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February 2016

I have fallen a little behind in my journaling efforts.  Here is a quick recap of February, or at least what I can remember from the pictures I took.  

February is a slower month at the hotel so I had the bright idea to surprise the kids for FHE one night and stay at the hotel and eat dinner from the restaurant in our room and then go hot tubing. We even got adjoining rooms so Cason and Kami had a room all to themselves and Dan and I had a room with Ellie in the port-a-crib. It all sounded great and fun and we were all so excited but it was a disaster haha. It turns out Ellie really, REALLY hates hotel rooms. It was freezing and windy outside but Cason was adamant that we still go hot tubing so I went with him and we froze our faces off while Ellie screamed for Dan in the room. Of course, Cason and Kami were way to excited to go to sleep and the bed was way to comfy not to jump on and then Ellie screamed all night long. Dan had to go to the kitchen a couple of times in the middle of the night for more milk to try to quiet her down. She woke up for good at 5:30. It was all so bad that it was funny. Better luck next time I guess... actually, there will probably never be a next time for the kiddos! 
We may have had a super rough night but at least we left smiling. Ellie's face in the pic cracks me up.  


I thought I would try and snap a picture of what it looks like when I sit down at home when no one else is around. I get three monkeys wanting to crawl all over me like a jungle gym. 
I got a puzzle of the Salt Lake Temple from my parents for Christmas. We started it on a Sunday and it took us forever to finish but was a fun little project to do with the kids and after they went to bed. 

Having a sit on Dad's motorcycle.

My sister Erin brought her kids down for a few days. I love it when my siblings come to town for a lot of reasons. One of the biggest reason is the kids get to play with their cousins. Cason and Kami absolutely love Amanda and Riley. They are all so cute together. Cousins make the best friends and I'm so glad our kids have such great cousins. 

Alex Boye stayed at the Inn and offered my parents a trade for tickets to his concert so we got to tag along on a fun date night. We had pretty good seats and it was a really fun little concert. 

In other big news at the Rich household, the Broncos won the Superbowl! It was a fun day! 

On this morning, the kids and I rode bikes over to my parent's house to feed Maggie (the pony) and the chickens. Then we swapped out the bikes for their Jeep. 

We took the Jeep out to the desert to try and find the Flintstones house (I can't remember what it's actually called). We never found it and instead ended up just going to the rocks where the kids like to climb. We got there a different way than we usually go and the road turned a little steep and for a moment I thought I was going to get stuck or damage the jeep and wasn't sure how I was going to get out of it. I said a quick prayer and got a really quick answer on what to do and just like that we were fine. I was very grateful the kids and I were safe and sound and not stranded in the middle of nowhere. 

Cason took making his school Valentines very seriously. 
Cason still loves school and is doing so good! I am amazed at how quickly he learns. He is now reading like a champ. His teachers name is Mrs. Reid and she is amazing. I am sad that the school year is almost over because I don't want him to get a new teacher. We did find out that he got accepted into the Chinese Dual Immersion program for next year. We are pretty excited about it. 


We got the Jeep a little dirty on our adventure so the kids helped me get it nice and shiny again. 

The kids and I were practicing our putting at my parents house and Kami took it very seriously. She was not happy when she missed. I thought it was pretty funny. 

We got curbing! Cason was very intrigued by the whole process and decided to pull up a seat with a soda and watch the guys work. He is a funny boy. 

So the Inn got very big new in February. We were named one of 18 spectaular hotels to put on your bucket list by Trivago.com. It led to a lot of publicity. CBS 2 News came and interviewed Dan for their evening news. He did a really good job! It was definitely a new experience for him and fun for the kids and I to see him on TV.   

If your looking for Cason, there's a pretty good chance he's somewhere kicking a ball or shooting hoops. It's fun to watch him develop a love for sports.  
His love for sports is rubbing off  on Kami a bit too! He like so coach her. She's still pretty uncoordinated but oh so adorable to watch. Her excitement when she doesn't something good is too cute to handle.  


 Dan turned 31 on the 24th!! The kids were way more excited than he was. 


Being a good Dad and letting the kids blow out the candles. 

February was also the months of fevers for us. 
All the kids got hit but poor Kami had more than her fair share. Her fevers kept coming back. 

Dan and I do love the extra snuggles when the kids have fevers though! 

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