Melissa, Andy and the kids' Blog

March 1 - Finn's first car.  Martin Numbers gifted Finn a couple of 70's Baja Beetles.  The hope is that with time and lots of effort we can build one working car.   Mar 2 - Sunday we drove to Lindon and celebrated a bunch of cousin birthdays, the twins, Adi and Avery.  Mar 3 - Finn's Bday board: at 9 his best friends are the siblings and he wants to be a construction worker.  Hannah's Bday board: at 9 her best friends are the siblings and she wants to be a librarian and ballerina.  Piano practice with grandad.  Mar 4 Tuesday - Melissa picked up the little beads you lay out to melt and make pictures.  Mar 5 Wednesday - Thanksgiving Point Children's Museum through the PBS reading club.  Mar 6 Thursday - Dinner at Tracy and Bob's with some of their grandchildren and Grandma and Grandpa Aurich.  Playing games with new to us cousins.  Mar 8 Saturday - Merry Christmas Nana and Grandad! Disney on Ice... all the grown ups were dreadin...

Feb 1 - Saturday Melissa watched Rob and Mallory's kids so they could go to the temple.  This was the third day in a row our families were together.  Feb 3 - Emily Laws was caring for a baby goat so Melissa and the kids rushed over to see.  Melissa was able to get it to take a bottle when it had been refusing earlier.  Feb 4 - Tuesday was a nice day ON the reservoir!  Melissa wouldn't walk on the ice, but the kids loved it as they played around with other homeschool friends.  Feb 5 - our friend Lynn Stevens passed away, after more than a year battling cancer.  Lynn and Lynette have been friends as long as we've lived in Blanding.  He was such a wonderful man and we're sad for her loss. Melissa and I attended his funeral about 10 days later. Feb 6 - Thursday Homeschool trip to Recapture Pockets.  The kids were little desert goats climbing all the rocks.  While Melissa and the mom's stayed rooted to the ground.  Feb 8 - Saturday, That...