Makayla's 13th Birthday

Makayla is a light in our family.  She offers ideas and service to others.  The Young Women adore her too! Here is what they said-

• You are so much to be around and always cheer me up!
• You are so beautiful inside and out.  Thank you for being so king to everyone in YW. I love how you make everyone feel like your best friend.
• You always have a kind and welcoming energy.
• You are very thoughtful and kind.
• You have good energy and you are always fun to be around.
• You are the best volleyball player / teammate
• Super nice
• You are so sweet and kind!  I love how you always know just what to say.
• Beautiful person.
• So kind to everyone around you and super sweet!
• I love your positivity and kindness!
• You are so nice and have such a bubbly personality!
• Fantastic babysitter and always has a positive attitude and willing to try things.
• You are literally the best!
• You are great at sharing
• So sweet & smart & kind!  
• So easy to talk to.
• Beautiful smile.
• You are THE nicest person! Always so caring and loving towards others! Also the best helper!

Our favorite girl turned 13 years old!  She started the day off with a candy gram in her locker. (Makayla- We wish you Mounds of Almond Joy on your 13th birthday!  Here she is! (Hersheys). She is a Starburst in our family! She is worth 100 Grand!  Hope York (your) birthday is muy Bueno!  We love you very much! Love, Mom & Dad)

She opted to go bowling at Fat Cats for her birthday activity.  We rented the lane for an hour and got in a few games.  She got 108 points; the highest score aside from Dad!

Then she chose The Cheesecake Factory for dinner.  We got some red velvet and peanut butter cup cheesecake to go.

We opted to eat the cheesecake and save her real cake for the next day; her friend party at Classic Fun Center.  Makayla's big gift was a new pink Fitbit smartwatch.

Friday was a day off school, so it worked out in our favor. We rented the DJ room which had fog, a disco ball, black lights, flashing lights, and music to play with. Her party went from 11-2pm.  Friends that came were Abby, Caroline, Lizzie, Audrey, Makella, Nevie, and Amy.  They had a good time skating, playing laser tag, jumping, and arcade games.

 It ended with Makayla getting bonus tickets in the machine and Scott loving the room we rented. After all, his dream job would be to DJ a radio show.  Happy 13th Birthday Makayla! We love you!

February 2020

Started the month out right with baby Gideon's baby blessing. The testimony meeting was especially touching. Spending time with family was a bonus.

Then we got the storm of the year on February 3rd.  Enough snow fell that Canyons District called a snow day and school was closed.

School projects were completed like Bingo Night, ceramics, and Lincoln's biography project on Orville Wright.

Marv and Vickie came up for a little early celebration for Scott's birthday. We headed to the Olive Garden. The next day we watched Makayla play volleyball.

On Scott's actual birthday, we headed to Dave & Busters for some fun. Then went to Famous Dave's for dinner. Finally, we had a yummy cake from Mrs. Backer's Bakery downtown.  Happy 40th Scott! He works really hard for us and we love him.

For his birthday I gave him tickets to see "The Illusionists" at the Eccles Theater. We had fun with that.

Had a nice Valentine's Day- a lunchdate and fondue dinner. Makayla ended up babysitting for the Carlsons, her new favorite family in the ward.

Cats relaxed.

The boys enjoyed Scouts for some last activities.

The one and only time that we tried the 'self cleaning' mode on our oven, broke and melted it.  Sad! 1k later, we were able to get a new one installed from RC Willey.  Never doing self cleaning mode again!

Took Grandma out to Grantsville to another volleyball tournament. She spent time catching up with Jackie, her high school best friend.

Danny and I had a nice lunch at Costa Vida, complete with the fire alarm going off and having to exit the building.

I was a sucker for a free first aid kit. I made Scott and myself sit through a 2 hour presentation about expensive alarms for the house to earn this.  Oh boy!

Mak and I went to a Hebdon party that my parents hosted and Sterling created a potato dude.

And watched the progress of Brighton.