Family History Moment, February 2016

Feb. 7, 2016

We drove to Rexburg this weekend to visit the Morris family and see Max's baptism. We saw the Craigs too and enjoyed that. Everett's basketball team dramatically won one of their basketball games this week. T and the deacons worked on the fast offering routes. Ev and the priests went to the temple Wed. morning. Susanna did a photo scavenger hunt for YW. Mindy made chocolate-dipped strawberries in Activity Days.

Feb. 14, 2016

Yesterday Everett took Mariah Oakeson to the OHS sweetheart's dance. They ate English muffin pizzas at Noah Johnson's. Camille is at grade level now in school so she moved from an IEP to a 504. She will have aides in class and still go to Adaptive PE. E, S, T, and M went to the dentist. Su has two small cavities, although she contests the second one. The youngest four plus Scott and Paula went sledding at Aspen Grove yesterday. T went off a big jump and hurt his rear end (still in pain today). We're thinking about burying our trampoline so yesterday I dug a test hole. I (Scott) dug 1/2 yard in 1/2 hour. Our trampoline would require removing 20 yards of dirt. That's two large dump-truck loads of dirt.

Feb. 21, 2016

On George Washington's birthday, we had tickets for the Provo City Center temple open house. We all went to Joe's for lunch and then went to the temple where the wait was over 2 hours. So we went home and made a new appointment for Friday morning. The temple was beautiful. Susanna performed her violin at the Wadsworth's granddaughter's funeral. Talmage went on a snow campout at Aspen Grove. No one brought tents so he and Sam Heath slept in T's hammock. They said it wasn't too cold. Everett's intramural team played this week. Ev played well but they lost by 20 points. Cam enjoyed playing with her friend Sarah. Mindy performed in the ballroom dance competition and her team advanced to the BYU competition. Felix David Bergeson was born today in Houston, Texas!

Everett's friend sent him a Singing Val-o-gram for Valentine's Day.

Feb. 28, 2016

Our family worked at the food bank on Monday night washing windows, mopping floors, washing carts, and cleaning a big sink. On Wednesday, Everett and I went with 2 other priests to Aspen Grove to go sledding. It was pitch black although we used phone flash lights to help a big. Susanna and Talmage started track at CVJH on Monday. They've been pretty sore because of it. Paula started homeschooling Camille in math for 30 minutes at the beginning of the school day. Mindy enjoys playing with her dragon pet.

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