Valentine's Day

We went to Idaho Falls for a combination of Valentines's day/President's day. OK, really when you live in Star Valley, just having an extra day of school is an automatic reason to get out of town. This year we had two extra days off school due to Parent Teacher Conferences. We had a blast in Idaho Falls cramming all we could do into one weekend.

Thursday, we drove to Idaho Falls. Jason and I went to the temple while grandma and grandpa Hale watched a movie with the kids.

Friday, we went to Leo's Place and let the kids play on the big jungle gym there. They also played lots of video games thanks to grandma and lots of tokens. That night we went to Johnny Carino's for an early birthday dinner for me. 

Saturday, my mom gave my kids hilarious suckers that had plastic lips instead of sucker sticks for Valentine's day. We got some great pictures with the lips. I laugh every time I see them. 

We went to our friends' Rob and Elizabeth Willis' house for dinner and games. They have kids Haydn and Norrah's age that love to play together. Rob made awesome chocolate fondue that we dipped all kinds of yummy stuff into. It was fun learning the game "Ticket to Ride," and playing it with them.

Then we went to Nathan and Amy Taylor's house to play "Settlers of Catan." Our kids also love playing there, and Settlers is one of our favorite games. 

I had to lead the ward choir on Sunday, so we had to come back for church. Sunday, Jason decided he wanted to go back to Idaho Falls on Monday to get a new bow. Nathan bought Jason's half of the four-wheeler that they had bought together a few years ago, so Jason used the money from that to buy a new bow. I'm sure I'll have posts about dead deer and elk as a result later.