Audrey made it to the top of the pole climbing maze! (Click on this photo to enlarge, so you can see her cute face!)
Grace was very good on the climbing wall!
Of course, the best way to get to the top of the slide is to climb up it!!!
Audrey took a turn on the climbing wall too - mostly for the photo op!
Here's a shot of our exquisite little crocuses! They've been blooming for almost 4 weeks - even survived about 6 inches of snow. Aren't they gorgeous?!? They are from the bulbs that my siblings gave us when Grandma Arrington died. We'll think of her every time they bloom and remember the promise of the resurrection.
Here are the little rounds of dough, right before they went into the oven.
Baylee checks out the baked pitas - I think they look like little Mylar balloons!
Grace is busy with her second tamale and is oblivious of the stacks of pitas waiting to be bagged and stuck in the fridge. (One of my student's family is making tamales to sell - every weekend. Our family bought 9 dozen from them last week!)
Although Tyler says Audrey's only 1 (she's only had one real birthday), we celebrated her turning 5 on February 28th. She got lots of princess stuff, including this beautiful gown and feathery boa! What a beauty she is!
Audrey poses with her pet shop birthday cake.
John and Ann were at a dental convention this week and Melissa was tending at their house. She also had her three kids there, so she couldn't leave to run Carson to gymnastics. I was scheduled to take him. When I stopped by the house, it was clear that he had been engaged in a video game and did NOT want to go to gymnastics. When all manner of coercion failed to change his mind, Nate pretty much drug him to my van. He put him in the seat, and shut the door. Carson opened the door and bailed. Nate put him in again and I pulled out of the driveway before he could escape. He folded his arms and didn't say a word, so I did the talking. I noticed that his seat belt was not fastened and I asked him to buckle up. He refused. A little way down the road, I pulled over into a parking lot and shut the motor off. I told him that we would sit there until he buckled up. There was silence for a few minutes, then Carson said, "Either we don't go to gymnastics or we go to gymnastics without my seat belt buckled. You choose." It took me a few seconds to process what he said, then I was cracking up! This little guy is clearly a product of a Love and Logic home!!! We ended up sitting there, chatting about several random subjects. Then I heard the click and we were on our way - arriving at gymnastics about 30 minutes late, but still friends.
We picked up Dad and went out to Mike and Amy's for Duncan's 6th birthday - cake and ice cream. He got lots of toys, which delighted him and his dad! He got hot wheels and loops and track (the kind I used to whack my kids with - the kind they always hid from me). Amy made him a race track b-day cake - very cute!
We took soup, Dad/Grandpa Grose and some of the Bolos kids out to Justin and Joann's for Marianne's birthday party on January 30th. She, and all of the other kids were excited about the gifts. Joann made her a darling birthday cake. I think Marianne and her Daddy dreamed up the idea for the cake and Jo made the dream come true. Happy birthday, Little Marianne! We love you!
Sharon got this shot of Alexis and Kelly De Haan after the concert. The kids absolutely loved this guy!
Here's Dalena - at home in her kitchen! The girl LOVES to cook!
Danny helps - and he does dishes.
I've never seen so much "hands on" cooking! Picking herbs, kneading dough, chopping herbs, meats and vegetables, grating and slicing cheeses, grinding wheat - you name it! And the pizza was delicious! 
This is Casandra - Dalena's youngest sister. Casandra lives with Dalena and goes to nursing school.
The kitchen was crammed full of family - the Schellenbergs. Everyone was free to make pizza to their own taste!
I had to take a picture of Dalena's dishes. She has no sets of dishes. Danny says it's not a big deal if one breaks. Dalena says, "Whenever I see a pretty dish I like, I buy it."
Saturday, after a wonderful breakfast of crepe-like pancakes, filled with yogurt and smothered with fresh-made apple topping, we went to a Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. Dale Chahuly was a featured artist there.
After visiting the gardens, we went to dinner at Grande Lux. This was the chicken pot pie that Danny and Dalena shared.
On Sunday, we went to church at Danny's ward. Dalena joined us after she taught Primary in her own ward. She wore Aunt Lu's gray dress!
After church, we made sopes for dinner. These are some of the tastiest little meals I've ever had! Next time Danny and Dalena come to Utah - we are definitely making sopes!
On January 3rd, 2009, Dean was baptized and confirmed by his dad. Congratulations, Dean!
Jenna's birthday is on New Year's Eve. Grandpa Grose calls her the Chuck-a-Rama girl, because Becky went into early labor after Grandpa took her and Bryan there to eat.
She knew about the room - but the new desk Bryan made her was a big surprise!
Jen loved her desk!
Here's Jenna in her finished room. So cute! (Jen AND the room!)
Here's Jackson, by the snow cake his sisters made for him - complete with ten burning candles!
Jack had to try a couple of handfuls of bubblegum that he got for his birthday!
After the party, the kids took advantage of the unshoveled stairway leading from the deck!
We stayed pretty late for games, but even the littlest kids were in the middle of it - all night!
One of the kids' favorite gifts was the kitchen, complete with pots, pans, dishes and food. Then made all of us breakfast! Mine was eggs, an orange and an onion! Oh my!
One of the funniest (albeit sad) things was Bo's reaction to the gifts. He opened the first one, a little work bench with pegs to hammer, and loved it. Then, his mean Mommy and Daddy TOOK IT AWAY FROM HIM so he could open another gift. So sad! They finally got him interested in the 2nd gift and everything settled down. And for what? They yanked that one away from him too, so he could open another gift! It went on like that until all the presents were opened. He was one sad little guy. But, he got over it. 
On a carriage ride in SLC
Dalena pinned up Danny's new pants so I could hem them. Haha!
At Union Station in Ogden
Dalena's yummy calzones!
The three CERTIFIED iFlyers
"You're making a brown girl blush!"
Danny dug out shopkas from his mission stuff!
Danny wanted to make sure Dalena's Utah winter experience was complete - so they shoveled snow!
