February 2021

 

February ... a short month! There was a lot of basketball, and a birthday, some snow and a little rearranging. Girl scout cookies were delivered .... mmmm, Tagalongs! The folks finished up their two Covid vaccinations and felt like they could leave the house, so we had them over for dinner and games. Here's a closer look at some of the happenings this month...

• Basketball: Colton and the West Jordan Jags had their second round of region games (Hunter, Kearns, Tville, Granger & Cyprus). Colton played Sophomore and JV, and got a few Varsity minutes too. The folks tuned in to some of the games, as they were streaming on YouTube. Colton also played with the Freshmen team, who hadn't had a great season, but ended up winning the championship in the President's Day tournament. Then there were two games for the State tournament, and WJ got eliminated playing the #1 seed. Time to turn in all nine jersey sets! Can't believe the season is over. Colton will be playing with a WJ Freshman team, and back with his Wolves.
• GetAways: Landon and Sol had a week in Mexico, and Gray had a few days in St. George for RZR riding. Closer to home, Cal and Kate took advantage of the snow for some sledding, and snowmobiling.
• Weather: The "dirty snow" that fell in early February will be remembered for a while. Catching dust and dirt as it fell, cars were coated and the car washes were overwhelmed for days! Then there was a storm warning mid-month, and there was a lot of snow (but our schools didn't cancel ... Zumba was canceled that day). 
• Eating Out: Gray and I got out to Mountain Mikes for Valentine's Day (a little tradition, as it's generally not as booked as most places) and then the whole family got out to Olive Garden for Cal's b-day celebration.
• Birthdays: Cal turned 22. In addition to dinner, Landon made a cake - completely vegan!
• Cooking: Definitely NOT vegan ... Gray tried out a few new types of beef, and shrimp and scallops and chicken. Bacon-wrapped a few of those items (bacon-wrapped chicken is a new family favorite). The folks got to enjoy some of Gray's cooking when we had them out at the end of the month.
• Basement Rearrange: With our TV going out last month, we replaced it ... and then after contacting the company, they replaced it too. We had an extra TV now. Keaton moved the smaller TV that had been in the big basement room to his room, and we got a new console for the bigger television. Getting rid of the old entertainment set, we moved things around ... better for ping pong, without so many obstacles for the balls to hide behind. There has been ping pong playing almost every day. 

Jen joined the eating/exercise train back mid-October ... with IMF (intermittent fasting), calorie control (quantity at least, quality is always an issue) and working out, she's down 35 pounds. Coop has been wearing his Fitbit and getting his steps in and has seen some success on the scale. Grayson got inspired and started improving his food and fitness and has already seen and felt a change. We're all still working on it with a ways to go, but February was good for Food and Fitness. Even with Girl Scout cookies coming *Ü*

One Second Every Day - https://youtu.be/qQE2ViSzvF0