February 2023

This February was full of surprises. Some made us smile and some made us cry and some made us shovel a lot. Brad's oldest brother known as Uncle Dave to us all passed away in Germany. Dad Dennis was able to bring him home and our Dennis family gathered for a beautiful funeral service. Brad wrote a beautiful tribute and eulogy for his brother and sang Black Bird for him. Now whenever we hear that song we will think of Uncle Dave. Funerals are also family reunions so it was great to see everyone, Carter especially loved spending time with Uncle Cam and enjoyed all the ice cream he gave him. We had a lovely Valentines day and surprised the boys with fancy sodas we found at a fun soda shop. We ate chocolate covered strawberries for breakfast and mama once again helped with the valentines party at Jefferson's school. February brought some cold snowy days, including the storm of the year- giving us 2 distance days and a mountain of snow in our yard. But we enjoyed February with lots of play dates, meeting with our Lego club friends, puzzling, and playing at the museum. We got outside and played in the snow quite a few times and enjoyed sledding, making a tunnel in the snow mountain, and Jefferson even tried skiing for the first time (Thanks Uncle Josh and Aunt Mary). We are almost finished with the 2nd Harry Potter book and Jefferson soaks up every word. Carter still has a fascination with bad guys, what he wants for his bday, and what he is going to be for Halloween. And Brad and I are giving each other high 5s because Carter has been having lots of potty success and earned his second big potty reward. Carter has also been doing swim lessons and has made great progress with his comfort level getting his head wet and he and Jefferson love playing together in the pool after. I had an amazing 40th bday weekend celebration, the old spaghetti factory dinner (now Jefferson's favorite), a ski day with Brad, Keys on Main with friends, and brunch at the Grand America. I felt so loved and spoiled. Thank you to all my family and friends- ready to start my fantastic 40s.