I cannot believe February is almost coming to a close! This month has flown by which is crazy, but also makes me happy. I am so ready for warm weather and summer events, plus March is my birthday month so obviously, it’s the best.
But to reflect on February.. It wasn’t quite as busy as January but eventful nonetheless. At the beginning of the month, I decided that there’s no point trying to be a brunette. Blonde is better! …And since I’m a natural blonde, my hair refuses to stay dark, so why bother fighting nature, I’m clearly blessed to be blonde ;) So Tricia highlighted me to a caramel blonde, and I’ll be all the way back next month!
February 6th, we had a huge birthday party for Brian’s Grandma Baldwin’s 80th birthday! She is such an example to all her grand and great-grand children. She chose to have her party at Syracuse Rush, where we rented out the entire aquatic center and she spent 2 1/2 hours swimming with her posterity. It’s a pretty fun place with water slides, kids jungle gyms, and a lazy river. We had a pot-luck and I made my new favorite dessert: No Bake Nutella Cheesecake.
It was incredible, to be honest.
The following week was agonizing while we impatiently waited for the weekend and our time in Las Vegas with family. Wednesday night, we met with our second counselor from church and I got a new calling! Previously I had been a relief society teacher, as well as the young women’s assistant camp director. Now, I have been released from said callings and am the new Beehive Advisor! I am super excited to be in young women’s full time and teaching twice as much each month. The girls are so great and I know they will teach me a lot!
February’s new event was a double-event. Friday the 12th, Brian and I took off work and headed to sunny, 75 degree Vegas! That night we went out with Kevin & Amanda to a yummy Mexican dinner, then headed to Fremont Street in downtown Vegas to do the Fremont Slotzilla zip line! I got part of it on GoPro, and I’ll try to post that. Here is the website for more photos and videos: http://vegasexperience.com/slotzilla-zip-line/
Saturday, we went to the Hoover Dam and went on the Power Plant tour! It was pretty cool, and I didn’t realize how big the dam actually was. Plus the history of it is neat and it’s just cool to add it to the list of important places I’ve been to. Later that day, we went to Braxton and Corbin’s basketball games which was cute and had me seriously reminiscing about my own youth games and got me super excited for when Brian and I have our own kids.
Sunday was the big voodoo holiday: Valentine’s Day! We had the best Valentine’s Day together. Kevin & Amanda’s church starts at 1 PM, so Brian and I slept in, went hiking together, stopped at the skatepark so he could get in some board time and I could lay in the sun, then went to church, and had a yummy dinner outside with the family. Brian got me a diamond bracelet and new workout pants I wanted! I’m the worst wife for not getting him anything because I thought our trip was our gift, but whatevs, he forgave me haha. Our trip back on Monday was long because of holiday weekend traffic, but it did validate my reasons for marrying Brian since we didn’t want to kill each other after a 7 hour car ride :)
The following weekend we went to the Provo City temple open house after Sabra and I did some damage at JoAnn’s and Michael's. I basically have decorations for every holiday of the year now…. Anyway. Thanks to Annalise, she gave us 4 tickets she wasn’t using and we didn’t have to fight people who didn’t have reservations this time, which was a good thing since the waiting like was a bajillion times worse. Glen and his friend Carly came with us, then we went to Station 22 Cafe for a late lunch and I got yummy chicken and waffles.
That Sunday, I finally got to hug Elder Tom Nilsen when he got home from his 2 year mission. It is so crazy to think it’s been two years since he went to Florida and began teaching me. Brian and I went to his homecoming talk and I was sitting in the audience sobbing haha. He mentioned me in his talk and told everyone I was there, so more than a few people came up to me and asked if I was the Jess from his story, since I was the only crying girl in the audience. Guilty!
The weather here has been really nice which gives me hope that Puxatawny Phil was right on Groundhog Day in his prediction of an early spring! Brian and I have gotten in a few more nights of snowboarding and I’m loving that my knee is getting stronger again.
I’m so excited for all the fun things to come in 2016 :)
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