Well, we have had a somewhat slow month around here, but here are some things that have happened.

We have had TONS and TONS of snow!! Here is a picture of the kids playing in it at the beginning of January, but since then we have had at least two more feet. Because of our proximity to the lake ours has melted down quite a bit, but up by our parents' houses they got even more snow and none of it has melted. The piles on the sides of the driveway are over four feet tall!
Tony has been so glad that he bid the Provo/Spanish Fork area this year instead of Logan again.It does make for a pretty view out our back door!
Christian has been getting into unbelievable amounts of mischief, as usual. We can't keep any kitchen chairs around our table because he not only climbs up onto it (and tries to grab the chandelier) but he pushes them over to the counters to get into the cupboards & sink and into the pantry to reach things on the higher shelves!

One day he discovered some lotion and I guess he thought his hair needed some moisture.






Here he is enjoying an Indoor S'More in the car.












If a chair is left out, he loves to help with the dishes.







But the worst thing he did this month is plug up our Master Bathroom toilet. Tony had to completly take the thing off and apart on Wednesday and said he almost had to buy a new one because he couldn't pry the toy out. Be forewarned: Fisher Price Little People are the perfect size to jam up potty plumbing!






Faith has been drawing and writing up a storm. She is always making books, cards and decorations. We had Parent/Teacher conference this week and Mrs. Schaefermeyer said that Faith is doing GREAT!!






She loves to play with the couch cushions and drags her brother into playing "cave" . . .


or "swimming pool." Unfortunately for Christian, this time she included dress-up into swimsuits and he got to wear her Ariel tankini.


At her school they had an "I Search" fair. The students were supposed to research anything of their choice and create a presentation. Kindergarteners were asked to pick an animal and learn three facts about it and then make up a paper-sized poster to display what they had learned. Faith wanted to do hers all by herself so she chose her animal, a giraffe, and came up with three questions she had about them. I helped her find the answers to her questions on the internet, then she wrote the facts on some cardstock, drew pictures to go along with them, and then decorated it. I am so proud of her!! We went to her school to see the entries and Faith even got a ribbon for participating.


The most exciting thing is that my mom gave us a piano!! She wants each of her grandkids to have one in their home and had given my sister, Sarah, one last summer. She was going to wait until Faith was 8, but Faith loves to play my mom's piano so much that she wanted her to have one now. Here is Christian peeking around the wall at the guys setting it up.


It looks so beautiful in our front living room! It's a Yamaha Clavinova Digital Baby Grand and has a ton of fun features. Faith loves to have it play one of the songs already stored in it and play along.




On Feb. 2nd, we went to Sierra's second birthday party. It had a Shrek theme and the kids got Shrek ears or Fiona crown & ears.








The kids played "Pin the tail on Donkey"








and "Feed Shrek."







Joy's tummy is sure getting big!! She's due at the end of the month so the baby could be arriving at any time now. I can't wait to meet you Lily!








Something bad that happened a few weeks ago is that I accidentally put my camera through the washing machine in the pocket of my jeans. Amazingly, it still kind of works!! You have to manually tell it to flash, and the view screen is so dark you can hardly see what you're taking a picture of, but at least it still takes pictures. Here is one I took of Crumpet when I was testing it out.


I downloaded the pictures off my old camera so I can use it also, and found this cute one of Faith from July '06.


Anything else that happened that I can think of -

We went to a fun Superbowl party at Tony's parents'. Lots of great food and fun company, and Tony enjoyed the great game.

We were saddened by the passing of President Hinckley, but are excited to have President Monson as our new prophet!

I got my hair colored and cut. I will take a picture as soon as I figure out how to style it!