A sum up from Valentine's Day to February 22

 Yesterday, Sunday the 21, was a good day.
We went to church, Timo met with Bishop to start his mission papers, Sophie came over and the girls made Brownies and dressed up, and then we finally had someone over for dinner (besides Brigham) since covid began and we moved into this house.   It was really great to get to know Austin and Sarah Crossley better.  They are awesome. 

We still have this ridiculously cute puppy.  She went through a crazy whiny time at night but, lucky for her, I think she's getting used to the new sleeping arrangement of her and Coco in the craft room.


Dressup today helped Sarah find her future style. . . A bunch, sunglasses and fancy business suits.  I think she looks a little too old in this picture.  She's working hard on her driver's ed course and is a pretty good driver so far.


I walked with these gals to the junction on Saturday.   The wind was freezing and you'll notice Lucy doesn't have a coat on and KD is wearing sandals.  Reese was the only wise one. . . But when candy is involved, there is never any complaining!


Timo deigned to join Jeremy and I on a walk.  We don't let Bindi walk at the park yet because her shots aren't complete.  She's a little spoiled.


Timo needed a hug for the huge sacrifice he made to walk all the way to the park.


Some days you just need to hide in a blanket and go to sleep, am I right, KD?


Some more cuteness.


Last week we got a lot of snow.  Coco ran a much while we shoveling the driveway.  We kind of forgot she was outside.  When we had all come in and a bit of time had passed, we realized she was missing.  Taffy opened the front door and she was standing there, shivering, kind of like, "Hey, can I come in now?  Its kind of cold with all these snowballs on me."😂


The wind is so strong between our house and the MacArthur's, that all the the snow from their front yard blows onto our driveway.  Thankfully, many hands make light work.


Moving twice in a year, covjd, and having siblings move in and out has made it weird in setting up traditions.  2 weeks in a row, we've played UNO for family night.  The decibels reached are uncanny, but it's turning into a thing we do.


Benny comes home on Monday so she can take a nap before heading to her overnight job as a home health aide.  We're glad when we get to see her.

Jaycie is still soaking in the sun in Florida as the rest of the US was hit with ice and snow storms and below zero temperatures.  She goes to a mostly Latino ysa branch and has a cool story about going to the branch president's house to practice the piano and scored a multiple course dinner in the process.


Maybe Bindi would sleep better if she slept by Manny all the time.


Missionary dental visit.  Looks like the wisdom teeth will need to come out before he leaves.


On Valentine's Day we took Benny some "drank" and chocolates. . . And dinner from the back of the van.  Then we took the rest of it up to Grandma Baird's to eat.  It's fun to hang out at her house and watch Coco, Bindi and Buddy wrestle and play.


Before we went to Provo, Reese and KD made a bouquet for Grandma Teichert.  They are talking of starting a business.😁



Taffy was set apart as the President of the younger YW's class, with Sophie as her first counselor.


And for Valentine's we had to send Kraig a selfie since he loves them so much.😆



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