Up to Cupid!

I missed last weeks post because we were sick on Sunday, we didn't get to go to our Stake Conference. We decided to have our own 'church lesson.' Taylan participated in the Oquirrh Mountain Temple celebration last summer and each member of the performance received a DVD copy of the performance, so we watched it! The kids had so much fun on stage, the music and dancing was amazing!

We have completed the insurance process on the water damage to the house! We now are having to repair the backside of the roof without insurance coverage! The previous owners have not used a Snow/Ice sheet and the damage is due to the lack of that coverage! CHECK YOUR ROOF! It is required by code in the state of Utah and most other states with cold weather! We started putting Taylan's room back together and should finish that room soon. The other room will be completed next and the roof will get done this spring....we are taking volunteer applications!

The kids have been off track for 3 weeks, they are returning to school on Tuesday. But we had a lot of fun making arts and crafts, games and activities. This week we made valentine cards, books, crowns and magic wands!

The FHE lesson for this week was, Faith in the gospel. Dad gave the lesson, we learned about doing good, better and best! Sometimes, when we have our prayers, scripture study or perform our callings we do good! But how can you do better and reach for your BEST! The kids helped with songs, scriptures and refreshments! We played BINGO together (I kept winning!!!)

David has been called to serve in the Stake Athletics program---Surprised? He is now gone from 530-1030 every Thursday, serving the men of our stake. Plus side? He has gotten A LOT of exercise being the referee for the basketball games.

Andi signed up for the school play and has been practicing with the choir for several months. They are doing a rendition of Sleeping Beauty titled '100 Year Snooze.' They will be performing on Thursday, Feb 18th at the elementary school @ 130 and 630. The cost is FREE, so come watch! I will be at both performances. Each performer is responsible for a costume, both last year and this year have been Renaissance era. I made Andi's costume last year and figured she could use it again. She didn't want to, but I convinced her I could alter it. Needless to say, I procrastinated, we went to DIs and found something instead!

David loves listening to sports radio talk shows and chased them down on Friday at a location and picked up 4 tix to the BYU vs AFA basketball game for Saturday. After I left work we drove to Provo, the game was over in the 1st 10 minutes, the cougs soared over the Air Force by 45 points. We went to a burger joint in Provo for dinner and had a great night!

Vday is here! David and I went to our ward Vday party on Friday night. We enjoyed a spaghetti and meatball dinner, played a game then had a Salsa Dance off! David and I were in it last year and I had SOOOO much fun! I wanted to do it again, David was not so willing, but he participated for me! We were to watch a couple perform the steps then do our best to copy them. The steps this year were more challenging then last, especially for the guys. We'll just say David did the splits! We came home with 1st place! Watch for the video on YouTube!

David got us a gift certificate to 'The Spa' in Sandy for a 1 hr couples stone massage! He asked me not to get anything because his gift was for us both, but I did anyway. He loves Michael Jackson and has wanted the 'This Is It' DVD (not much, not romantic) but he loved it! We got Janalise a Minnie doll, Bren and Andi Zhu Zhu pets and Taylan got a 'sports music' CD. We all got chocolate!