February 2025

Happy February!

Here's what we've been up to.

Eve has stayed busy with her classes and friends. She and Matt also went to Ballet West to see Cinderella and had a lovely time! 

Here she is rock climbing with her friends.

Eve loves buying fun new plants

Here she was making diamond art bookmarks with Allison from my Valentine's care package,

Looking cute in the bathroom,

and at home.

She has been dissecting sea creatures in class

She bought some beautiful flowers for Valentine's Day,

 

and has been enjoying making delicious and healthy meals more this year.

Sterling continues to grow and teach in Brasil. He has officially passed his 6 month mark.

Sheri is doing well in school. This month she was honored for being a Superintendent Scholar for the last two semesters (all A's). She also found out she was ranked 2nd in her class.  I am proud of her for all she does to be a good student. 

She also auditioned for UIL Solo and Ensemble with a flute solo that was very difficult. She had it memorized and practiced for months. She has some performance anxiety but earned the high score of a "1" and will advance to State in May. I am proud of her for working so hard on it!

This month our stake held a dinner and dance for the youth with a 50s theme. It turned out to be a great night with many of the youth dressing with the theme and fun music to give variety to traditional songs that are often played. I helped to make and serve dinner and enjoyed watching the kids.

For Valentine's Day this year Sheri and I both got flowers.  We felt a little spoiled by our guys!

I made chocolate waffles for breakfast and we also had fondue that evening.

Christian continues to be happy and active. He was able to go to Amp'd a few times with friends.

He wrapped up his indoor soccer season.

He started basketball right as soccer was wrapping up.  He has been able to play with a team of boys that go to his school which is great for making closer friendships at school. Christian has really grown this season. He makes more of his shots and is more confident on the court. It is really fun to watch his team! They won most of their games and that makes it more fun as well. :)

This month Matt and I were able to participate in a service day where we helped build cabins for the homeless. The church sponsored 30 cabins for Transformation Park and we had over 85 volunteers that came out in 4 hour blocks to help put them all together.  It was quite an amazing thing to build that many in one day. I was grateful to so many of our members who came out to support the project. Actually, the signups filled within a week or 2 of posting them and many more wanted to help.

It was a cold blustery day with wet snow but we got it done!

Here are a few last photos of the month for fun.

Wearing my fun Valentine's jewelry.

Fun with friends and rabbits

I spy a boy reading, can you find him?

Although February is cold and we can't wait for spring, we acknowledge how very blessed we are! We are grateful for warm homes, friends, good community, opportunities to develop our talents, our loved ones, especially our family, and our Savior!