There was no school on Monday because of President's Day. Ben had his friend Ben over. They started with a run and then pull-ups and then hot chocolate and then eggs and then more pull-ups and then some card games and then more pull-ups. I kind of lost track after that but you get the idea. I think they had a pretty fun day. Otherwise, Ben did go to a couple of track practices this week. The official season starts on Monday and perhaps then he will be an everyday goer. On Saturday night he went to Braydon's house with some other buddies so they could teach him how to play poker. Ben was unimpressed with poker and glad when they moved on to other games.

Bethany had a lot of sick days this week. She did make it to school most of Thursday and all of Friday so we are hoping we are on the up and up! She reminded me of how we had talked about trying all the sit-down restaurants in Springville so on Saturday, we got started! Beth, Ben, Savannah, Kevin, and I went for a late lunch to a new restaurant called Cody's. Beth helped us write down our categories for rating. Savannah made us a spreadsheet. Overall, we were not that impressed with Cody's. But, we are excited about our new quest!

Savannah also had a lot of sick days this week. She struggled with nausea, headache, and sore throat. Poor kid. She went to the doctor Friday evening to demand to know why she was always sick. They took blood for tests but she won't know until next week. On Saturday, though, she felt well enough to buy a second cockatiel from a listing on KSL. She had been thinking for awhile that her bird needed some company. He is an all-white bird whose name is Benny. He's very cute.

Kevin was very busy this week. He had two intensives scheduled and needed to do supervision and other work duties on top of that. He also had bishop stuff to do. On Saturday morning we went to a funeral for a sweet friend of ours from the Brookside ward. We loved hearing the stories his kids told about him about laughter and music. We feel so blessed to have known him.

I was busy with therapy hours and homework. It was a grey, cold week. I don't like those two things together. We saw the sun again on Saturday! I hope we see more of it!