New Years Day we gathered with Seth's extended family for the annual New Years Day party. We enjoyed delicious pulled pork sandwiches and then visited and played games.
The first Friday in January I was able to catch a session at the Bountiful Temple. It is so nice to see all of the scaffolding done and the repairs complete. Seth and I went back later that night for a sealing session.
Our sacrament meeting now starts at 9:00 AM...which means we get Sunday afternoon naps!!!
Our beloved Prophet President Thomas S. Monson passed away at the beginning of January. The day of the viewing happened to fall on one of my days off from work so I took Phin and Millie to say goodbye to President Monson. I was anticipating the line to be very long....when I went to President Hickley's viewing we waited outside the Conference Center for hours. I also have a memory of my mother taking me to a viewing of a prophet years ago. The line wound all across temple square and into the Administration building. This pregnant mama was very grateful that we essentially had no wait at all. It was so peaceful in the Hall of the Prophets...I hope Phin and Millie remember that peace.
After the viewing we walked across Temple Square.
We had lunch in the City Creek Food Court and then the kids played in the play area.
On our walk back we stopped to see the Christus Statue in the Visitors Building.
Seth's work party was February 19th at Fleming's Steakhouse at the Gateway. The food was delicious and we loved going out on a date.
I took the kids to Hogle Zoo one Monday morning. I was actually afraid the zoo was closed when we drove up...there were less than a dozen cars in the parking lot. It turns out they were open and it was one of our favorite visits to the zoo...we had almost every exhibit to ourselves.
We also visited the Natural History Museum up in Research Park. Our Connect passes were expiring in February...so we tried to catch up on some visits.
Millie loved dressing up as a butterfly.
Phin decided to be a little skunk.
The kids loved a new exhibit where thy put together pottery shards.
At the end of the month I got another peak at our baby boy. At the 20 week ultrasound my placenta was close to my cervix so they wanted to make sure it moved up and out of the way. Everything looked great in the ultrasound and it was fun to get a few more pics of our baby boy...who is measuring in the 65th percentile.
This was the first time he cooperated with a profile shot.
The last Monday in January we visited the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum. We hadn't been since our annual pass expired at the end of July and it was the perfect winter activity.
The weather has been really nice...but we are excited for warmer Spring weather and more time outside. In the meantime...we will continue playing with play dough...
and flying Seth's helicopter over in the Cultural Hall.
