2024 :: week 3

January 14

Sunday morning we woke up and were getting ready to head to Stake Conference when we realized our pipes had frozen! We've never had this happen before! We put the space heater near our water main and a heating pad around the pipes under our kitchen sink. Slowly but surely the pipes melted and we had water again. After that we made sure to keep a stream of water running at all times during this artic freeze. The high on Sunday was -1 degrees. 

January 15

Lauren decided she wanted to knit herself a hat, and even though she had never done that before she found a tutorial online and set to work. Monday was a scheduled day off for MLK Day, but if it hadn't been we almost certainly would have had an inclement weather day. Lauren spent the day knitting while watching the new Percy Jackson series on Disney+. 

January 16

Another snow day. For those keeping count this is the 4th snow day of 2024. The kids have only been in school twice since their early dismissal December 21! We watched Henry and Arthur while Jill went to a OB appointment. In the evening we talked about our family goals for the year. One of our family goals is to read the Book of Mormon together. We know we won't be able to read together every single night, so when we are all together we will try to read a chapter or two. Each person reads two verses and we go around in age order. 

January 17

Miles and Elliott like to jump. It is so cold our trampoline is out of commission, making beds the next best thing.

January 18

Thursday evening was "Look at the Woods Night," for all incoming 7th graders. Will and I went with Lauren after piano and before mutual. As a parent I feel pretty comfortable with all the changes that come with middle school, but Lauren was anxious to learn her way around the school. We ran into a few friends from different elementary schools.

January 19

Friday morning I had my annual physical. While I was there my doctor removed a few skin tags for me. They weren't huge, but big enough they would hurt when I wear necklaces. Anthony worked from home and kept an eye on Miles so I could go to my appointment without him. Afterwards we ate lunch at Houlihan's as part of a Restaurant Week deal.

January 20

Saturday was busy! Elliott had indoor football at 9am. Will had church basketball at 10am. Elliott had basketball at noon. Lauren had volleyball games at 12:10 and 1pm. Then there was stake YW volleyball from 1-3pm. In the middle of all this some of Jill's friends hosted a baby shower for her from 12-2pm. Tony and I were able to coordinate taking each of the kids to their various sporting events with Tony doing the heavy lifting so I could make it to the shower. At the baby shower I was embarrassed when I won the game where you had to name various celebrities' children, but not too embarrassed to refuse the $15 Chick-fil-A gift card.