February

February was a busy month.  On February 4 Brandon’s Grandma  (Oma to the girls) went to be with her Savior after having battled Multiple Myloma for over 12 years and more recently having broken her leg during a fall.  While we were sad to say goodbye to Oma, we were able to enjoy a short visit from Nana and Papa.  I am very thankful my girls have a very grounded attitude about death.  After I gave them the news that Oma had passed away they were all talking about how she was probably up there saying “oh, what nice” (one of her famous phrases -right up there with “slowly on”) and wondering if she and Joshua had already gotten a chance to meet each other.

We had already arranged to surrender  Anna’s extra kittens at the humane society that weekend so we went ahead with it so they could find their forever families. It was a hard day but the girls had known from the start that we would not be able to keep them, each of the girls “held” one on the ride over.  We were happy to find out that the kittens had a good chance of finding a home because they were litter trained and good with children.  Afterward we got DQ as a consolation prize.  As it turned out they were adopted within two weeks …never even got a chance to get their pictures up on the web site.

The next weekend began the birthday celebrations.  Erica’s b-day was the 13th and Anna’s followed on the 15th so momma got to enjoy a couple of breaks from cooking.  Later that week -they were closed for president’s day on her birthday – Anna was finally able to get her TIP (temporary instructional permit).  The end of the month brought Brandon’s 35th birthday and another night off for Momma.

Throw in a ski trip here and a financial aid meeting there, Valentines day and some Physical Therapy appointments and the month was gone in a flash.

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