Weirdest January.....

I've got just a little bit of catch up to do... just a little. Normally I would mention how I don't particularly like the month of January. I would complain about the snow, grey and wind. But holy smokes, it has been beautiful lately!! The kids have been walking home from school and asking to set the trampoline back up... it's been THAT nice! (We actually set the tramp back up on Friday!) The month of January flew by! Here's a few highlights:

I played a round of hangman with Anaya:


Kayden went to Sadie Hawkins with Kristen (it was a glow light dance.)


Rik, Kayden, and a few of Kayden's friends rode the Jazz bus down to Salt Lake to watch the Jazz play:




The pinewood derby snuck up on us again (I swear it comes around twice a year.....)



Kayden was asked to sweethearts by Lindsay Jackson:


Leading up to Sweethearts, Kayden had a super busy schedule. He HAD to go to the midnight premiere of Star Wars.... which had him coming home about 3am (after getting up at 5:30 to go to the temple that morning.)

After Star Wars, he had to get up at 6 to go to a morningside. That day ended with him setting up for the dance... which took until 2:15 in the morning. On the day of the dance, he slept in as late as he could before leaving to go planking with his group:

After planking he slept. In fact, I was concerned that he would be a terrible date because he was so tired and worn out! He was a little on the grumpy/groggy side from all his weird sleep, and every time he sat still for very long, he was out cold. I was worried that he would be curled up fast asleep at the dance. But, thank heavens, this was a really fun group of kids, so he stayed awake! He said it was one of the funnest dances he's been to. Kayden ended the weekend by speaking in church. Ya, it was one of THOSE kind of busy weeks.



We had our family Red, Pink and Heart dinner on Monday night because Tuesday looked a little over booked:


Kayden and Kristen went all out for Valentine's Day! Here are just a few of the 100 balloons that Kristen put in his car. (They are now all down in Kayden's room.... )


Malia went to Nampa for a three day choir training. They had time to do a little shopping before coming home. This is what picture texts I kept getting:

To finish out this week we found out that Kayden was accepted to BYU!!!!!! He was also accepted to BYU Idaho, but really had his heart set on BYU Provo. He is almost crazy excited!