Fantasy Football Superbowl Trophy Presentation!
Woo hoo!
This year I got my trophy on the night of the NFL super bowl,
which was fun.
We always do a little family party.
I forgot to take any pics of our food spread.
But it was a such a fun game.
And the Chiefs won!
I like both the 49ers and the Chiefs.
but was excited for their head coach,
Andy Reid, who is a former BYU guy.
My third trophy in nine years!
Our daffodils bloomed!
I love this little sign that spring really is coming.
Whitney's school chorus had a really cool opportunity
to back up a professional performer.
Damian Sneed is on tour.
He stopped in High Point and asked PGSA
to be some of his background singers.
What a cool opportunity!
The tour was called "We Shall Overcome"
and included clips of Martin Luther King Jr's speeches.
It was a fabulous, uplifting, fun concert.
At one point, Damian picked Whitney and Joya
out of the chorus and had them come up to the
front of the stage to SKAT!
Whit has started listening to some big band music,
so was familiar with skatting, but had never done it
in public. That girl just exudes confidence and stage
presence and didn't hesitate one bit.
She did such a great job!
The audience was totally cheering her on.
And she got lots of compliments from
strangers at the end of the concert. Fun, fun, fun.
Lunch with Maureen and Bea in Winston.
We got to visit Michelle's kitties
and get haircuts.
Date night at the Swarm Game.
Every Feb 11th, Penn Griffin does a big combined concert
with band, orchestra, chorus, guitar, theater, and dance.
They choose that date to honor high school students from
Penn Griffin who participated in the Woolworth sit-ins
for equal rights. It's always a neat concert.
Here's a little clip from one of their songs,
"Yonder Come Day."
My favorite twin toddlers gave me fun
tennis-themed gifts for Valentine's day!
So cute!
My cousin, David Lambert, was diagnosed with
Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome.
It is a very rare condition where your body
forms blood clots in multiple organs.
It is serious and can be fatal.
David fought for his life for two weeks,
but ended up passing away.
He was 52 years old.
I have some of Grandma Cuca's old photos,
including this one of David as a child.
We were so sad to hear of David's passing and
continue to pray for his family to find comfort and peace
that can come through the Savior.
I don't like fighting crowds to go out on Valentine's Day.
Instead, we usually stay in and have a nice dinner as a family.
This year, I went all out!
We had steak, crab legs, crispy crowns,
rolls, and fried rice. It was SO good.
Oh, and we had peppermint cheesecake for dessert.
Loved sharing this night with our girls.
We watched Swiss Family Robinson afterward.
That's a CRAZY movie.
We thought it was funny how this piece of
crab looked like running legs.
Feb is a good month for puzzles,
since it's too cold to do much outside.
This ocean scene was a Christmas gift from Andrew.
C helped me pick out this sloth puzzle...
but then I had to put it together myself...
To celebrate Valentine's Day,
Andrew and I went out on President's Day.
He had the day off work, but the girls still had school.
First, we went up to Pilot Mountain.
We took some pics.
And hiked around the knob.
The hike goes by a lot faster when you don't have kids.
We grabbed a couple of geocaches along the way.
This one was hilarious. I had to go on the overpass.
It didn't feel super safe...
Spent some time coin pushing and gaming at Dave and Busters.
Went out for a YUMMY lunch at Village Tavern.
Then we stopped at Quarry Park in Winston.
It is a COOL park where we had never been.
We found a cute little geocache there.
They had these funky seats.
The main feature of the park is this pond,
filled in where an old quarry used to be.
The walls along the side look cool.
There's a cool viewing platform that goes out
over the lake. Andrew wasn't a fan.
Sister Deardon, our stake Public Affairs Director,
has been working with local newspapers to feature
the news about Andrew being called as Stake President.
The Kernersville News did a long,
positive story that included a lot of Andrew's
own words. So cool!
We had a little snow storm.
Just enough to cancel school.
Time for more puzzles.
And I found Avatar, the Last Airbender at
our local used bookstore, so it was a good
excuse to veg and watch.
Time to change out my van air filter.
ewwwww...
They've made some changes in the age requirements
to enter the temple. Caroline is now old enough
to get a limited use recommend.
We took a Saturday afternoon and headed up
to Raleigh as a family.
It was a beautiful day.
So happy we could spend time together
in that sacred, holy place.
We ran into Whitney's friend, Meg,
while we were doing baptisms.
She's leaving on a mission next month!
So excited for her.
Date night at the Piedmont Swing Dance Society.
They have a lesson at the beginning
and then a live band plays.
We didn't stay long, but sure enjoyed ourselves.
It was REALLY time to change the
air filter in Andrew's Element....
Whit signed up to take her first ACT in June.
We had to take this headshot for her application.
Caroline made All-County Chorus!
Only four sixth graders from her school who made it.
So proud of her.
She's in the middle row, the third in from the left.
The girl next to her looked SO MUCH like her.
It was kinda weird.
The sixth graders sounded amazing!
They performed five songs,
all of which they had memorized.
The director was fantastic and really
brought out the best in those kids.
Look at C and her doppleganger walking together!
The 7th and 8th graders had their own chorus.
At the end of the concert, they brought the 6th graders
back out and did one number with all of the students.
It was great.
So happy my girls get to have opportunities like these.
Care Bear and KK are learning so much
and really progressing in YW bball!
I'm so proud of them!
They had TWO games on Leap Day.
They only had FOUR players available to play
in both of them.
It was EXHAUSTING!
They lost the first one pretty bad,
but ended up WINNING the second
in a super close game.
Caroline was the HIGH SCORER,
with TEN POINTS!
We didn't get any of her baskets on film,
but here are a couple clips of her playing good defense
and pulling down rebounds.
Sorry the quality is so bad.
Pretend you're in the 1980's...
Super proud of these girls!!!
One last puzzle completed in Feb.
This one was HARD and I didn't like it...
