where february finds us

I thought we were done with the stomach flu last week, but it turns out we weren't. Burke was home sick two days this past week. He was sicker than he's been in a long, long time. He even fell asleep in his favorite chair one afternoon (has to be the first time he has napped at all in about four or five years). At least Burke had more time to read this week (we are both in Harry Potter book 7 now, and I must admit to shedding some tears at the end of book 6).


Liv's hair is barely long enough for a pony tail now.

Liv is such a monkey! She is constantly climbing up on the stools and onto the bar:

Rob reading with the younger boys:

I had a really interesting conversation with Tosh about what happens when we die. He asked why and when we will die, and also about where we go after we die. When I told him that we will go to heaven to live with our Heavenly Father and Jesus he said, "But earth is really fun!" He also asked me how will we get to heaven and then answered his own question with, "We're probly gonna use a helicopter (said "hel-E-copter").

I love these random shots:

It was the coldest it's been since we've moved here. Down to 27 degrees some mornings. Luckily it warmed up yesterday to allow for some yard work. We are starting some pretty big projects. Rob is getting our backyard ready to put in a concrete pad for a basketball court, and we are having the house painted (exterior) this coming week.

Burke loves working in the yard and helped Rob find and disconnect all of the sprinklers (where concrete is going).

A friend of ours came over yesterday to take some photos of our family for our Valentine card (see former post). Here are a couple of cute candids he caught:

He took a few of just Rob and me together.

Later that night we showed up at our ward activity (a fun game night and dessert bar for the adults) to discover this photo on some of the game tables:

Ha ha! Do you recognize Tosh's hair? No one believes when we tell them that Rob used to have Tosh's locks, only in blonde. Hilarious!