february in review

calendar quotes:
"becoming holy" by Sister Wendy Watson Nelson
...i believe that what was enough last year won't be enough for this year. i believe that if we are really going to do what we came her to do, and that the Lord is counting on us to do, that we need to seek in every way we can to be more holy, to invite more holiness into our lives so that we can, as the forces around us are increasing in intensity, have an equal and opposite reaction to those forces!

"there are too many of us who put question marks instead of periods after what the Lord says. just trust in the Lord...we shouldn't try to spend time explaining what the Lord didn't see fit to explain. -Harold B. Lee
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i can't believe february is over, i was having a meeting the other day and someone said let's have our next meeting on march 18th, i said that's kind of far away and they looked at me funny and said it's only in two weeks-yikes! brooke started out our month with a fun cheerleading clinic...she absolutely loved it-and so did her mom. i was telling someone how much she was enjoying cheerleading and she piped up "but i still love gymnastics more!" it's so much fun to see what my kids get excited about.
we were also able to go for a weekend to burley for my grandmas 83rd birthday and see lots of my family-which is always fantastic!
my kids were so happy to be able to swim, this picture just crack me up-you might wonder what is getting all the attention of so many...a baby-my sister christy's little boy, tyden...he was everyone's favorite! we just all couldn't get enough of him.
kelsi had finished her ski school the day before we went to burley but she had been asking if she could go again, so we called on the prices...$50 for a half day! kent and i talked and decided that she could go for getting straight A's- so she called one of her friends and i took her up after school at 2:30...they stayed until after 9:00-it was so fun to watch her, she's quite good and so stinkin' cute, huh!
i did tell her that i didn't know if she could go to public schools anymore after sitting in a ski lodge with 4 other high schools-and listening to their language. :(
we had some way beautiful days this month-cold but lots of sunshine...we took advantage of one and went ice skating, once is plenty for us.
i also went cross country skiing for the first time-i was horrible of course, i even crash on small hills but it was such a nice day and i love spending time outside.
kaden has been wanting to see percy jackson for a long time and since he got straight A's too- i told him i would take him after i finished the books, i have to admit i was not impressed with the movie at all but the books are okay...i have a few issues with them, they definately are a "kid read" but kaden loved them and i love to talk to him about them...
kaden asked who my favorite god was and i told him Hestia, goddess of hearth and home. she's only a minor goddess but i love what role she plays in the last book...she tells percy "not all powers are spectacular. sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding-----i keep the peace. i yield when necessary." i loved that- i told kaden it reminded me of the scripture: "blessed are all the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God" -3 Nephi 12:9