Aaron flying the kite.
Brian playing with the bicycle.
I got some weird gardening bug and decided we NEEDED to have some flowerbeds right now! Paul rolled his eyes, but humored me and helped me get these 2 beds done. The one in the back we had to pull up the grass first, but we moved some to the front where there wasn't any grass. There's still a lot I want to do, but the urgent need has passed, so who knows when we'll attack it again!
Bed in back with day lillies and amaryllis.
Bed in front with lots of little bulbs. I hope they come up!
We spent one weekend up at the lake, doing some jobs that needed to be done like cleaning out the shed and re-hanging stuff outside since we have new siding now. It looks really good, but I don't have the pictures, just my mom does. When we got there, there was a fountain in the middle of our yard...a water main had broken and it was a mess. Water, mud, debris everywhere. The water company got right on it and we were only without water for about 4 hours. It's always something huh!
We signed Aaron up for T-ball practice and so far he likes it. Games don't start til the end of March, but they've got practice twice a week. He's learning how to ground and throw the ball, but mostly he just loves running the bases!
Aaron batting.
Aaron running the bases!
Aaron's birthday is next month and we've been talking about getting him a bicycle. He's got really good balance on his Skuut, but has never been on a real bike before. So we went to a friends house to have him ride Caleb's bike. We tried the bike without training wheels for a while, but realized Aaron really doesn't know how to pedal! We put the training wheels back on and he did better, but he will definitely need to practice more!
My Uncle LeRoy and Aunt Karen were in town for a weekend and they spent Saturday afternoon with us. We played dominoes, ate a yummy dinner, and went to Ritters for dessert. I had a great time with them!
This week we re-financed our home to a 4.75% interest rate and are happy for all the money we will save because of that! I've been teaching some of my baby sign language classes and have another class scheduled for next weekend. I'm having a lot of fun teaching it and wish more of my friends were interested in learning it. Oh well. Paul also got his beads for completing his Woodbadge training. He worked hard and really enjoys working with the scouts! I was proud to be there when he was awarded his beads!
Paul with his woodbadge beads.
Also, I've gotten involved with the Wii Mommies. We got a Wii and Wii Fit for Christmas and I've been working out EVERYDAY! I seriously haven't missed a day yet this month and I'm super proud of myself! I post my progress every Friday on my other blog and I like having a place I'm accountable to. I've lost 4 lbs so far, and hope to loose much more! Our whole family has been doing it, and watching the boys do it is hillarious. Aaron's actually pretty good, but Brian is comical to watch! It's a lot of fun and I recommend it to anyone!
Here's I'm running the Island Lap in the yoga suit I won
and here's how great I did!
This shows that I did it every day this month!
Tomorrow will be busy with a primary activity in the morning, the Wii Fit Olympics also in the morning, and stake conference starting in the afternoon and evening. I think that's about it for February. We hope to have more friends over for game nights and some Sunday dinners and always enjoy having people in our home. Come on over!
