A Quote for the Day

Rick always reads the Quote of the Day in the newspaper. The other day, the quote was,

"There is nothing more horrifying that stupidity in action."

For some reason (maybe it is the fact that I spend a good part of my days of my days in the sixth grade) I really like this quote.

Lindsay wanted to make sure that I blogged about the fact that she WON the prize for the best Valentine's Box in her class!!! She was very proud of her creation and winning really made her feel GREAT!

WHEW!

Alyssa's 5th grade class was scheduled to leave for Clear Creek on Thursday morning. As we were getting ready to head out the door for school, the phone rang. Because of high winds and bad weather, the highway patrol had closed the road to Clear Creek. So instead of a taking a very excited girl to school, I took a heart-broken one. All the kids were going to hang out at school and play games and watch movies and make the best of the situation. Luckily, by about 10:15 am the roads were cleared and the trip was back on! WHEW! So my baby went off for the night. She came home Friday afternoon after having had an incredibly wonderful time, but feeling totally exhausted.
Lindsay was not thrilled that her sister was gone overnight, let alone on Valentine's Day, but we were able to get all our treats delivered without too much trouble (but we did miss Alyssa).

I feel like this blog is basically "the big adventures of Alyssa and Lindsay" It seems like they are the only ones with anything worthy of being posted. But, just so you know, Daniel does live here and is quite busy doing whatever it is that he does. (Actually tonight he went to the jr. high dance at the rec. center with some friends -- oooooh). And to prove that we do nothing that is blog-worthy, Rick and I just spent the last 90 minutes of our Friday night watching the moving Singles 2nd Ward. Rick laughed so hard through the whole thing, and I am still trying to figure out what was sooo funny (and I'm the one who actually attended a singles ward). hmmmm.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Right now I am really craving See's Red Hots. They are soooo good and I haven't been to the mall to get any. They are only available for Valentine's Day so by the time I get there they will be gone :( Oh well. I will just have to make up for missing out on them by eating lots of chocolate! We haven't had time to go to the mall because we have been making Valentine boxes.

Alyssa was having a hard time deciding what she wanted her box to look like, but we finally decided that her two favorite things were chocolate and monkeys, so TA DA! Her monkey loving chocolate box was chosen as BEST OVERALL for her class. They already had their Valentine party because they will be gone to Clear Creek on Thursday and Friday.

Lindsay knew that she wanted some sort of princess theme, so we turned a shoe box into a castle with lots of pink (of course). As you can see in the picture, Lindsay also lost her tooth on Monday. She had been trying to get this tooth out for a while, and so we were relieved it was finally out!!!

ok, so I actually posted pictures and typed something. You should be totally amazed. (I know I am)

I posted this picture because I wanted to show Erin how much snow we had so that she would wish she were here freezing, shoveling, and sliding off the road. (haha) The kids had fun playing in the snow. We went to church at 9 this morning. There were a few inches already on the ground with more falling. I think that another 4 inches fell while we were at church. The later wards were cancelled, but we got to attend all our meetings and then we headed home to shovel out. I think there is still more on the way. (I think that at this point i could be in favor of global warming--i would just like the temp to be above 30 for a few days in a row).

Oh, and MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

Dan tried out for the jr. high play Suessical, the Musical and he got the part of Mr. Mayor. He actually will be singing to us!!!!! (he has some solo parts). I am so proud of him. His play will be March 27 - 29.

And, Lindsay gets to turn 8 this year. Her baptism will be May 3.

We will send out more info on these amazing events as the dates get closer.

On Thursday, Alyssa participated in her school's wax museum. She wrote a report on someone who is an American Hero. She chose Anne Sullivan (who was Helen Keller's teacher) and then she had to find props and dress like her hero. She did a great job (and thanks to Aunt Jalayne for the great props!).

Thursday was also 50's day at the school so the girls dressed in some poodle skirts.

We have had a fun weekend! Rick was on a committee that organized a fundraising event for the hospice in Heber. We went to a very nice dinner at the Blue Boar Inn in Midway, and then to the town hall where a big band played music from the 20's, 30's, and 40's and everyone danced and had a good time. There was a silent auction for a lot of trips, artwork, lamps, etc. We bid on a gift card to rent a couple of snowmobiles for the day and we WON. So now we will have to go snowmobiling one day soon. (THANKS to Joey and Ted for keeping our kids!)