I found a posting of a cache that we would like to get to this weekend. It is a beautiful tribute … I think all would enjoy. Go to www.geocaching.com and where it has a GCXXXX click on that box- the XXXX will disappear. Type in these letters and numbers… R206. This will take you to a cache named “Tour of Duty” Just thought I would share that one with everyone. Read and enjoy!
All right… so BJ left for California Sunday night. Pretty much as soon as he left- the snow started falling. Knowing I would have to shovel I set my alarm early for Monday morning. Ok- so I had to shovel- not so bad- I like to do it… when I don’t have to get the kids to school.
So- before school today- no snow. Thank goodness. As I dropped them off- it started snowing. One hour later- I walked outside and we had 2 inches with really no end in sight- It was coming down like crazy.
I have to go pick Jake up from school at 11:18. The question then becomes do I try and shovel beforehand so that my car does not press the snow into the driveway- making it impossible to shovel- or do I wait until it’s done coming down? You know this would be easier if BJ were in town. I would say to him, “You go shovel now and I will shovel later.” But no- he’s in California on the week where we have to shovel more than once.
I’ve decided this is why we keep our husbands- so they can shovel.
Luckily BJ will be back Wednesday evening- then HE can shovel after the expected Thursday storm… I bet it won’t even snow!
We have started geo caching. It’s the most AWESOME new hobby to get the wiggles out of the boys. We went and bought a hand held GPS system. You look on www.geocaching.com and you upload locations of placed caches into it before you go. Then you follow your GPS to the cache. Sometimes they are little tiny items attached by magnets to signs in parking lots, park benches or even guardrails on the side of the road that can be opened up and usually there is a log inside to sign. One we found was a large ammo box placed under a bridge. Once you find a cache you go online and log that you found it.
They also have little travel bugs that people leave in the larger caches. These bugs have goals of where they want to go. We found one the other day that was in a race to get up to a certain point in Idaho. We took a drive up to Logan, Utah and dropped it off there. Then we got an email from someone that said-”No! That’s my brothers bug- put that one back and go get mine!” Too late. We had already taken his brother’s! So we went and got his from a park in South Jordan and we are taking it up to Layton, Utah tomorrow.
This is SO fun! I can’t wait until the summer when we can go find some caches up in the mountains! That will be fun to hike around in the mountains looking for little boxes hidden in the trees. We found one in Logan that was a rock that had a hole bored into the bottom of it with a container superglued into it. That’s been the most creative one we’ve found so far.
It’s a fun online community to be a part of! The kids really enjoy the hunt for treasures! If anyone wants to go with us- just let us know- we would love to share our new found hobby! All those out of state- just come visit us and we can go!!!
And we are actually going for the THIRD week in a row! We’ve stayed healthy for three weeks! Knock on wood. Josh has a talk today in sharing time- he’s excited about it. Although I think he would rather give it in Sacrament. All of the boys seem to like doing that. They get that from their father.
BJ traveled to Pennsylvania this past week. He left Tuesday morning, sat on a plane for many hours waiting for the Chicago weather to cooperate. I think he left our house at 9 am and got to PA close to midnight. All of that to spend three hours at his destination and back on a plane Wednesday afternoon. He’ll be doing the same this week- hopefully the weather is nicer so he can get there without any problems and get home on time!!!
Valentine’s Day is this week, and I got to plan our date. We actually have a babysitter this year! We’re starting to do that more often. Jakob no longer has separation anxiety. It’s still surprises me to see him not cry when we leave. I’m so proud of how much he has overcome in the last couple of years. He’s worked hard to get where he is today! Anyway- I haven’t told BJ where we are going to eat- I’m actually going to surprise him! I don’t know if I’m excited about surprising him or torturing him (he can’t stand not knowing)!
Well- Happy Valentine’s Day to all- I hope it’s filled with love!
After church: Well lots of coughing going on at church today. Our kids can’t let a cough pass them by- so I’m sure our 3 week hiatus from being sick will be ending soon 
Oh well- it was nice while it lasted 
image: detail of installation by Bronwyn Lace