Our Life Lessons: Epiphany and Snow

The 3 Kings came on January 6! The boys left out their shoes the night before and wrote the Kings 2 very nice notes.

The instructions were for the Kings to get their own milk out of the refrigerator so the milk won't spoil.

The boys also wrote a very nice note thanking the Kings for coming and asking questions of the Kings.

The next morning the boys woke to a small treat in their shoes. For supper we ate Rosca de Reyes, King's cake.

Our congregation received a new Bishop 2 Sundays ago. The previous Bishop acquired different employment as an accountant in Utah. Lucas was sick that Sunday so Kirk and I attended our meetings, and I texted Lance to let him know about the changes. We are sad to have their family move since the family had 2 boys the same ages as Underfoot and Hurricane.

I went to a dermatologist to have 2 abnormal moles checked out. The moles were removed, and I was told I would hear back in 2 weeks. Four days later I got a call back and will need to have more skin removed because of the abnormal cells. It isn't melanoma.

We applied to have the boys attend a charter school together in December. We have promised the boys that the next school year they will attend together. The chance to be picked for this charter school was low since it is a lottery draw, and there are over 3,200 students on the list. Last Wednesday we were given an offer for admittance at the school. We have accepted and will register them this coming week. They (and all the other students at the school) will start at a new campus with a new school building in August 2017.

Friday was a professional development day for teachers, and Monday was observed for Martin Luther King Day. With our 4 day weekend, we made a list of things to do. We made homemade fries when our friend, Ed, came to visit from Oklahoma. Each of the boys asked me on a date. Underfoot and I went to see a movie. Hurricane and I went on a surprise of my choice. We ate at IHOP, his favorite restaurant. He loves pancakes. March 7 is a free stack of pancakes at IHOP for those that are interested.

The lemons we brought back from Tucson were made into a delicious pie.

I made the pie while Sweetheart changed out the faucet on our sink. The faucet had rusted from the underside of the sink. The dripping began recently. We attempted to fix it when we arrived, but the faucet was no longer being made and didn't have replacement parts. We really like the new one we got - Align One-Handle Pre-Rinse Spring Pulldown Kitchen Faucet.

One item on the list was to play in the snow. There was no snow at the time we made the list, nor was any projected in the forecast. This morning we woke up to several inches of snow. Where we live in Colorado is the high desert plain. We live on the east side of the Rocky Mountains. The famous Colorado snow is dumped on the west side of the Rocky Mountains. When we get snow, the snow accumulates for a day then stay for 24-48 hours. It melts until the next snowfall.