I had a matching day or two in January.
Things were cooked.
We enjoyed having a two car garage (why did we take this picture?).
I got a follow-up MRI on my brain, this time with contrast, to check a cyst they had found on my pineal gland. They had no concerns, and I'll just be doing an annual MRI moving forward.
I had a campus errand one day, so I called up Ella and picked her up for lunch. It was so fun seeing her!
On one of the rare warm days, we decided that it was time that Rachel finally learned how to ride a bike. She fought the insistence. There were tears; there were hugs.
There were bribes; there was success!
The kids always value their daily screen time as well as the weekly family activity. Gabe often chooses something on the Switch.
I perfectly folded a set of sheets. It was so beautiful!
Gabe made this cute snowman at school.
We snuggled.
And one of us got sick, poor thing.
There was some magic and whimsy (at least that's what I thought as I looked at these two).
There was a sick day.
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