Of things that happened, but don't warrant their own post. Besides, today is the last day of the quarter. If they all had their own post, we might never get to them! ;)
JANUARY
January 4th was Matt's cousin Nicole's wedding. The reception was lovely, and it was fun to visit with family.
January 19th, we had the baptism preview at church.
January 26-28, Matt went to Southern California for a conference for work, where he was spoiled at a 5 star resort and 5 star restaurants.
FEBRUARY
February 2nd was the superbowl. We went to Koreen's house to watch. It was also a birthday party for my cousin Cody. Koreen made an awesome deer cake, since Cody's ultimate goal in life is to live in the mountains and he loves shed hunting.
17 years old - and Koreen's awesome deer cake.
February 8-9 was our stake conference. We didn't attend the Saturday night session.
February 11th, I started physical therapy for my left ankle and hip, which have never worked correctly due to my congenital dislocated hip :) I highly recommend Darren Averrett if anyone needs a physical therapist :)
Valentine's weekend - Matt was competing at the Queen Mary Scottish Festival. I don't remember what we did for actual V-day celebrations... I kept myself busy that weekend. Saturday, we had a party at work for a co-worker who was quitting, and Sunday, I went to Orem for another old co-worker's mission homecoming.
February 20th, we had a primary worker's training put on by the stake primary presidency. It was pretty good.
MARCH
March 1st, we had a combined birthday party for Karen and Kim.
Such a tender moment with Grumpy :)
Playing peek-a-boo with the bear!
Granny let her help stir something, and she spilled. I cleaned some of it up with a paper towel. Henlie found another paper towel on the ground and went to work cleaning the rest of it up. So cute!
March 12-15, we went to St. George for Matt's spring break. I'll actually do a separate post for this one :)
March 22nd, we went up to Rio Tinto stadium to watch RSL play. I got Matt a mini pack of tickets (4 games) for his birthday. It was also Charlie's 2nd birthday, so we had a party at Grandma Biggs' house to celebrate. I'll probably do a post for these two events, too, since there are quite a few pictures to be had :)
March 25th, I had my last day of physical therapy. I graduated ;) Now to just keep up with my stretches and exercises so my ankle and hip eventually work like they were designed to.
March 28th was Matt's 29th birthday! He had to work in the morning, like usual, and I had to work at night, like usual. So, I wrapped his presents (a second pop-up net and a new polo shirt) and stuck them under my bed. I was able to give them to him before we even got out of bed!
March 29th, I went to a friend from high school's baby shower and chatted with a few old friends, then we went to Koreen's house for a BBQ for all of the March birthdays (because there are a lot on that side of the family), and then I went with Carrie, Michelle, and Jennifer to the stake center to watch the General Women's Meeting. It was awesome. I should have taken tissues.
March 30th, we had Larry's side of the family over to their house for Grandma JeanAnn's birthday. It's always fun to get together with extended family, especially those we don't see that often.
They aren't! hahaha The Covalt party was held on New Year's Day this year. Truly, it's nice to have a party after Christmas to free up December a little.
Money tree with white elephant gifts.
I love the money tree, not just because it is made out of money ;)
I think it is a fun thing to do!
We ate yummy food and then the littles got to play piñata. It was adorable! They got a good haul, too.
Up goes the piñata.
Daddy helping Henlie swing the bat.
Best thing EVER!
C'mon, Dad!
Charlie's concentrating :)
After the piñata, we had a white elephant gift exchange. We ended up coming home with a fun cup and swirly straw, a package of lighters, and ...something else. (hey, I'm finishing this post on the last day of March, give me a break! :))
I know it only took 3 months, but I think we're finally caught up on the Christmas posts!
So, umm, our Christmas morning is pretty much all in video form.... :D However, we got up, and Henlie opened presents. (We did too, but let's be honest, she's the one everyone cares about ;)) By this point, she was pretty good at this whole present thing. She knew what to do! She got some bath toys and new clothes. She also got her traditional new ornament and hope chest item.
Matt got some new clothes, a pop-up net for soccer, and a Los Gringos scarf. I got two new books and a shirt.
Our new shirts and Matt's new scarf.
After presents, we loaded up and went to Grandma Biggs' house! Sibling gifts were later in the day when Jason and Camile would make it, but Mom let Matt open his stocking.
Henlie in one of her new outfits, helping Daddy open his stocking at Grandma's house.
After brunch (mmm caramel cinnamon rolls :D), we went downstairs to open sibling presents. Lynell got the girls a stuffed dog and cat. After that, with all of the chaos around, Henlie was disinterested in opening her own presents :)
Grandma sure knows how to spoil us. The grandkids got homemade puppets and two books, plus new clothes and a couple little plastic toys. Couples got a binder of recipes (so excited!) some movies from their childhood (California Raisins, anyone?), and food storage items.
Jennifer had us this year. She got Henlie another new outfit and a fun soccer ball that plays music and has numbers and colors on it. She got us a Skookie set. (They were yummy!)
Her new soccer ball from Aunt Jen.
We had Jackie and Curtis. However, we only had something for Christopher to open. A girl I went to high school with sells appliqued onesies, and they are adorable! Chris got a dress onesie with a vest and tie appliqued on it and some brown pants to match. Jackie and Curtis got an e-code for $25 in iTunes.
After-presents-nap
Kayla, Devan, Jennifer, Michelle
That afternoon, Matt and Henlie played soccer in our dining room with his new goal and her new ball. It was so cute! (She has some natural soccer talent :)) Since the tree was in the dining room this year, I'd moved the kitchen table into the kitchen for Christmas morning. Cabinets on three sides plus a tablecloth made it an instant fort, which we totally played in!
Playing soccer in the dining room with Henlie's new ball and Daddy's new net.
Table fort!
Yep, I got in too!
I love the low-key feeling to our Christmases now. (One year of being flat broke helps you make that adjustment ;)) Thanks to our awesome parents, we still get pretty spoiled. This year was especially fun for me because I did really well on Matt's gifts. I didn't even ask him once what he'd like. (I totally wrote down things he said earlier in the year so I wouldn't forget! haha) He was surprised and got things he really did want. Low-key presents mean less stress and more time to hang out together. It really is great :)





















