It was Savannah's birthday this week!!! She turned 29. This is the third year that we have made gluten-free Chinese food to celebrate! I made GF orange chicken, Megan brought GF potstickers, Sarah brought GF beef and green beans, and Mariah and Kolby brought the rice! It was a great meal and we had a super time celebrating Savannah! Afterwards we had GF birthday cake and she opened presents. We love that Savannah girl and are so glad she's part of our lives!

Benjamin was well this week and back in the thick of things! He still, however, missed two days of school! But it was because of field trips! The first was on Monday and was with Youth City Council. They took the train to Salt Lake City and got a tour of the capitol building and watched the state legislature in session and even pass a bill. It was super cool! On Wednesday, he missed school again because he had a trip with Master's Singers. They visited a high school's Broadway revue and then sang for a nursing home and made new friends. He had a good time there, too! He assures us that he is getting caught up with his homework, so that is great. Part of that was participating in the Chinese New Year celebration at the high school where he did a dance with his classmates on Thursday night. On Thursday he also had to give a Ted Talk for English and chose, "Why we should get ride of the electoral college." Despite all my efforts, he did not hold a Valentine's party but on Saturday he did let me take him to get his hair cut which he hated and also went to do baptisms with his friend which he loved.

Bethany missed most of school this week. She made it to musical theatre twice and choir once but mostly she felt really terrible and tried to stay very still with lots of blankets and her phone for distraction. We think it was a negative reaction to one of her medications so we are planning to not take that medication again and hope this week will be better! We did get a couple of visits from Lyla and Avery this week and Beth always enjoys that. Also, she rallied on Saturday long enough to get the hair cut she wanted. It looks super pretty!

This is a blanket party. Notice the snacks and the blanket tent in the background!

I had a lot more hours at work this week, which is great because I need the hours for class but also tricky because I am trying to balance being there to help my family and a lot of the hours are in the afternoon or evening. Still, everyone's been really great.

Kevin came to my work and did a training for the therapists on helping couples dealing with sexual betrayal. He did a great job which I knew he would! He really knows his stuff. For Valentine's Day, we went out to eat at the Cheesecake Factory. We had to wait 2 hours for a table but we walked around the mall while we waited and the food was really good!