February News

I took this Mid-March,
so it's almost done.

Here are some things that happened during our February:


1) We made a goal thermometer. Dallas signed up to run 150 miles before March 20, 2015. If he does it, he wins a super cool BYU Intramural Champion t-shirt. We also made goals for Emma and I. I must also make 150 miles (but walking also counts for me) and Emma's goal is to be 12 pounds by March 20, 2015.


2) We enjoyed a dinner with one of Dallas' professors. Dr. Glasgow was super nice and invited Dallas and Emma and I over for a family dinner one Sunday. It was fun getting to know Dr. Glasgow and his family and friends better.


3) We had excellent weather for ALL of February! This had to be the greatest February of all time. Well, if you aren't a skier or super wanting snow. The temperatures were in the upper 40s and 50s for the WHOLE month! I believe this was a gift from Heavenly Father so that Emma and I could go on lots of walks. :)


4) We sold our car and bought one a week later! Dallas and I had been looking at cars since December with no luck. Then, in February, our friend offered to buy our car. We were ready for something different and they were ready for our VW Passat so it was perfect. Unfortunately we couldn't find any cars we liked. I had decided that maybe we could make it without a car till Fall (since the weather was so nice and everything is pretty much walking distance), but! I looked on KSL one day and found something that got me excited again and we went to check it out. It was a mini-mini-van! So cute!



5) We celebrated Valentine's Day! The day began with Dallas sending me on a long run while he watched Emma and then I watched her while he went on a long bike ride. That was a great gift for both of us; neither of us had gone on long exercise ventures for a while. I don't remember what we ate for breakfast...but I am certain it was more than just the normal cereal or oatmeal. :) Later in the day we decided Emma should get some fun exercise as well, so...we took her rollerblading! It was super fun! I love being with Dallas and Emma - guess it's a good thing I married him and we get to have sweet baby Emma as our daughter. :)

It'd been a long time since we rollerbladed because I fell once while pregnant and Dallas said, "no más" until the bambina came. After rollerblading we went home and planned what we wanted for dinner and dessert and then Dallas went to Smith's and bought ingredients and we cooked it up! We also exchanged our gifts. This year we specialized in gifts of a symbiotic relationship. I got Dallas new blades for his razor and he got me packs of chapstick. The blades benefit me because they keep Dallas' face soft and smooth while the chapstick benefits Dallas so that he doesn't have to kiss falling apart, chapped lips. :) After eating and swapping gifts and valentines, we watched TWO chickflicks! We never do that...watch two movies and definitely not chickflicks, but this time we did. We watched Confessions of a Shopaholic and When in Rome. I liked the shopping one best - better story and actress and more fun. By then, it was mega late, and Valentine's day was over! It was an excellent day because it was with Dallas and Emma (Oh, Dallas also made Emma an adorable valentine :)

6) We got our blood checked! I'd been wanting to do this since my mission! High cholesterol runs in my family and I wanted to check and see how mine was doing. I've never checked it before so I figured I should get an idea. Turns out it is pretty high....so I am going to be working on that. Dallas is in great shape though! We'll hope Emma gets those genes from Dallas.

7) Dallas signed up to play intramural Soccer with graduate students. The first game was February 28th - they won!