Valentine Art

The kids were so excited to get some unique Valentine's from their grandmas this year.  Grandma Knight sent them each an origami heart shaped dollar bill and Grandma Stanley sent some scratch art valentines that they had fun designing.

Nerves Upsets and Celebrations

Last week Daniel had a late basketball game against the "rival" team from our same town. A week before that we had the whole family come out to support him but I think it was a bit intimidating for him to know everyone was watching,and he had a total off night missing a lot of shots.  Their team lost by a lot.
So  when I came to his late night game knowing that his team has lost every game they have played and they were already behind when we showed up,  I thought we would see a repeat.  His team was behind the entire game other than the first few seconds when they had scored the first points of the game.  In the final minutes they were still trailing by seven points.  Both teams were playing with a lot of hustle and intensity.  Daniel stepped out and made a 3 point shot that went in. After a foul one of his teammates went to the line and made a free throw.    As the other team attempted to throw the ball in, it hit the backboard, so it was turned over the Daniel's team. They threw it in to him and within just a few seconds Daniel scored another 2 pointer right under the basket to tie the score with just 13 seconds left.  The other team started to bring the ball in but Daniel stole it and then was fouled with just 1.4 seconds left. He went to the line, missed his first shot and with the nerves and pressure all on him was able to swish the final foul shot to win the game.
Height isn't the greatest asset in our family, so I have wondered if he will have a chance to play in high school or if he will just stick with football.  Either way this will be a night that I'm sure he will never forget.  We stopped by the grocery store to pick up ice cream and root beer to celebrate.

Daniel's Science Experiment

School Spotlight

Alyssa was  so excited to celebrate her half birthday at school and share this poster that we made together with her class.  For her list of likes she included gymnastics, dancing, piano and roller blading.
She is so eager to grow up that she keeps sneaking into the makeup in our house,so she was super excited today for 100s day to dress up as a granny and put on some makeup without having to sneak it (after this pic).

Last night for family night we decided to look through all of our old family scrapbooks.  I am grateful that I somehow found time amidst raising my little ones to record at least a few memories because I have already forgotten some of them.  My journaling has gotten sparser now that they are older and the younger kids lamented that they each just have one small scrapbook so I had them draw some self-portraits to add to their collection.

Home Improvements That I Love

 After many months, we finally finished the basement bedrooms so I could transform Alyssa's upstairs room into a dedicated piano teaching room. I love being able to shut the door while I teach lessons but do miss having our piano in the main room for the whole family to easily gather around.

Beanboozle

Someone gave us Beanboozle and the kids were excited to try it out.  I volunteered to be the photographer. I usually love games but I don't think I could stomach this one!

 Tellestrations - a fun Christmas gift more up my alley.

Food Storage Price Comparison

Dry Food Storage Product Price Comparison February 2017

	LDS Storage Center		Ready or Not Preparedness
Product	Amount	*Price in $	Amount	*Price in $
Black Beans	25 lb bulk bag	14.25 (.57/lb)	25 lb  bulk bag	25.00 ($1. 00/lb)
Pinto Beans	25 lb bulk bag	11.25 (.45/lb)	25 lb	19.00 ($.76/lb)
White Beans	25 lb bulk bag	14.50 (.58/lb)	25 lb	23.00 ($.92/lb)
White Flour	25 lb bulk bag	10.25 (.41/lb)	25 lb	8.00  (.32/lb)
White Flour			50 lb	14.00 (.28/lb)
Oats Quick	2.4 lb #10 can	3.25 ($1.35/lb)	50 lb	24.00 ($.48/lb)
Oats Regular	2.8 lb #10 can	3.25 ($1.16/lb)	50 lb	24.00 ($.48/lb)
Rice White	5.4 lb #10 can	4.00 ($.74/lb)	50 lb	23.00 ($.46/lb)
Sugar	25 lb bulk bag	12.25 ($.49/lb)	50 lb	25.00 ($.50/lb)
Wheat Hard Red	25 lb bulk bag	10.50 ($.42/lb)	25 lb	9.00 ($.36/lb)
Wheat Hard Red			50 lb	15.00 ($.30/lb)
Wheat White	25 lb bulk bag	11.75 ($.47/lb)	25 lb	9.00 ($.36/lb)
Wheat White			50 lb	15.00 ($.30/lb)
Milk Nonfat Dry	1.8 lb #10 can	3.00 ($1.67/lb)	50 lb	83.00 ($1.46/lb)
Hot Cocoa	2 lb #10 can	4.00 ($2.00/lb)	25 lb	41.00  ($1.64/lb)
Hot Cocoa			50 lb	83.00 (1.66/lb)

*Tax will be added to your purchase for both locations.  The least expensive option is in bold. Ready or Not Preparedness charges a $3 fee per person ordering to cover the shipment/transport of your order from Utah to Rexburg.

The LDS cannery in Idaho Falls does offer the convenient option of having products from 25 lb bulk bags packaged in #10 cans with oxygen absorbers, but you pay a bit more than the bulk price listed to cover the cost of the cans/lids and oxygen packs. Items listed above in #10 cans include the can in the price.

The items from Ready or Not Preparedness Order from Honeyville Grains come in bags and will store better if transferred to airtight buckets unless you plan to rotate through them quickly.  Unfortunately the cannery no longer allows us to use the #10 canner for personal use.

Additional items sold at the LDS cannery include apple slices, refried beans, carrots, fruit drink mix, granola, macaroni, pancake mix, potato flakes and pearls, and spaghetti.

Additonal items sold in this order from Ready or Not Preparedness include kidney beans, lentils, lima beans, multi beans, pink beans, great northern beans, green and yellow split peas, white and yellow grits, cornmeal, masa, masa tortilla, masa tamale, white and yellow popcorn, white and yellow corn, almond flour, bread flour, barley flour, buckwheat flour, chickpea flour, coconut flour, high gluten flour, potato flour, rye flour, rice flour, tortilla flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, churro mix, cocoa, cornstarch, lime, powdered molasses, soy grits, tapioca starch, salt, sea salt, soy tvp, gluten, oat bran, oat groats,  steel cut oats, oat powder, brown rice, parboiled rice, sunflower seeds, flax seeds, flax meal, pumpkin seeds, quinoa, buckwheat grouts, barley, kamut, millet, mixed 9 grain or 6 grain, rye, brown sugar, granulated honey, powdered sugar, cracked wheat, cream of wheat, kibbled wheat, organic wheat, semolina, wheat bran, wheat germ.  A separate bulk order for other dehydrated items Ready or Not orders from Honeyville will be available in the future.