Candi's 38th Birthday

Tyrell & Leila have started piano with a new piano teacher, her name is Vicky Wood (related to Brent Wood). Her husband's name is Roger. They are an old couple living by themselves. They live near Tyler Breinholt. Leila thought her first piano lesson was boring & didn't want to go anymore-well too bad. Tyrell is good with the piano. His driving is scary & he doesn't like it when I scream or tell him what he did wrong.

Erana has been sick for abt 2 wks now. She has sores in her mouth - beginning of cold sores. All the kids had it & now she can have cold sores now. Mina gets them all the time. She is driving me nuts though crying alot & wants me to hold her all the time.

Tyrell has started rugby again, he wanted to. He works out alot - got muscles. Leila says its because pretty girls will love him.

Leila to Talia, "WTH why does your mother always look pretty, we're not going to a party." Lol, we were going to Tahitian.

For my Birthday Jay surprised me!! Well we ate at Fortune Buffet with the kids & then he said we have a date at 4pm. He had me cover my eyes with my hat so I couldn't see. I was guessing we were going to the movies. Nek minit - I was running up some stairs into a hotel room, lol - he surprised me by us staying the night at the Castle Creek Inn. We had the 'Ivanhoe' suite, it was an upgrade. Had a hot tub, shower, fireplace. Very nice. We were allowed free snacks - brownies, pop corn & drinks. We had a very enjoyable night. I was a tad worried abt Erana though coz she was still sick. But Jay said that's why he got a hotel 5 mins away - true. I love him sooo much. It was the best Bday gift ever-actually all his gifts are!!

Jaxon's 10th Birthday

Jaxon's 10th birthday was  Monday, Jan 28th. We went to Hollywood Connection. I went straight from work an hour early and met them there. Jaxon invited 2 friends Zion and Hunter. We did bumper cars, rides, skating, mini-golf and the kids played games with tokens. At 6pm we had a birthday room where we had pizza and cake and Jaxon opened his gifts. They had fun and we left around 8pm. Tyrell got big blisters on both feet from roller blading too much. Jaxon couldn't skate very well but he tried. Leila could only do it holding onto a walker-on-wheels that they rent out to kids.

This has been one of the coldest winters in recent memory. We had some snow storms last week. Can't wait for spring. It got back up to 41 degrees the other day and it felt warm. Erana is so cute and is potty trained now. She's growing up so fast.

Yesterday fast and testimony meeting was cut short because we could smell a smokey smell and someone found a fire in the furnace room. We evacuated the church and went home. I had a nap until we went to the Keehan's to watch the Super Bowl, 49ers vs Ravens. Ravens won 34-31. They are still in Heather's parent's home while they are on their mission in Nauvoo. Erana broke a glass cup while we were there. We left close to 9pm. Tyrell got his drivers learner permit today by passing the test at the DMV. I need to take him out driving more. He needs more  practice.