Monday Bethany had a basketball game. She'll have one more game after this, but it was the last time her team would be all together, so we took pictures!

Tuesday was Cali and Cheyenne's last home game of the season. Cali dressed up extra fancy for fun! They both played great and we got a team picture afterwards.

Wednesday Bethany stayed home from school sick. Actually, she stayed home Monday, went back on Tuesday, but Ben stayed home sick, and then she stayed home again on Wednesday. It was a week of sick days! When Beth was home on Wednesday, we played with my new pyrography kit and she made our first necklaces!

Thursday was Savannah's birthday!! She turned 24. We tried to find a time when the whole family could get together to celebrate but the only times we could find were really early in the morning and late at night. So . . .  we did both! Sarah and McKay joined us for fancy French toast breakfast at 7am and then Grandma and Grandpa (and Sarah and McKay) joined us for cake and presents at 9pm. We love that girl and are so glad she is part of our family!

Oh, and I made her traditional pineapple buns a favorite of hers from Chinese bakeries!

Friday was Valentine's Day! It was also Cali and Chey's last sophomore basketball game! So, Kevin and I went out to eat and then to the basketball game and it was fun. While we were out, Megan sent us a Marco Polo to tell the family that Ammon asked her to marry him and she said Yes! She is now engaged!! He is a great guy and we are so happy for both of them.

Meg got this fortune at Panda Express earlier in the week. Lol!

He proposed to her here!

On Saturday morning EARLY, we jumped in the car, swung by and picked Sarah up, and drove to Las Vegas for the weekend. Mariah was already there, having taken the shuttle from Dixie to LV the day before. We were so happy to see her but she was especially anxious for us to arrive because she was waiting for us in order to open her mission call. That sweet, fiesty girl of mine is going to Vietnam, speaking Vietnamese, leaving July 1st! We still can hardly believe it!

So, Dad and the kids went for a walk and Grandpa and Ben played chess and I even have pictures of Megan leading some Tai Chi at the bus stop followed by some tree-hugging! Later that afternoon, we headed to Boulder City to see my niece, Hannah, get baptized. It was beautiful and so fun to be there with family. Bethany got asked to be a witness which was so cool and my dad gave the confirmation blessing and it was beautiful! Afterwards, we got to see Amy's new house and she fed us and my brother Pete and some of his boys came over to visit for awhile, too. It was really great.

We're gathering quite a few rings of love around here!

All of us at the church!

The next day we slept in. Yay! Then we went to church with Amy's ward and walked to her park afterward and let the cousins play. Then we went back to Grandma and Grandpa's where Grandma had dinner and cake waiting for us! Samantha and her little family joined us and the cousins played games and did their nails and the baby got held by many--including me! So fun. We had a great trip and are so glad we got to go--all ten of us for the first time since Megan left on her mission! What joy. What blessed and happy people are we! <3 p="">