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                                                                            💘 February is a mix of triumph over January and the heart filled cooler days until March. It's like the happy bridge to spring. But I live in a place right now where winter kind of feels  like a Colorado spring.  We even got snow the other day here! Turning a Nike shoe box into a valentine collector Chester's homemade class valentines :) Audrey's socks given to her by her sunday school teachers! She is kind of the queen of February On Valentine's day Chester's class was invited to make lunch and decorate at the Santa Clarita Valley food services for both elementary school districts. It was a big honor, only one class out of the 4 districts it services was chosen by lottery.  He made the salsa and was a greeter to the guests including our superintendent!  And it was actually really good food.  I thought I should get him hot lunches since it made our h

the day after I gave this talk, he asked to snuggle with me :) “If ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost”- Moroni 10:4 Doctrine and Covenants; quoting parts of section 8 verses 1-3 says. “Even so surely shall you receive a knowledge of faith, with an honest heart, believing you shall receive knowledge” “I will tell you in you mind and in your heart, by the Holy Ghost”, “Now behold this is the spirit of revelation” And finally in verse 5 the Lord reminds us, “remember this is your gift ” We live in a world of commotion, movement, change, and information flowing through multiple channels each day. We can pick up our smart phones and ask our search engine endless questions and receive answers within seconds. In the last few days my search history logged these inquiries: best time to visit the Redwood National Forest, the meaning of the word proclivity, weath

Audrey is 13! She wore her birthday headband to school that she has been wearing every year on her day as we sing happy birthday to her. She told me kids who didn't know her wished her happy birthday!  How cute is she? 13 candles and 2 deep breaths to blow them all out :) getting the coolest camera from Aunt Mandy and opening presents  from the rest of us.  Dad said it was like Christmas except one person got to  open all of them  hahaha I think they know Audrey got spoiled today by the looks on their faces To top off her birthday month she got a visit from a dear friend from Colorado. They did photoshoots, magic mountain, minecraft and barbie cartoon watching(maybe that one is embarrassing but I'm not sharing this one on social media), staying up late and sleeping in and Bobatime of course :) Here are 13 things to know about Audrey right now! 1. She loves the beach 2. She is organized 3. She knows her capabili