February Happenings!

February was a very busy month for our family. Kelsey and Ethan joined "Pep Band" and participated a several basketball games. Below are a few pictures of them at University Prep vs. Riverside Prep. They enjoyed it!

We added a new member to our family. This is Oreo. Let me explain how this one happened! Oreo was Riley's class pet at school. Well, after several nights of setting off the motion detectors in the classroom, Riley's teacher was told no more! So Oreo went home with the teacher, on the grounds that her daughters were to care for her. Well that lasted a week. So now it became first come, first served! Another girl in Riley's class took her home but that lasted a week. We got a phone call from the sister of this girl who happens to be a friend of Kelsey asking if we would take her. After much persuasion, Chris agreed to a trial run. She is such a sweetheart and we love her to death! She is so spoiled and knows it! The only ones that question our judgement are the two cats!

Now off to back to back field trips with Ethan. On Feb. 17 we enjoyed the beautiful sights of Ft. Irwin and Rainbow Basin. Here we hiked two miles in to look at the magnificent rock formations! Jokes on mom! At least I can say, I enjoyed spending time with Ethan. The rocks I could have done without!

The next day, we visited a mosque in Rancho Cucamonga. Well, that was interesting! That's all I can say about it! Again, another great time for mother-son bonding!

Blue and Gold Pack meeting was next on the list. This years theme "Anything 100" in honor of the 100th anniversary of scouting. Chris and Riley designed a $100 dollar bill cake with scouting info such as founding dates for the serial number and a realistic picture of Lord Baden-Powell in the center :) Way to go boys!

We enjoyed a few other activites/festivites which I forgot to included pictures of such as Chris' dad's surprise retirement party at the San Bernardino Hilton. We had to pull the kids out of school to attend this event. We had family from Vegas and Utah come down for the surprise. There were well over 200 people in attendance! It was a wonderful event!

Our month was also filled with several church responsibilites such as youth conference meetings, dances, ward conferences and so much more!