What a weekend

1. Jake's Birthday. Jake turned 30, and I have to say I feel bad the guy didn't get a bigger celebration. He's planning on doing his 30th party with his best buddies the 2nd weekend in March by going up to a cabing in Fairview, renting some snowmobiles and camping out and getting in some back country boarding... the trip has been postponed twice already though- so I hope it ends up happening. On his birthday though his office did a birthday lunch, which was nice. That night he and I went to dinner and a movie up at Thanksgiving point. It was also kinda our Valentines Day date though since we had Stake Conference starting the next night. I hope he knows how much I love him, even though his Birthday wasn't as big a party as it could have been.

2. Josh's first time skiing. Josh has been wanting to learn to ski for a while now- and we for sure wanted to get him up there while he was excited about it and before any fear seeped in. So Saturday morning we packed up and headed up to Sundance. Our neighbors the Adams' went too, taking their two girls for the first time- and Tio met us up there. Josh was so pumped. He did great!!! Dekker of course hates the snow, cold and being bundled, so I only had time to snap a couple picks and take some quick video before taking him down to the lodge to warm up. Overall it was a great time though.

3. Stake Conference. The adult session Saturday night was good, but admitedly neither Jake or I was excited about taking the kids to the Sunday session and trying to keep them quiet and well-behaved for 2 hours. The kids did surprisingly well though, and the talks were really inspiring. I mean seriously, Jake and I both got answers to prayers through words that were spoken.

4. President's Day. Jake went in to the office to get some stuff done with no one around for the morning. Then instead of coming home like planned, he discovered a flat tire that made apparent the need to stop putting off getting his tires replaced- its a long story- but basically we spent the whole afternoon getting his car to the auto shop for replacement tires. The highlight though is that since we ended up in Provo, we were able to drop off the kids at Karina's apartment while we enjoyed our favorite food at Bombay House!!! Then it was back to pick up the kids and head home.