March 2025

March is all about basketball in our family. Another stars game with a fantastic win and a Jazz game, in the highest seats imaginable, with a disappointing loss kept us busy. Carter came home one day from kindergarten quite distraught saying we forgot to celebrate green eggs and ham. So we mixed up some green eggs and watched some Dr. Seuss raps. We got our first tulips for the season- thank you Trader Joe's and brightened up the mornings. We played all the games at Math night and played a who can say hi to the most people game. It is so fantastic to see the boys have so many friends at their school. We got a little more snow in the valley and Bella got to have her first sleigh ride. We got all the inside spring cleaning done- and Bella found a new dog bed with all the coats on the floor. We celebrated St Patties day with Irish music, hiding the gold, and new tradition- Grasshopper shakes and happy meals. It put a smile on everyone's face. And of course we filled out our March madness brackets. Jefferson put BYU going all the way and has had a blast watching their games. Mary put Maryland- keeping with the namesake tradition, and Brad put Florida- boring #1 pick. Carter lost another tooth and got $5 from the tooth fairy (the tooth fairy didn't have enough change) and announced to us all "I'm getting rich!" He also impressed us with his great writing and has started writing sentences in his journal. Jefferson announced he now wants to be a doctor- so his career dreams have gone from: scientist, firefighter, police officer, president, pro soccer player, and now doctor. Brad left us the end of March for a Europe adventure to see one of his favorite bands. And the boys had fun for their spring break with bounce houses, museums, climbing, swimming, and friends. Ready for spring. 

 

February 2025

Our February could be summed up with a few words- basketball, skiing, hockey, valentines love, and birthday fun. Carter dutifully followed the instructions of his kindergarten teacher to study what happens to a cup of water outside overnight and insisted on sending her a picture in the morning to prove he did it. If his teacher asked him to do anything he would do it. We were able to go to another Stars game and see amazing basketball. We went on a day trip to Logan and introduced Jefferson to ceviche, skiing, and pupusas. He loved it all and can't wait to go skiing next year. We watched the Superbowl with family and everyone lost interest after half time so Carter and Clara played a duet for us. We made our valentines and this year Jefferson made a back to the future valentines box- with all 3 Deloreans from all 3 movies. And we all laughed when Carter asked "Mama was I born in the future."  When we were fixing our couch and moving around pillows, Bella decided perching on the top of all the pillows is her favorite new spot. We had a random huge snow storm (for this year) and so the boys got to go sledding at the park, but the next day the snow had melted, so they were glad they got to play in it. Carter came home with a crown and announced we have gone to 100 days of school. We gave Valentines in the morning and Bella knew something exciting was happening so she sat so well for a picture and was thrilled with a pink ribbon- it seems like she loves anything pink. After helping with valentines parties, we had pizza for dinner and then went to a hockey game. It was the perfect valentines. We watched cousins for a few days and had a pancake party. And the last week of February we celebrated Mary's b-day with The Old Spaghetti Factory, skiing, pickleball and a smoothie date. 42 years and loving it.