February 2023 for a shorter month with only 28 days, there was quite a bit going on with the Blackham Bunch...
- Travel: Grayson was gone at the start of the month for the International Builder's Show in Vegas. He also did a quick weekend getaway to Seattle to visit his brother (he ran a loop around the lake there). Landon had two work trips, a quick weekend away mid-month, then off to Reno for a few days at the end of the month. Callahan spent a couple days at Bear Lake for work.
- Sickness and Injury: Colton was sick one day and missed school. Jen came down with a "cold" a couple days later and took a test ... Covid. First time the WJ Blackham home has been hit. This coincided with Gray's Seattle weekend, which was actually good timing (in addition to not wanting to be close to germs, there has been serious snoring going on). No one else in the family got sick ... but Jen got sick AGAIN a couple weeks after she recovered (very similar symptoms/sore throat, stuffiness but the Covid test was negative at that point). Colton had some feet issues, planter fasciitis and then a nasty blister. Cal's knee ballooned up, he's had bursitis before, but this was much worse, making him unable to walk, adding a fever. It was diagnosed as septic bursitis and the infection was perhaps from a floor burn during a basketball game (I'd even taken a picture of that little owie). Jen made a housecall to drop off the crutches (and told Cal he could just keep them, he's the only one who has ever needed them!) After antibiotics and continued weeks of rest, he's finally back to work, although the knee is still swollen.
- Basketball: Cal is playing in a men's league but with his knee has missed most of the games this month (I did get out to see him on Feb1). Colton's high school season wrapped up as well. They finally got a win in a great game against Herriman. Colton had 30 points. The WJ Jags also had a super close game against CopperHills, only losing by two points. Then they were knocked out of the state tournament. Now he'll start playing with Metro for the off-season. When it was our turn to host the team dinner (I was still Covid-ish) Gray took all the Varsity boys out to dinner at Spaghetti Factory.
- Birthdays and Valentine Love: Olivia dropped off some cute Valentines for the boys. It was a basketball game night, and that was Jen's first outing out after Covid. Happy Valentine's Day! Callahan had his 24th birthday. We had a family dinner at Tepanyaki with cake and ice cream at the house after. Feb11 was Sweethearts and Colton had been asked by Abby ... and he now has a girlfriend. Abby ... but it's a different Abby!
- New Recliners: Gray, Coop and Jen went out to shop for some new recliners, a good replacement for the ones we had there before (the cats had torn the backs up on them something awful). The new ones are leather, and they swivel and rock as well as recline.
- Cars: Gray cleaned out the 3rd car garage, which freed enough space for Keaton to be able to park there. Nice for him to not have to scrape off windows in the mornings, and nice to have an extra spot on the driveway (he's home before Gray, so the truck parks behind, and K takes the Tesla in the evening if he needs to go somewhere). Colton's Charger got spoiled ... as the spoiler on the back went missing. We weren't sure when/how it happened, but finally figured it out. It was the carwash! Colton went back for another wash and they had the spoiler there for him. Not sure if it's able to be reattached though. Currently it's sitting in the back seat of his car.
- Big Snow: The forecast said big snow starting Tuesday night (Colton was out in it going to watch the girls basketball game, and Grayson had a long commute home). Many places cancelled plans for Wednesday morning (schools said they'd be virtual, rec centers/libraries said they wouldn't be open at the regular time) and Jen cancelled her Zumba class. Colton's basketball game ended up being pushed to the next day as well. There was SO MUCH snow, Keaton worked hard to clear the driveway, but it was hard to know where to start, or where to put it! The wind worked interesting drifts several feet high, or drifting off the Durango (see the pic).
Here's a "live" look - one second every day.
https://youtu.be/CWDq0JpELTg