Wow! What happened to February? Sorry! Anyway, I will give a brief nod to the month of Love :) An interesting thing that started the month was our fast Sunday was cancelled due to snow. I don't think I've had that happen before, but maybe in Utah. Anyway, home teachers were supposed to call their families, as were visiting teachers and primary teachers. It was a bit much. I don't think I am exaggerating to say we got about six to eight calls about church being cancelled. The funny part was listening to see if people were excited, confused, worried or what about church being cancelled. And for those of you wondering, I did call people I was supposed to call out of shear obedience (because I knew they already knew) and I sounded excited. It was a good day with just the family.
One of the following Saturdays, I got a little time off from being a mum (thinking of you, Monique) and I went to a local quilt store to get trained on "Big Blue." I'll get a little nerdy on you and explain that "Big Blue" is a long arm quilting machine WITH stitch regulator. It's quite typical to need to take a class before you can rent the long arm quilting machines to finish your quilt tops. I am very much a beginner. I like to stipple (meander) the most because that is what I know how to do, but this new machine also has a laser mode you can use to trace patterns and THAT was SWEET! I was able to write my name, doodle some flowers, do some loop-De-loops and the mystery design is actually a maple leaf, but most people see a little cartoon body builder. I mentioned the stitch regulator which I haven't worked with before, but basically is just covers up human flaws and keeps your stitch lengths from varying too much. I am hoping to get a quilt done in time for Ami's baby, so that's why I took the class.
The last thing I can think of to write about February was that is was a great skiing month. Okay, I really wouldn't know, since I only ski easy hills, but I thought it was great. Randal and I got to go skiing one Friday night for date night. It was a beautiful, clear night and I have to say night skiing is hot. (Nothing weird guys, it's just a fun date.) Then, the next day, Randal and I were able to take just Parker up to Bogus Basin Ski Resort and help him Snowboard. He's pretty amazing for nine years old. And considering both his parents prefer skis. Thankfully, he isn't a dare devil, so I don't think his hobby will cause us to make trips to the emergency room. Though he does mention the Olympics as his dream. Peter was a bit jealous when we got back, but he is looking forward to being four (the age when we said we would take him.) My mom was here visiting for almost a whole week in February also. That's how we were able to have just Parker skiing/snowboarding. Visits with mom are always great. She is a fantastic mom, but as grandma, she rocks the show. The boys each love her and feel spoiled by her. She has the amazing ability to read the same books over and over to Peter. He would highly recommend Beatrice Doesn't Want To and Calico's Curious Kittens along with The Silly Gooses. Poor grandma actually did reach her limit for those stories, but it was a lot higher than my limit. I think she may have read them about five times a day each, though I wanted to say hundreds of times. Anyway, that about catches you up on me and the family. We send our best thoughts and wishes out to all of you and hope you are well.
