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Monday the kids were out of school for Presidents Day so we decided to shake things up a bit and go to Lava Hot Springs for a few hours.

It was a cold and rainy day so the hot pools felt really good.

Britton's orchestra concert was Tuesday night and he was in a trio that played a special musical number as part of the program. It was kind of fun to hear smaller trios and quartets in addition to the full orchestra.

Jenna's 14th Birthday was Friday, but her schedule was booked on both Friday and Saturday so we had to do our family birthday celebration on Thursday night.  She didn't complain one bit about opening her birthday presents a day early.

On her birthday she got to go to breakfast before school with Dad. She picked a brand new pancake restaurant in town named Stacked and gave it 2 thumbs up.

After school she was off to ballroom dance for 2 hours and then within 15 minutes of getting home her friends started arriving for a little birthday bash.

They played all sorts of games, and had a blast together. Banana splits were the perfect ending to a great party.  Korinne also had a few friends over so we actually had a party going on upstairs and another party going on downstairs. It's a wonder we were able to get Jameson to bed at a reasonable hour!  Britton was off at the high school basketball game up on campus.  This week was the state championship tournament and as luck would have it all of the games were played right here in the valley.  Ridgeline won all of their games and played for the state title yesterday afternoon. Riverhawk nation was there in full force and Adam said that he saw pretty much half of our ward at the game, too, since 2 of the starting 5 live in our ward. Not only did Ridgeline win the game, but they won by almost 30 points! Yes, yesterday was a fun day to be a Riverhawk. Not many schools get to take State the first year they are open.

Jenna and I weren't at the game yesterday because we were at a ballroom dance competition that was also happening in the valley.  I'm learning that ballroom competitions start early and they end late and they go all.day.long.  At this one the team dances were in the morning and the individual syllabus and open events were in the afternoon/evening.  Jenna's team won 1st place in the Division 2 Cha Cha team dance.  They were thrilled with their win. 

Waiting for results

Accepting first place trophy for their division.

That afternoon Jenna competed in the newcomer Swing, Tango bronze (beginner), and Cha Cha bronze.  She and her partners made it to the finals in both the Swing and Tango placing 2nd in the Swing and 4th in the Tango, and then made the semi-finals in the Cha Cha.  It was her first time advancing through the rounds and she really enjoyed having more opportunities to dance throughout the day.  There are a LOT of kids that do these competitions (who knew?) and some of them have been dancing for years.  I'm glad they have divisions for the newbies, too, This is Jenna's rookie year but already you can see how much she loves it.

It didn't take me long to catch on that parents spend a lot of time sitting on bleachers during these events (we are talking 12 to 14 hours here) so I bought a few stadium chairs in preparation and I can already tell you that this was the best purchase I have made all year.  

This chair saved my life yesterday, and that's no lie.