Family Fun in February

The first weekend of February brought many fabulous surprises! At first we thought we were going to spend the weekend doing chores, but then we found out Travis and his family were coming up for the weekend and decided to go hiking instead. Then, like a bolt out of the blue, Shay and her family arrived after a 24 hour, cross-country road trip of power. So we headed for an outing at the Temple Quarry Trail. The day threatened rain, but held out while we had some family fun in the partial sun!

As you can see, everyone enjoyed playing on and with the rocks!

As Grandpa Stratton would say, those kids had the legs of a wild kangaroo!
Perhaps that should be of a push-me-pull-you who are known for their very nimble feet.

Grandpa was fun to play on, too!

It was lots of fun to see ALL of the niechews on my side of the family. Tomie LOVED every minute spent playing with the cousins!

The surprises continued as Craig and his wife turned up, having run away from Orem to Mesquite to celebrate their anniversary. So, once Colt returned from a conference in Vegas, I managed to see my WHOLE family over one weekend! Not a bad exchange for a weekend doing chores. :o) Of course, work is fun, but well....

Snow was another happy surprise. Tomas saw it and promptly began making "balls!" to throw at his mother. He has a definite thing for "mi-mi" which, for those of you who are not fluent in Tomie, means snowman, and was convinced we could make one with the few flakes on our lawn. His obsession causes him to repeatedly point out the presence of snow on Pine Valley every time he sees it! Of course, his "snow, snow!" sounds like "no, no!" and I sometimes find myself getting aggravated before I realize he's basking in the joy of snow.

Oh, the unexpected treasures and pleasures of February! I hope everyone's month is also filled with love and laughter!