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February brought some love.  Love of babies, Chick-Fil-A...  learning to do the human knot at Activity Days and play dates with preschool friends (actually lots of playing with friends for all 4 children)... sweet sisters doing hair, and the cookie invasion!  Thank goodness most of these cases got taken by other members of the troop.  Here is what M decided she would sell this year.  I warned her that I may not have time to help her sell all those, but as it turns out, having an entire week off school during cookie season really helps you reach your goals! GF/DF cookies at Activity Days after learning about service (my turn to plan and carry out), and D's picture from after the Bears raced at the Pinewood Derby.  This year I helped at check in and it was quite fun.  I also roped our neighbors, M & C to be the craftsmanship judges and they were kind enough to forgive me.  (; We were so excited about M's 1st ...

When I thought about what Hubby would love most for the big 4-0 birthday, I knew it had to be time to do what he wanted to do.  And to have that when you work full time and have 4 children, you've got to get out of town.  My parents watched our children and friends agreed to make the time easier on Grandma and Grandpa, so we flew our way to Vegas during the week so at least the older 3 would be at school all day. Traveling during the week in January means there aren't a lot of shows available, so we picked the Luxor to stay in for when we had Blue Man Group tickets later.  I was surprised at how quiet the rooms were -- a nice change from the last time we went out of town 3 years ago and stayed at a Universal Studios hotel.  That place was loud!  One reason we chose to visit Las Vegas is because Hubby has family in the area.  We got to eat lunch at a yummy Mediterranean place with his brother's family and dinner at Maggiano's with his Aunt, Uncle, and...