St. Patrick's Day

 We decorated the tree for St. Patrick's Day in green and gold with a rainbow ribbon wrapping around. Mike made some fun settings with the lights

We had the kids dress up and take a picture on a day that all three of them would be there. Dorie got dressed up too

On actual St. Patrick's Day I was sick, so we had our dinner a few days later on Friday. Nora was able to be there because that was the day she came down to spend a week with us for her spring break! Ev was doing things with friends, but Marolynn was able to join us.

After dinner we watched an episode of GBBO

Mint brownies and mint chocolate chip ice cream for dessert

Rats March Photoshoot

 For St. Patrick's Day, I thought it would be fun to take pictures of the rats in a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. I put some Cheerios in the front of the pot to try and get them to stay there.

Here are some of the best shots:

These are more representative of the majority of the photos, lol

February Misc.

 Here are a few more things that happened this month:

Sam got to go to the UMEA Conference with the Advanced Orchestra in St. George

Oliver snoozing over a page of Sam's music

On my Facebook memories, the kids' 100 day pictures popped up

We watched the movie "Flow"

A little sleeve passenger

Oliver making biscuits on Sam's tummy - so ouchy (he uses his claws), but it means Oliver is so happy

Oliver trying to start up a podcast; he wants to name it "Fishy Business"

Here is a collection of Oliver chillin' on Mike's computer, taken throughout the month:

I love his little mitten-looking paw in this one

Sunday dinner table with my Grandmother's china

Juno lounging in Mike's jacket

On a different day, I found her sitting in his jeans lol

The rats in baby jail while I clean their main cage

Let us out!

Nora playing with slime during a weekend visit

Taking Dorie to the dog park

We saw "Little Women" at Hale Theater this month.

They had this amazing Valentine photo op in the lobby

The Little Women photo op

The themed dinner

The stage set up

Sam watched a funny video about different cologne commercials and he wanted to go smell what those colognes actually smelled like, so we went on a little smell adventure with the sample bottles at Sephora and Ulta. It was a good lesson about how just because something has a cool commercial doesn't mean you will actually like the product, hehe.

Mike got me some pretty flowers for Valentine's

Watching the Super Bowl at Sunday dinner

Cute lil Coco

We did finally get a really snowy day

Enjoying the Valentine tree

Sam and Tubby

Max and Juno being toilet kittens - this is how they beg for the treats I keep in the cabinet above

Oliver begging for treats downstairs

The rats' favorite place to make their nest

Juno on the stair railing

Sam, Ev, and Mike playing a game of Eurorails

Sleepy puppy

We went out to our favorite Thai restaurant with Sam and Ev. It is not a great place to go with Nora because they use a lot of peanuts, but it is awesome to go with Ev because there are so many GF things on the menu.

We fed Kate's cats, and it was Ev's first time meeting Felix

He is still obsessed with stinky shoes

Date night at Creamworx

For book club this month, we read a book that was written by my cousin, Jeff. He has traveled all over the world, and it was really interesting to read about his experiences!

Juno playing with a pencil