*: January/February Happenings

I haven't been able to catch up with the blog lately because we've had a lot going on. But, here are a few things that happened during January/February:

Melany started Joy school the last week of January. Joy School is a pre-school homeschooling co-op with families from our ward. The girls are meeting twice a week, learning the ABC's and taking field trips once a month. Every week a different family hosts Joy school at their house. Melany loves it as she really enjoys learning and playing with her friends.
We saw Russell M. Nelson and Lynn G. Robbins speak. Interestly, only those who were born in a Spanish speaking country could attend. It was so neat to hear their talks about loving our family and loving God.
We celebrated Enoch's 31st birthday by going to breakfast. Due to his work schedule, we couldn't go to dinner but had pancakes instead.
We used our Sea World passses for the first time this year by going on Saturday Feb. 7 to Seaworld. It's wonderful that it's only 5 to 10 minutes away!
I started doing a 21 day fix extreme program which consists of portion controlled, clean eating and extreme exercising. This has made me look at food a little differently as I've had to get creative on different ways to cook healthy meals. I'm done with the 21 days in 4 days!
Enoch and Melany worked on the garden(ongoing project). Enoch made a raised bed and planted: carrots, beets, turnips, watermelon, cucumber, lettuce, spinach, kale, basil and parsley. And right next to it he planted pink, white and red roses.
Enoch coordinated a volunteer service project with his unit at work at the Asian Festival.We tagged along before his service hours started, walked around the booths and saw a dance/music performance.
And last but not least, on the last day of the month, we went to a special parenting conference where the keynote speaker was Greg Olsen. He talked about how we first must look within ourselves and be nsync with God to be a good parent. He gave anecdotes on his paintings and presented some I hadn't seen before. As an Art lover, I was extremely happy for this event.