Devin's 2nd Grade Program

In Feb. Devin had a school performance at his school. He learned several patriotic songs. He asked if I could come. The performance was at 1:00 so I rearranged my classes and talked to the babysitter to be able to pick Andi up later and rushed to the program. He really wanted me see song number 2. Which I missed because I couldn't get there on time. Jenn was able to get there and see it though. It was a cute program and he was excited to perform.

This is the picture Jenn Took of the 2nd song when all the students made a flag.  Devin is holding one of the blue ones on the top row.

Garrett's Winter Campout

Garrett had a winter scout overnighter last weekend and I went with him. It was a nice trip with only 5 boys and three leaders. It was an interesting experience camping on top of snow but we stayed nice and warm. Check out the pancakes we had! On Saturday, we did a little 2 mile hike up one of the trails. That wasn't very fun because we didn't have the right kind of shoes for how snowy and icy it was. We ended up slipping quite a few times.

Temple Trip

The youth went on a temple trip to the Timpanogaos Temple. 

The young men and young women to the Provo Temple Open House!   Garrett and Olivia both got to go on this trip to see the temple.

Pinewood Derby

Today was the day that Devin has been so excited about for a month. It was the Pinewood Derby. Dad helped him build his car when he was here.  He built a creeper car.  It looks pretty Amazing.  Thanks Dad!

This is him as his car get 1st place on his 4th race!

He got to race his car 4 times: He got 3rd, 2nd, 2nd, and 1st in his races.  Over all he came in 10th place out 25.  He had a great time and loved it.  His car earned the award of "BEST THEME"

Valentine's Day

We celebrated Valentine's Day on a Sunday this year.  But we had our traditional heart pizza for dinner and Jenn brought over balloons that Andi absolutely loved.   Then we had cheesecake that I picked up the day before at Kneaders. 

Garrett also was asked to give his first talk on Valentine's day and you guessed it his topic was about Love your neighbor.  Here is his talk:

Have you ever wanted to do Jesus a favor? Well you can do that easily. It is treating everyone as if they were Jesus.    

The New Testament says, “Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” -Matthew 19:19.

Love is the most valuable thing to have in the mortal life. I think that loving one another is the best part of Valentine's Day. Here is a scripture from the New testament -John 13:34

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

This scripture is also  in an old primary son. At the very beginning of “love on another” It starts as “As I have loved you love one another; this new commandment; love one another

How did Jesus show love? Here is a few ways how he loves all men and woman

Matthew 21:14

And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.

Matthew 10:8

And he heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

He did all those miracles because he loved them

Here’s a talk from President Hinckley about loving your neighbor:

“An older boy and his young companion were walking along a road which led through a field. They saw an old coat and a badly worn pair of men’s shoes by the roadside, and in the distance they saw the owner working in the field.

“The younger boy suggested that they hide the shoes, conceal themselves, and watch the perplexity on the owner’s face when he returned.

“The older boy … thought that would not be so good. He said the owner must be a very poor man. So, after talking the matter over, at his suggestion, they concluded to try another experiment. Instead of hiding the shoes, they would put a silver dollar in each one and … see what the owner did when he discovered the money. So they did that.

“Pretty soon the man returned from the field, put on his coat, slipped one foot into a shoe, felt something hard, took it out and found a silver dollar. Wonder and surprise [shone] upon his face. He looked at the dollar again and again, turned around and could see nobody, then proceeded to put on the other shoe; when to his great surprise he found another dollar. His feelings overcame him. … He knelt down and offered aloud a prayer of thanksgiving, in which he spoke of his wife being sick and helpless and his children without bread. … He fervently thanked the Lord for this bounty from unknown hands and evoked the blessing of heaven upon those who gave him this needed help.

“The boys remained [hidden] until he had gone.” They had been touched by his prayer and felt something warm within their hearts. As they left to walk down the road, one said to the other, “Don’t you have a good feeling?” (Adapted from Bryant S. Hinckley, Not by Bread Alone, Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1955, p. 95.)

I would like to bear my testimony…   

I know that Jesus lives I hope we could love one another. I hope we can know the true feeling of Valentine’s day and that we could remember the stories of christ and I say these things in Jesus christ amen.

Devin's Baptism

Devin choose to be baptized. He was baptized on Feb. 6. Both my parents and Jeremy's parents were able to come and celebrate with him. It was a great day and we are so proud of him.

We had a small brunch afterwards. 

People in attendance:  Jennifer, Violet, Rob, Vickie, Earl, Aspen, Stephanie, Kurt, Krist with her kids Eddie, Mandie and Alex.

Gnome Hunt at Thanksgiving Point

There are 13 gnomes hidden in the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point. There are 8 statuettes and 5 painted into the scenery. We've gone looking for them twice now. Here are the ones we've seen:

New Provo Center Temple

Today with Mom and Dad we took 3 of the kids to the Provo Center Temple Open House.  It was beautiful.  There were a lot of stairs but we enjoyed seeing the beautiful temple.

Helpers

Dad is helping Devin to make his pinewood derby car.

Mom is helping Garrett make pumpkin bread for Family Home Evening.

Livvy is getting ready to go help some neighbors with math for her tutoring job.