February has been a pretty cold month, but that hasn't stopped us from having some fun!
Our most amazing travel agent, Jackie Briggs, sent us a fun Mardi Gras set as a thank you. It came from Gambino's in New Orleans, and man that King Cake was so good! None of us had ever had one before, and we all thought it was tasty. We shared it with the high school girls' discipleship small group that meets at our house. Amanda Evans found the baby!
I was honored to host a baby shower for my friend Rachel Cowart. It was a lovely time to help her (and Jonathan) get ready to welcome their first little one.
Rachel's two sisters hosted with me which was helpful.
Doesn't everyone play the piano with their dad's slipper on their head?
Dessert was courtesy of Elle's Belle's Bakery in Bozeman, MT. These were huckleberry handpies, and they were absolutely amazing, especially with vanilla ice cream. These are one of my favorite things that I've ordered off Goldbelly to date.
I love our family tradition of putting hearts on the girls' doors each night from Feb 1-14 telling them an attribute we admire in each of them. This year we matched it up with Bible verses too which I thought was neat. We are so proud of our girls!
Ryan and I enjoyed an Italian evening recently. We just sat in the quiet room talking by the fire while we had the Vin Santo from the San Gimignano farm from our cruise with some biscotti. It took us right back to that wonderful trip and delicious lunch. This was a great evening!
Lily helped Cambridge win the Upper School geography bee recently!
Lily participated in Stonehaven't first mock trial team. She was one of the prosecutors and seemed to enjoy learning this process and competing. It was an interesting event that I'm so glad she tried.
Our family went to see the ASO perform Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I love going to these events. The ASO is so talented, and it's always cool to see them perform to a great movie. What a fun family afternoon.
I ordered some Goldbelly for our Valentine's dinner. We started with Lou Malnati's deep dish pizza from Chicago. It was good, but Giordano's still has our heart.
Mia has started playing tennis for Stonehaven's middle school team, and she had her first match recently. She played doubles with Leah Umberger. They lost the match, but it was so cool to watch Mia play! She is a natural athlete with fantastic eye-hand coordination. It's very clear she has a talent at this sport. I hope she'll enjoy it and play for a long time.
We also had a date night to see The Beatles' Get Back movie which was really cool (just no pictures). It was so neat to see them actually produce their famous music on the rooftop in London and watch their interactions. So glad we had this chance.
It's been a good month!
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