February 2026

Here is my February recap! London was the highlight, but that has already been covered in previous posts. Here is some other happenings from the month.

Hallie:

Hals finished basketball for the year and had a great junior season! She also went to the sweetheart's dance and participated in our young women's Afternoon of Excellence! It was a busy month for her. Truly, we hardly ever see her. She's at that phase of life.

Hiking/Running:

Working on goals-- I have been running 3-4 times a week and it is made much better with friends when they will go with me (first picture-Melissa & Denelle). Of course hiking once a week still, and it is one of my very favorite things. I have a little hiking club and it is so much women supporting women. It is fantastic.
 

Misc. 

Here's a random bunch of randomness. :)

Mishell's new hairdo!

Dinner with the exes. My favorites.

Lizzie and her bestie Nora

Still doing puzzles...this was a 2000 piece beast!

Per tradition, we had Jana and kids over for the superbowl and ate like kings and queens! This is the only picture I took, though. Why?!

YM/YW Fun:

We went to a Salt Lake Stars game for mutual one day, which was a blast. Jace participated in a half time game and got a jersey, which he got signed by a few players after the game.

Baptisms for the dead at the Bountiful temple and Fiiz after for my car load:)

Bathroom Remodel:

Devin has been remodeling the basement bathroom. He tore it down to the studs himself and he is so talented that he is remodeling it fully himself.  I used AI to create the new bathroom and it even told me where to buy everything and then he executed it. Finished product coming next month!

Family Date Nights: 

We had several family date nights in February- We had a game night, dinner out, and bowling (3 separate nights). I didn't take any pictures except for at bowling, then just 2. 

Family Photos:

Last Saturday, we had family pictures. Can't wait to see how they turn out. Here are a few random shots I took during them!

Cotswolds-last day!

Our final day in the Cotswolds (sad!!) Was magical. We started with a 6 mile walk/jog/schlog in the muddy country side. It was amazingly beautiful and we saw so many things along the way- one of my favorite parts of the trip honestly! We then checked out of our darling old court house and headed to see Windsor Castle, where King Charles primarily lives. The castle and attached church have SO much history and were so cool to see. We were able to pay our respects to the dead Queen Elizabeth while there too. We then headed back to London and checked into our hotel where we managed to finish the entire Crew game. We flew out early the next morning.

The entire trip was magical and everything we did was perfect. Loved it.

Highlights of this day: seeing the varied terrains and beauty all over during our hike, beating our best Crew score (by a lot!) in the hotel.

A+++ TRIP OVERALL! ❤️

Cotswolds Day 2

 Well, these are backwards again, but my 10 readers will understand. Haha!

Day 2 in the Cotswolds took us to Stonehenge in the pouring rain, which was way different than any of us expected, but totally worth doing. We then went to Bath and toured the Roman baths and the darling town. We had a delightful walk around the little town before heading back to our Michelin star rated dinner. There is only one hotel in the little town we were staying in & we booked reservations at the hotel restaurant having absolutely no clue what we were getting into. We had 4 tiny courses (main course pictured 😂😂😂) that were all so fancy we had no idea what we were eating, but it was em, not that impressive. I won't tell you how much it cost, but I will tell you we laughed our way through the entire thing and it is an experience we will not forget anytime soon. We went back to our little cottage and ate chips and dip, crackers and cheese, and all the candy we could find. 

Highlights of the day: finding sticky toffee pudding, which we had been looking for the whole trip (delicious!!), the entire Michelin star restaurant experience, and laughing all night about it while we played our favorite game, The Crew. 

London Day 4 (except I mean Cotswolds Day 1)

 

Day 4: We got to see the darling little village where we were staying for the first time in the daylight! Bottom picture is our amazing airbnb, a 600 year old used-to-be courthouse. So cool. We toured several villages this day, including ours of Castle Combe, Bourton-on-the-Water, and Oxford, a college town. The architecture and old buildings are just so cool and beyond description. We finally got our scones with clotted cream and had a real live afternoon tea. Everything was so amazing and quaint. We saw many sights over the days where parts of the Harry Potter movies were filmed, which was super fun. Everything was just a dream.

Highlights of the day: Devin's left side of the road driving through the amazing English country side, the scones and clotted cream (not that they were amazing- just that we finally got them!) And the walk at sunset in gorgeous Oxford.