Craving Spring

Just when I thought winter was coming to a close here (the sun was out and melting the snow) we had the joy of more SNOW! Now don't get me wrong, I don't hate the snow just yet, but I am looking forward to warmer days that we can be outside. I know I should be thankful for the mild winter we're having this year.... but I am a Texan and in my opinion winter should already be over!

We have had a cold going through our house that just keeps getting passed back and forth - so I am way behind on blogging (as well as cleaning, cooking, etc.). Which also means I haven't been taking pictures because who wants to see us puffy-eyed, red-nosed, with snot everywhere?? Only you, Mom! :) Now that we're getting over it I promise I'll try to get some cute pics of the kids posted soon. But in the meantime here's some pics from last month...

Natalie as "Tinker Bell"

Natalie & Nathan - Best friends!

Nathan hamming it up for the camera

My two boys!


Nathan took this pic of Tyler & me (he even brought us the bunny ears and told us to put them on so he could take our picture!)


Tyler found Nathan's hat

"Cheese!" He loves to climb into Natalie's dollbed

Who can resist such sweetness???

PS - after I posted these pics I was looking through them and realized that Tyler is wearing the same shirt in every pic! I must clarify: first, all of those pics were taken on different days, and second, I promise my child has more than one shirt!

Valentine's Day 2010

This year for Valentine's Day we attended a semi-formal adult dance sponsored by our church entitled "A Night in Paris." There was a live band, lots of fancy finger foods, and beautiful decor. Dan and I got a babysitter (one of the perks of working with the Young Women!) and got all gussied up for it. Here we are on our way out the door:

That being said, we soon realized once we arrived that we canNOT dance to live big band music! So after trying to socialize and dance for 30 minutes, we decided to leave and go catch a movie instead. After all, "Twilight: New Moon" had just come to the dollar theater here. Now if you are saying to yourself right now, "What were they thinking??" then I must confess that we weren't really. We just wanted to get out of that dance! Apparently most of Utah had the same idea because the theater was completely SOLD OUT when we got there.

But we weren't going to let that ruin our evening! We drove to Blockbuster, rented some fun movies, hit Taco Bell for some late-night feasting, and headed home. We were gone just short of two hours. All-in-all I would say it was a success: got to buy a new dress/shoes, dance one time with my hubby, drive around the valley listening to cool music, and stay up late watching a movie at home. It was a GREAT Valentine's day!

We actually did all of that on Saturday night and didn't do anything very spectacular on the actual Valentine's Day. We made heart-shaped pancakes for breakfast, went to church (where I got to teach and stay after for a meeting), and spent the rest of the day relaxing and eating lots of sweets!

Wait there was one spectacular thing on Valentine's day- when I came home from church Dan surprised me with beautiful white roses (sorry, no pic!) and new pillows on our bed which he made himself!! That was the biggest surprise! (the bed being made, not the pillows - he's done that before) Thank you honey, you are so thoughtful!!! And I love you :)