The Love Month

It has been great having normal February temperatures this week as opposed to our sub-zero weather all last week.  And, I have enjoyed feeling much better without the constant coughing.  So, things are looking up!
(theoretically, anyway)....
The kids are all out of school for a 4 day weekend - Friday (Valentines Day) and today (Presidents Day).  Color me crazy, but are they out of school an awful lot?  Gabi missed Thursday as well, staying home with strep, so Friday she stayed with me so her parents could work.  We had a fun filled morning (?) of back to back appointments for Brad with the speech therapist and the OT gal.  I'm not sure they are helping Brad with his issues, but they certainly won't make things worse!  Afterwards, we picked Grayson up and he and Gabi spent the afternoon here.  Gabi found a new game on the computer which somehow Grayson was interested in as well.  They were a joy to have!

 
Amie and Sophie had gone to Denver to see Heather and Matt's new baby, Keva (pronounced like Kevin without the "N").

 Sophie informed us that she held the baby longer than anyone that day!  She sure loves her new cousin!
Saturday brought a busy day, starting with nail appointments (Carrie, Gabi and I) and then we drove out to the country east of Eaton to pick up Corbin who was with Spencer and Curt at "the most amazing ever" Farm Auction, where they purchased quite a number of "new in the original package" car parts from the 50's.  (They were still trying to track down info on their purchases yesterday at Sunday dinner...Along with the car parts, they got some gold mechanic tools.)

 We got Corbin to his basketball game just in time where he was thrilled to score his first basket.  (He's a very unselfish player, passing the ball instead of taking a shot whenever he's near the basket.)  He also got his first nosebleed caused from getting hit in the face with a ball!
Brad and I left the ballgame and went to see a movie  (unusual for him to be interested in movies, so I was happy that he wanted to go), "The Monuments Men" with George Clooney.
We finally got around to celebrating Spencer's birthday yesterday.  The kids began by working on a craft project, but when the adults started playing cards, they gave up on that to join the card game.  We played "Shark Boots" (that's the kid name for a game that Sarah taught us to play).

 

Corbin cracked everyone up, wearing my reading glasses

 

In Spencer's honor, I made meatloaf covered in strips of bacon.  Unfortunately, the directions for cooking and my oven didn't quite mesh.  Carrie brought a Coldstone icecream cake to top off the celebration.!  I just missed the shot of Grayson licking his plate clean!

We are all looking forward to Meredith and the kids coming next weekend.  Gramma keeps saying, "We haven't seen them in sooooo long."  We all miss them and can't wait for their visit!  (And, as an added part of their visit, we will celebrate Emma's birthday!)