Blue & Gold Banquet - Ashton's Wolf

I'm the Wolf leader in our ward.  Which means when boys turn 8, they start the Scouting program & get me!  Every February is the Blue & Gold Banquet - Scouts biggest night.  We had ours this last Tuesday.  I was in charge of invitations & passing them out (the night I was out Soph took her first steps & I missed it!!), and decorations.  Thank heavens for Zurchers.  They have everything.

Ashton & Brody getting ready to do the flag ceremony

Ashton finally got his Wolf badge!

Feb. 9th - Jazz game

I was able to take 5 of my kids with me to a Jazz game with our neighbors, the Dallas family.  They have boys Ashton & Conner's age (Spencer & Ryan) and girls Mallory & Sophie's age (Aubrey & Emily).  Our significant others stayed home with the babies.  They were nose-bleed seats, but free!  This ended up being Jerry Sloan's last game.  I'm glad I got to be there - even though we lost terribly to the Bulls.  We are die-hard Jazz fans around here and believe that they can turn the season around! 

From way up here, you all look like little ants!

 From here down are a few pictures that Mallory took.  By half time she was done, crying and screaming that she wanted to go home.  People around us started staring.  Then she started crying and yelling about the fact that "Everyone is staring at me!"  She perked up after I handed her the camera.  But I will NEVER take her to a game again, at least until she is older.  

She gave the camera to Conner for this one

Valentine's Day

We didn't do much for Valentine's Day this year, at least on the actual day.  Jared and I went out over the weekend; Kelsey had a dance on Thursday at school; Emma, Ashton & Conner had their class Valentine parties on Friday (since there was no school today).  Mallory, however, still had school today and she could NOT wait!  She was all smiles at bedtime, jumping & skipping to her room Sunday night.  She goes to the wonderful Teacher Pat (all my kids have).  Their Valentine holders they made were different this year than before, and I just love it!  Pat changed a cracker box into a Valentine backpack!  It even closes with velcro, though it was so full after school it couldn't be closed.  I love, love, love it. So cute.

They got to decorate them themselves on Friday.

Cute little backpack!

It was still a work day today, and Jared was gone to meetings most of the day.  I spent most of the day trying to get caught up on laundry (vicious cycle!).  I did promise the kids I would take them to a movie, so we went to see "Gnomeo & Juliet".  Cute show!

2 Teeth & Nap Time

Conner lost two teeth yesterday!  He was very brave as Jared pulled them out.

Yuck!  I'm glad Jared does it because it makes me queasy just thinking about it.

I was working in the office the other day & noticed that Sophie was being very quiet, wherever she was.  It was only about 10:30 in the morning - too early for a nap! So I took a picture and then woke her up.  Rude, huh?