February

 February was a great month! It went so fast and we had a lot of fun.  

We started off the month with a bang and got to clean the church.  I had to document that Mia can clean.  

The kids had a few days off school in February so we spent one morning at our new favorite place, Classic Skating.  Our kids can't get enough.  

We had a great time celebrating Valentine's day this year.  Mia took little boxes of cereal for her class.  

Brandon made another amazing card. 

Mia got to make her Valentine's box this year.  She wanted to make a Lucky Charms box and drew the entire picture by herself and then colored it all.  It turned out so cute.  She also took great care in choosing her outfit and accessories for the big day.  

Ready for dance on Valentine's Day.  

We kept the tradition of the heart shaped pizza alive.  

We also had Young Women's that night.  The girls made valentines but also were swooning over cute boys online.  

Brandon also made delicious chocolate covered strawberries as well.  It was a great day! 

We also enjoyed watching the Super Bowl together.  We made a lot of delicious food and because of Taylor Swift Mia was even pretty into it.  

Boo knows how to relax! 

Just a few weeks before, Brandon and I were invited on an impromptu trip to Disneyland to celebrate our friend Lauries upcoming birthday.  We couldn't resist another Disney trip and it happened to be on one of the only open weekends we had coming up until May.  So we took that as a sign that we should go.  We are so glad we did.  It was so much fun. It wasn't overly crowded, the weather was beautiful and we ate our weight in treats.  

We originally thought Brandon would be done with his boot before the trip but an MRI showed he still had a few healing bones so he has to stay in his boot until at least mid march.  So he had to bring along his scooter.  I don't think either of us realized how hard this would be.  His leg got very sore after scooting on it for three days.  Having the scooter made a few rides a shorter wait but many rides actually took longer to load after waiting in an accessible line.  Many times he just ditched the scooter while we were in line.  

We ate so many treats this trip and so much good food! 

Laurie didn't know we were coming and it was so fun to surprise her! 

We never noticed how bumpy and uneven many of the walkways are at Disneyland.  This made some areas very hard to scoot on for Brandon.  

The extra basket was nice though! 

At the end of the day we crashed.  We didn't even make it to closing time.  We have done Disney so many times but this time made us feel so tired.  I'm not sure if we just moved faster without the kids or if the scooting made things harder but we were both so tired at the end of each night we could barely get ready for bed.  

We had beautiful weather.  I like that I am dressed for winter and Brandon is dressed for summer.  

Not planned Disney matching! 

To save some money on our flight we opted for a very early flight.  It left at 6:00 am California time.  We had to set our alarms for 3:00 am.  We slept through the flight and made it home by 10:00 am which was pretty awesome though.  We did crash for a while once we were home though.  

Brandon got a souvenir and found a place of honor for it.  It didn't last long. 

It took us a few days to recover but the trip was so worth it.  

Mia got to perform and compete her solo again this month.  She did such a good job.  She wanted me to stay back stage with her so I got a few pictures from the side.  

We found some Synergy friends competing as well.  

At the end of the month we finally made it skiing.  It has been a little more difficult this year since Brandon cannot snowboard because of his broken foot.  So I took up Alex and his friend Jhett and Mia and we spent a beautiful Wednesday up at Brighton.  

I snuck a few pictures of Mia while she took a class.  She wasn't thrilled to take a lesson but it helped and she was doing so well by the end.  I can't keep up with her anymore.  

I didn't see Alex and Jhett most of the day.  They went off by themselves and had a lot of fun.  It was fun to get to ski with just Mia.  

We can't wait to do it again soon!