February ~ short and sweet

And that's a wrap.

As this month comes to an end...

...we are wrapped in snow.

We had over 14 inches on Sunday...

much of which disappeared yesterday.  

Then we had snow again today.

Since I was gone at the beginning of the month...

and because February is missing a few days...

the end came rather quickly.

We managed to pack a lot in!

The Bouquet Farm held a Galentine's workshop...

and 'my girls' joined me there.

After a fun evening of playing with flowers...

we each went home with our arrangement.

On Valentine's Day...

I went for a hike with Marg.

Mostly we hiked.

I also did a little sliding.

And I came home to flowers on the table.

He knows I prefer flowers to chocolate.

Last week we had a 'girlfriends' outing across the line.

Crossing the border to the USA seems a bit of a novelty now...

after a few years of mostly staying at home.

We shopped Hobby Lobby...

and had lunch at The Olive Garden.

We celebrated...

birthdays and friendship.

 ‘The better part of one's life consists of his friendships’.  

~Abraham Lincoln

And then there were all the basketball games that we hadn't planned on.

Maggie played basketball for the first time this year...

joining the grade nine team at her school.

They could only muster up a team of six,

but what they lacked in height and numbers...

they made up for in enthusiasm and speed.

We had watched several of their games...

and they did amazingly well but never qualified for the provincial championships.

But wait...they did!

They got in on as a wildcard entry...

at the bottom of the pack in the standings.

We dove to Port Moody to cheer them on...

as they defeated one good team after another.

Who could have ever expected them to make it to the final game?

'They played with heart, class and determination', said their coach...

of his feisty team that came in second in the BC grade 9 provincial basketball final.

Never lose that determination...

or that smile, Maggie!

And then it was on to the ice rink in Aldergrove...

...where Ryder was playing on a Fraser Valley scholarship team in a tournament. 

He scored the first goal...

...and he had a little 'time out' as well.

Ryder is a gentleman on and off the ice...

so this was an unusual occurrence for him.

It was his last game of the season...

so we were thankful we could be in the stands.

On Saturday night we switched gears from basketball to music..

taking in the winter concert of the Abbotsford Youth Orchestra. 

It was an excellent performance...

with Ranen putting down her violin for doing a little Irish dance for us.

(phone photography from a distance in low lighting leaves much to be desired!)

And that brings us to the end of the month.

It may not be Easter yet...

but did I mention that I was at Hobby Lobby last week?

Easter is coming. :)

It's not too early to prepare our hearts and our homes.

Especially our hearts!