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The following photos weren't taken on January 31st, but that was the day Leena was born, so I'm back dating it a bit. Blaine and Paula welcomed Leena after months of waiting, and the whole family is excited to have another Pack baby in the family. Born after an 11 hour labor, Leena came into the world at 6 pounds and 15 ounces, and 20 inches long.

Remember when this happened? CLICK ON THIS LINK. Yeah, that was January of 2015. Seems like it's time to move on out of those braces, right? The Orthodontist and I thought so, too. So we surprised Cate at an appointment, and removed them! She was so excited to eat an apple, I think she consumed 2 years worth in a week. Happy January 31st!

Landon has been really excited about participating in the Book of Mormon challenge that our young men and young women are doing. The other day he came home from school and asked if he could listen to a couple of chapters before he took off to go play with friends. He's a real keeper, I tell ya.

We made an impromptu trip to SLC and Provo right after Thanksgiving. We spent time with Chad and Courtney and kids, and they played while I helped Courtney decorate her Christmas tree! Then we met up with Janelle and walked around a cute area of town. We found this funny Santa costume piece and laughed and had a really great time kicking off our holiday season!

Brooklyn pulled out a tooth. Compared to losing her first one back in May , this is an Olympic jump in how she feels about it now. See this VIDEO!

Today, this young man did something I've never been able to do! He solved his Rubik's cube! He's quite proud of himself, and rightly so. He spent hours and hours working it.

As proof as to what kind of friendships come from a Musical, here is Tori and Megan, who attend Skyline High. If it hadn't been for a musical, we would've never met, and we wouldn't have become such wonderful friends. Catelyn has fallen in love with musicals and she was able to be in Rocky Mountain Middle School's performance of Pied Piper. It was absolutely darling and the kids did a fabulous job. We still laugh at it when ever Brooklyn imitates Catelyn doing the silent hand clapping game. Here is Brooklyn's Interpretation  The bonds created from doing a musical are so fabulous and it makes you a better person when you fully commit to doing a show. It might also make you crazy, but it's a wonderful kind of crazy.