Happy March

We are so excited to be done with February, even though this February was very mild. I am needing a change in scenery and ready for this snow to melt!

We snapped a couple pictures of these icicles just outside our living room window. They were growing right above our air conditioner out back, so we were afraid that when they fell they would destroy the ac and we covered it with a big board. Sure enough, just a day after taking this picture, they came crashing down on a warm day. The ac survived and I was glad we got a picture of these icicles. The longest one measured over 7ft, 6inches.

We had a nice Valentines day. Jason took me out on Saturday and we went to the stake dance, we had a great dinner at a very nice restaurant. Then we went and saw "Valentines Day" in the theater. I was worried that it would be a dumb show, (usually when they pack that many stars into one movie, the plot is extremely thin), but I enjoyed the show and we desperately needed a night out after all his work in the basement and with the High Council lately.

Jason's Birthday was really fun too. We managed to surprise him with several unique gifts, but, the thing he was most excited about was the 5 bags of Plackers I found for him. For those of you who do not know what Plackers are, they are Dental Flossers. We bought a bag a year ago and he loved them. They were the only flossers that didn't break when he used them. We could not find any more and I discovered where to buy them and stocked up for his birthday. He was stoked!

This is a shot of our storage room, but only about 1/2 of the room is in the picture. I am more excited about this room than the theater, because I love having room for storage. Jason is going to build shelves for my big storage bins and some smaller shelves for food storage and stuff. Also, there is room to hang my can sorters, which I have been living without for almost 5 years

Now an update on the basement. Things got a little slow because our friend that is doing the taping and texturing was out of town for longer than he planned, but Jason finished sheet rocking and found a great cabinet for our theater equipment. And now, this week Mark is here taping and texturing and painting. Next week we can get the doors and trim on and then we can get someone in to do carpet. I am still hoping to have everything completed in time to watch New Moon down there on the 20th. I am embarrassed to say that I love the Twilight Saga almost as much as my 13 year old. Jason was not thrilled about watching that as our first movie in the theater room, so he wants to have it done on the 19th, and watch something more manly, like "Man from Snowy River." I think I can make that compromise, as long as I get New Moon on the 20th.

This is the unfinished Theater room and the big wall there will be where the movie will play. The doorway there is a small hall at the bottom of the stairs and a door into the storage room too.

Jason has been keeping busy at work too and he had a wonderful chance last week to meet with Elder L. Tom Perry from the Quorum of the 12 Apostles. What an experience! Elder Perry was here in Minneapolis meeting with the Stake Presidencies and the High Councilors over Missionary work in each stake. Jason was pretty thrilled to be there and be trained by him.

The kids are all doing great and wishing we could get away for Spring Break, but it looks like we will be staying here and hoping for good weather. I am feeling good still, but getting huge. We are looking forward to summer and the baby.