The Jennings: February

Well February brought my 30th birthday, which seemed weird to think that I was out of my 20s :)

My sweet Lia friend took me out to breakfast at Cracker's, which is yummy as always.

Then later I went to pick up my mom so we could go to Sweetcake's, but when I walked in, holy cow I was beyond shocked to see a bunch of people that I love, yelling 'surprise' at me. I literally backed up to the door that I had just walked in, because I was like, "what the heck is going on?"

I could not believe it. I had consciously thought there was no way Casey would throw me a surprise party, so I wasn't looking for any clues, and it never occurred to me that my dear sweet mother would pull it off.

I looked at her and said, "so we're not going to Sweetcake's?" ha ha

So fun! I loved visiting with ladies I don't get to see very often. Thanks to these 2 wonderful ladies for being so awesome and showering me with love :)

Later that afternoon, we took the kids and 2 of Casey's co-workers to the Gilbert Temple Open House. It was beautiful and such a marvelous place. I sure hope our kids and guests could feel the Spirit there.

Finished the night off at IHOP for dinner. You know me and my love of breakfast :)

Other pics from the month:

Brook hopped in her jeep with her Minnie and blanket, and told me, "ok we're all ready to go. Bye. Love you. We're going to Home Depot." ha ha

CJ used his own money from Christmas to buy playdough, and made "our family" into snowmen. Cute.

We hosted a little Superbowl party, and my boys totally appreciated my super basic baking skills when I decorated these sugar cookie bars with their team name.

Payton made a fort and locked himself in there for a while, not letting anyone see what he was making. He finally emerged with this helmet. How creative is he?? I loved it :)

Brooklyn was so ecstatic that she got chosen by Dewper to go check the mail at Kid's Club. Highlight of her life, ha ha.

Funny Chik-fil-a cow covering her face for the picture.

CJ was doing his laundry, and loved the warm clothes feeling so much that he climbed in.

Payton played in a basketball league, coached by David Hall in our ward, whose son Madden was also on it. He struggled a bit this time. Although he loved when Daddy could take him to practice, he mentally decided that he didn't want to be an NBA player anymore when he grows up, so he kinda stopped putting forth the effort when he played, which was a bit frustrating to watch. But Casey talked to him about it, and he did a little bit better towards the end of the season.

His school did a Boosterthon, and Payton got pledges for each lap that he ran. He ran the max 35 laps that he could fundraise for, and then ran a few more, totally like 51 laps.