Here’s a recap of the adventures our little family has been up to this month!

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Lily and I started 2014 with an educational bang by going to the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit at The Leonardo courtesy of Today’s Mama. The exhibit continues through April 27th and I highly recommend it! For a small amount you can rent an audio player – worth every penny. Lily listened to every track on the player and learned even more facts than I did! It’s hard to find the right words to describe the exhibit – stunning, inspiring, thought-provoking, and simply amazing!

The Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit is one of my favorite activities that I have done with my daughter.  I loved seeing her eyes light up as she learned new things and experienced a small part of what life was like 1,000s of years ago. The exhibit was one intriguing teaching moment after another for both mother and daughter. For an afternoon we were transported back in our religious heritage as we soaked up as much knowledge as we could.

The audio combined with the larger than life artifacts and displays held Lily’s attention for the better part of two hours. If you are taking young children, I would go during the week when there are less crowds and lines. Plan on at least 2-4 hours if you are a history buff like me!

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Up to this point, all of Lily’s charter school field trips took place Monday-Wednesday so I haven’t been able to go. Major bummer. When the Clark Planetarium field tip was scheduled for a Thursday in January, this mama was over the moon. Field trips are right up my alley!

My group of four first-grade girls were entranced by all of the exhibits – especially the interactive ones. The tornado and fog exhibits caught their eyes immediately. We spent at least ten minutes playing on the moon and Mars upstairs as well. My favorite part of the field trip – all the questions from the girls. They were eager to learn about space ships, solar flares, and even how cold it is in space. Love seeing girls get excited about science!

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Our Christmas festivities spilled over into January for a Scroll reunion with some of my all-time favorite people. Fifteen years ago, I started working for the Scroll newspaper at Ricks College not knowing that I would meet my life-time best friends there. Salt of the earth people, I tell you! We laughed our way across Europe together in college and now we still travel together every other year. It did my soul good to sit down and chat with these friends while our children played together.

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One of my favorite times of the week is volunteering at Lily’s school. Thursday and Friday mornings I go in to exchange the take-home readers and help the student’s with their AR tests. It’s been such a treat to watch Lily slowly blossom into a reader. On the day I took this picture Lily asked to stay and read in the library just a little bit longer – that’s my girl!Braun Thermometer - Keep Moving Forward With Me

 

Unfortunately were were a house full of sickies this month! Pneumonia, strep throat, bronchitis … oh my! Lots of cleaning, resting, and recuperating going on at the Parker household!

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At the end of November I was called to work the children in our ward’s Primary. I am the secretary and I love it! We busily put together Proclamation on the Family booklets over the holidays so that the family’s would each have one for their children. Love how they turned out! A ward member created the beautiful painting on the left for us to depict this year’s theme: Families are Forever. The calling has sure kept me busy, but I adore being in my with my children!

And that’s a wrap for January! A tiny peek into our many adventures. There are so many more in store for February!

What was the highlight of your January?

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18 Comments

jennifer zuna · February 3, 2014 at 2:42 pm

great pics! hope everyone feels better now!

Savannah miller · February 3, 2014 at 3:12 pm

January was kinda dull for me. Lots of colds though it feels like every other day someone is sick in my house…. I honestly can’t think of one interesting thing I did in January lol how depressing is that!!

aprila · February 3, 2014 at 3:20 pm

love all of the pictures. I hope everyone in your house is feeling better. Sounds like you had a busy January

caitlyn collins · February 3, 2014 at 3:58 pm

What a crazy month its been for you guys! It looks like everyone has a blast and enjoyed themselves though. All this fluctuating weather has had everyone down with the sickies..hope everyone is feeling better soon!

Shauna Lynn · February 3, 2014 at 4:33 pm

Sounds like I wasn’t the only one with a crazy month. It was ridiculous!

Angie Agerter · February 3, 2014 at 5:24 pm

I love the pics, but dang all the sickness for January!! Hope that February is sick free!!

Tammilee · February 10, 2014 at 11:54 pm

The Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit looks amazing. So much history to learn about.

Vicky · February 11, 2014 at 4:48 am

I think we had a month of seeing friends we don’t get to see too often from cousins to play with to my best friend who lives across the country coming out to my area for work and being able to spend a weekend with her. It was wonderful and a great way to start the new year.

L,
Vicky
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Suzanne Stavert · February 11, 2014 at 8:45 am

What a beautiful January! I remember those days with my kids fondly. My kids are grown and my life has slowed down. It has allowed me to pursue lots of things you never have time for as a busy mom. Enjoy your time with your darling family and thank you for sharing it with me. Visiting from SITS

Trish · February 11, 2014 at 9:14 am

The weather here has been so brutal I feel like we’ve been spending all our time inside trying not to freeze to death. It hasn’t been all bad though. I’m finally catching up with my DVR 😉

Tammy · February 11, 2014 at 9:25 am

Love all the pictures. I haven’t been to a good museum in such a long time. When my son was much younger we use to go all the time. I hope your family is all over being sick!!

frankaboutcroatia · February 11, 2014 at 10:00 am

I would love to visit Dead Sea Scroll exhibit. Good for Lily for developing the love for books. In my opinion, it’s really important, and books enrich us in many ways. Great photos!

Glad to find your blog through SITS comment marathon!

Tara Newman · February 11, 2014 at 10:29 am

Wow. Lots of fun and lots of not so fun in one month. My littles love science too. Stopping by from SITS.

Tenns @ New Mama Diaries · February 11, 2014 at 10:37 am

Looks like you all had a pretty eventful star to the year! Here’s to it getting better as the year goes on! 🙂

Stopping by from #SITSBlogging!

Tonia · February 11, 2014 at 11:12 am

The Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit looks fabulous. Definitely looks like something we’d enjoy too!

Tammy @ creativekkids.com · February 11, 2014 at 1:05 pm

It sounds like you had a terrific month! I would love to see the Dead Sea Scrolls too. I’m coming by from #SITSblogging.

Teri · February 11, 2014 at 1:36 pm

Hoping that you are all healthy and happy now! Pneumonia is NO FUN. Take care! #CommentLove #SITSBlogging

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