Sunny Weather and Blue Skies

 We had a pause in the rainy weather. We had a few days of beautiful gorgeous blue skies and sunshine, but it has been bitterly cold as well. We didn't let the cold stop us from getting outdoors though.
With not a cloud in the sky we could see Mt. Hood and beautiful snow covered Mt. St Helens.

 

 


 On Monday Rhaevyn suggested we go walk Lewisville Park. We only encountered a few others while at the park. We loved getting out in the sunshine, although, by the time we headed home I could not feel my fingers, toes, or my nose.

 We had fun collecting rocks for painting, skipping rocks, playing on the playground equipment, sword fighting, singing and skipping through the park, listening to the wonderful sound of the rushing river, soaking up the warm sun, and just enjoying time spent with  each other and making a memory.

Watching these two laughing and swinging together reminds me of when Rhaevyn and Aeva were little and I would take them to swing at the school playground. Oh how time flies.

Rhaevyn wanted to make sure she had a picture with her and Myles. When she spreads her wings and flies he is going to miss her greatly.

Myles being goofy with Meg.

My little chicks.

 

The kids weren't tired after Lewisville so they came home and jumped on the trampoline. 

I forgot to mention that we watched the Olympic opening ceremony. Rhaevyn was extra excited to watch it because the Olympics are in South Korea. We were commenting to each other that we were watching history in the making with North and South Korean Olympians walking in under one flag. That was pretty neat to watch.


Valentine's Day was great! Aeva spent time making pop up Valentine's cards for a few girls in her Laurel class at church. Meg insisted at church on Sunday that Jesus would like Sister Lee to have some Chocolate Chip cookies, so Meg made her a card and cookies the day before Valentine's. Myles opted to mail Sister Lee his card. Elsa made a card for a friend in her Primary class. I picked two special cards; one for Rhaevyn and one for Aeva and mailed them. They were so surprised when Myles got back from checking the mail on Valentine's Day that they had mail!!!
Chris and I made each other cards. I think he outdid me this year. The kids couldn't wait for me to open his, and they all got a kick out of the card he made. 💓

Last Sunday at church Meg's best buddy asked her about five times if she would be his Valentine's. He had heard his parent's talking about Valentine's Day, and didn't completely grasp the subject, but apparently he practiced asking Meg while getting ready for church. Rhaevyn said Meg never answered him during Primary because she was off in her own little world. When his family was driving out of the church parking lot Meg saw them and began to wave. They stopped and rolled down the window, and I was filled in on the story of the Valentine's proposal. Her buddy, KK, asked again. This time Meg yelled to him "Yes!" On the way home from church I asked if she wanted to make a card for KK. She said, " yes" and that KK needed chocolate chip cookies too, with milk. She was very adamant about what kind of cookies she wanted to make for him.
Here she is making her card for KK:

This happened Tuesday afternoon and has got to be the sweetest thing ever:

 
 
 KK gave Meg chocolates and a rose he made out of Legos. Meg  did give him homemade chocolate chip cookies, which we learned are one of the few treats he really likes and will eat. These two have been best friends since they were in nursery together and are so sweet together.

 

 
 
Rhaevyn commanded me to stay in bed on Valentine's Day. This is what she brought in for me. Meg sat and shared it with me. Rhaevyn is so good to me :)

 

 Rhaevyn also made some Voltron Valentine's for her siblings.

 

 

 Myles wrote me a note in the snow:

This was part of Aeva's Valentine's to Rhaevyn: It is a character from Voltron that she thinks Rhaevy is most like.

While Rheavyn was at her choir class Wednesday evening, the young men of the ward left this on our doorstep for her (minus the carnation)

The carnation was actually given to her in her choir class. One of the gentleman in the class brought a bucketful of carnations and gave one to each of the women in the class and told all of them that they were appreciated and he was glad they were all a part of the class.

The kids are really enjoying the old movies I've been finding at the library and can't wait to see what I bring home next. These are what we watched since the last post: Blue skies with Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty with Danny Kaye, and The Best Years of Our Lives.

 The binding is done on this one. I  finished one quilt. Yay!!!!

 Snow pictures from Wednesday:

Myles made snow pom-poms for Elsa so she could be like Tinkerbell.

 

 

Here is Myles's mini snowman.

 

We had a rainbow on Wednesday too!

This is one of the songs that Rhaevyn has been practicing just because she likes the sound of it. She says I didn't catch her doing a very good job of it, but it is the only way I can record anything.............when she isn't suspecting me. I have to be super sleuth about it. It is called Spootiskerry and is from the Shetland Islands.

 

Hard to believe we went from blue skies and sunshine on Monday to snow on Wednesday and Sunday. These were all from yesterday (Sunday).

Getting ready to leave for church. Snow had fallen overnight and had already melted by noon. This was our second snow shower of the day.

Early Sunday evening it was really coming down!

Myles being silly.

Christopher is doing another welding job for a church member's chiropractic office. This is Chris's third mechanism he's helped build for the guy. The girls register for Spring quarter this week, and fingers crossed they get in to all the classes they want this time around. 

Aeva did really well on her Japanese mid-term exam. She was so nervous for the speaking portion, but Chris gave her a blessing and we all said a prayer for her and the classmate she was paired with. They were the first to go on Tuesday morning. Her partner for the exam paid her a very nice compliment; saying that she was much more confident in her speaking than he was. The exam consisted of three portions. On the written and speaking portion Aeva scored more points than the test was worth. However, on the third portion she missed four points. She was happy over all with her outcome. We were happy for her that it went smoothly.

And the big exciting news o the week...............................

Rhaevyn's passport came!!!!! Sigh of relief! 

And that is all for now; until next time..................