February Newsletter & Slideshow

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February 2020
Hamilton Newsletter
FAMILY: Happy February! On the 2nd, we had Levi & Truly over for dinner & some Superbowl watching. That was fun :) On the 3rd, it just kept dumping snow so mom let the 2 elementary girls stay home for a snow day :) we had fun building snow forts & drinking hot cocoa. The door knob totally fell off our door this month, so that kept daddy busy getting that replaced & in the mean time every time we’d walk in, the entire thing would fall to the ground. Valentines was fun! As always, mom wrote things on hearts & put them on the girls’ doors every day before Valentines and gave daddy a big treat with a pun attached. And, as always, Daddy spoiled the girls with chocolate and roses. That night, mom & dad went to the Valentines fundraiser dinner for the Women’s Crisis Center and we enjoyed meeting new people and eating yummy food. Afterwards, we had a night in a hotel and it was great to have a little getaway, the girls did so great. The weekend of the 16th, the Simons came to stay for a couple nights & we had fun playing games, going sledding, building Legos, going to the park, etc. Daddy was gone for a week for work at the end of the month, so we had a fun time just us girls - reading Pride & Prejudice, watching a chick flick (The Perfect Man), and painting our nails. In the world, there has been a lot of panic and worry about the Coronovirus. School districts in WA & CA are shutting down & they are cancelling many conventions. We don’t think we’ve had the Coronovirus, but we’ve had plenty of sickies at our house this month - coughs, fevers, puking, etc. We are looking forward to warmer weather & less sickness!

JASON : Jason had fun as a Watchdog for Kezia’s school on Valentines. He also got to scope out the boys that had a crush on Kezi ;) At the end of the month, Jason had a last-minute meeting in Reno, NV and got to go see Lake Tahoe. We missed him! Jason has been busy as Mr. Fix-it this month, trying to work on fixing our front door - both the handle and the moulding around the glass are broken. He also lowered Oaklyn’s shirt closet rod and put up Kezia’s floating cube shelves.

HEIDI: This month, Heidi worked a lot on getting mom & dad’s place in St. George ready to Airbnb. We’ve already had our first guest and looking forward to more! On the 4th, Heidi convinced a few friends to go watch Little Women in the movie theater with her. It was a lot of fun & the movie was great! Heidi’s been working on becoming a full-fledged volunteer at the hospital, so she can help out with Share more. It’s been more intense than she thought! There was quite a lot of online training hours she had to complete, along with a drug test, and immunizations. She also had to go to an in-class training. Thankfully, she only needs one more immunization before she’s ready to go.

McKINLEY: McKinley continues to practice cello a lot to prepare for state and trying out for symphonic orchestra. She also babysat a couple times this month! She and Karmiyah and Micaela love to hang out as much as possible!

IRELAND:
-Ireland had a fun month! On the 1st she got to go skiing with Mahina and a friend of Tammy’s who’s a ski instructor. They had a ton of fun!
-Ireland also got to go to Mahina’s birthday party this month - they went to IHOP, they played a bunch of games, and they watched a movie.
-Ireland had a pop band concert this month & it was so fun to watch! Mahina came too!
-They had red ribbon week at school this month & Ireland dressed as the cutest cowgirl one day!
-Ireland has had fun the past couple times we’ve gone to Woods Ranch. First she made an epic snow cave. Then she made an epic snowman!
-Ireland drew a really cool picture of the silhouette of a girl (hers) staring at the moon & stars. Called Starin’ at the stars. It was really cool!

KEZIA:
-Kezia had some interesting Valentines love triangles. You’ll have to ask her about that one though ;)
-Kezia got 2 reading awards this month & mom went to go see her at the awards assembly. Mom was standing on the side and trying to mouth to Kezia a question about who someone was. Kezia thought mom was asking which awards she was getting and kept mouthing “ORANGE and SILVER,” only mom could NOT understand her she kept thinking Kezia was mouthing “ORANGE LIVER.” and the more confused mom looked, the more Kezia tried to mouth “SILVER” but mom only saw “LIVER” “LIVer!” She even pointed to her necklace and mouthed (in mom’s eyes) “LIVER!” We all got a good laugh out of that one!
-Kezia spent a good amount of time building ANOTHER Chinchilla Valentine box, only this time she 1-upped herself from last year and did TWO Chinchillas, one of them could lean over and “kiss” the other one. Super cute! :)
-A certain someone gave Kezia some pretty cool Valentines things - like a mug full of candy and a 3D Laser printed heart keychain with her name on it :)
-Dad got to come be a watch dog for the day on Valetines! He had fun hanging out with Kezia and her class.
-Kezia had a pretty yucky fever and cold and missed some days of school.
-Kezia was in charge of activity time for Come Follow Me this Month & did some fun activities, including shooting a bow and arrow (like Nephi’s), playing basketball, and building a temple. Thank you Kezia!
-While mom & dad were in St. George, Kezia and Addie decided to chalk their hair. Only, they ended up chalking their faces, clothes, and mom and dad’s entire bathroom! What a mess!
-The practices for ballet this month have gotten pretty long on Saturdays. Kezia has done really well though! Lise says she’s made so much progress!


LINK:
Our beautiful baby boy! We love and miss you so much. Thank you for always watching over us.


NOELLE:
-BIG NEWS for Noelle this month! She FINALLY lost her first tooth! It was so loose and only about 5 minutes after daddy got home from his meeting in Reno, he popped it out and there it was! We can definitely tell a difference in her speech :) The tooth fairy came that very night and left her a gold dollar!
-Mom went to Noelle’s SEPs at the beginning of the month & she was off the charts on her Dibels testing. Mrs Nakken says she is a fantastic reader and Mathematician! (although that night, Noelle told daddy she was a fantastic Math-magician!) :)
-Noelle had a bad cough/cold this month. She also had a day or 2 of puking :( Not fun.
-Noelle had fun with her cousin Caden this month when he slept over for a couple days.
-Noelle has been LOVING the Magic Treehouse books we read at night & often begs for just one more chapter! :)
-The practices for the ballet performance this month have gotten really long. We’re proud of Noelle for sticking with it!

OAKLYN:
-One time during sacrament meeting, Oaklyn said she had to go potty and just headed out. Mom asked Ireland to go help her, but then Oaklyn came back & Ireland said she didn’t even see Oaklyn in the bathroom. Mom asked if she washed her hands & she didn’t know so mom took her back out and she walked straight into the men’s bathroom! So that’s why Ireland didn’t see her!
-Oaklyn was supposed to give the prayer in Primary one week and mom got up there with her but a full melt-down ensued and mom ended up giving the prayer.
-Oaklyn still LOVES to write notes and give them to people. Usually she uses permanent marker, and folds it up tight before she gives it to you :)
-Oaklyn had a lot of fun with her cousin Rachel when they slept over. Rachel was struggling with potty training, but after she left our house, she did great! Great example Oaklyn!
-Oaklyn was sick this month with a cough and a fever.