Snow time, and delivering papers on bike!

So I guess it's time for me to get back to this whole weekly letter thing! Even if no one reads it, it's a good source of family history, right? Ha!

Monday: We went to see some friends, Browns, who live in Downey. The kids had a blast! We rode horses, and got rides on a sled behind the four-wheeler. We also built a pair of snowmen.  We had some yummy chili, and the kids played the Wii. Browns were great hosts! It was a good way to spend President's day and enjoy the snow. Considering how much snow has melted, I am especially glad that we were able to do that.

Tuesday: No mutual for Cody, and it was nice to relax together and catch up a bit. Cody rode his bike to do papers and was stoked about that!! It really is the little things, huh? Ruby started getting a fever in the evening.

Wednesday: I took Ruby in to Community Care, and she started some amoxicillin. The doctor said he would save us the cost of the strep test and since he throat was fairly raw. She laid on the couch most of the day and came in to my bed that night. McKay had a patriotic concert; Cody stayed home with Ruby and Zayne went with me. The concert is a tradition the 5th graders do annually and there really are some good songs. They honor the veterans, military personnel, etc  in the audience by having them stand. Grandpa and Grandma Tillery, Myriah, and Eliza (Tori's girl) came, and enjoyed it. McKay did a great job! He is glad to have it done and will have his PE and reading time back this week. (Honestly, I think he enjoyed it more than he let on, but it's just not cool to like something like that, right?! ha!)

Thursday: Kept Ruby home from preschool another day, but picked up her books from her book order, one of which include "The Napping House," a definite favorite! Ruby was up and around some that day saying "I am not sick anymore since that medicine kicked in." Zayne got home from school and was talking about his legs felt "lazy" and said, "It's hard to walk when you feel all wavy." He slept in my bed that night.

Friday: I took Zayne to Community Care; his throat looked worse than Ruby's, but there was more traffic in there on that day so it took us a little while. I had a wolf meeting for scouts, and had scheduled to go on a girl's night earlier in the week but decided to stay home. Cody was excited to ride his paper route again since the roads are pretty much dry. He went to a friend's house. Jared came over that night with a few friends and roasted marshmallows on the back patio. I asked Jared a little later if he could give Zayne a blessing...even with the ibuprofen, his fever wasn't staying down, poor kid.

Saturday: Cody and I cleaned the church in the morning and then the rest of us got ready for Sunday and did a few chores around the house. Ruby and Zayne were feeling much better!

Today: Mckay stayed home with Zayne because Zayne didn't seem like he was quite back to himself, and was still a little pale and had a rash. Cody and Ruby and I went to church, and came home to Luke just getting here. Some really good talks on kindness today in sacrament meeting and we have a couple of new teachers in primary, which will be great! This was also our second week for our family devotional, per suggestion of the kids in our discussion as a family on what we can do make Sunday feel different from the other days in the week and delight in the Sabbath, yay!

So, now that I have officially gone longwinded...I hope all ya'll are doing well! No worries as to this long of an update being the routine every week, but at  least a "high-low" or a little something.

Chrystal and the clan