Last Saturday

Last Saturday we spent the day at Bartlett Lake and the evening at Uncle Bob's. Bartlett Lake was about an hour away from the house but with the DVD player in the back it was an easy drive for all. It was really neat to come over the hill in the desert and see the big blue body of water in front of us. You can drive right up to the edge of the water and spend the day. Which is what we did.

Lake view from our drive up.

We made a fire a little ways up from the lake and cooked some hot dogs that tasted oh so yummy!

And the kids played by the water for the rest of the day.

Then we went to Uncle Bob's and Jamie played in the hutch Uncle Bob was making for about an hour. :)

Wearing mama's boots while playing with her favorite door. :)Back into the hutch!

Uncle Bob the tickle monster.
Cousin Karen with her parents.

Daddy, his kids and his dog.

Valentie's Day

Our actual Valentine's Day wasn't very exciting. Daddy went to work so I made the kids I Heart You toast with a toast stamper and gave them their Valentine's Day goodie bags. We were busy getting ready for MOPS and headed out to our meeting bright and early. It was a wonderful morning with our MOPS friends with again a lot of eating, chatting, and eating some more. Oh the food. Oh the lovely food.

MOPS meeting: Fruit pizza I made. I think there were two small pieces of the crust left.

Two mommies who are in my group.

Candy pops I made at our MOPS meeting.

Little girl I made.
Little boy I made.
The definition of love.

Valentie's Day Stuff

We had a fun, candy filled Valentine's Day this year. Seems like as soon as you are done celebrating one holiday another one sneaks up on you. We don't have time to eat all the candy from the previous holiday before we are getting more for the next one. All these holidays are keeping me from losing weight! Well, a lot of things are keeping me from losing weight but I do find myself saying, after Thanksgiving I will lose weight. No, after Christmas. After Valentine's Day. Wait, no, after my birthday....... Anyway, that is a whole other story......

Our Small Group got together the Friday before Valentine's Day for a Fondue party. It was sooo yummy. More reasons I am not losing weight; parties, friends and food.

Pete's first ever Valentine's gift from his friend Sienna. It was early in the morning and he wanted chocolates with his juice. I told him only mommy can do that!

P. and I got a sitter and went out on a Valentine's Day date. We did a Groupon for Babbo's Italian and had an amazing dinner out on the patio just down the road from our house. It was sooo good. The weather was beautiful and we had such a relaxing time just chatting without any disruptions. Then we headed off to the movies to see Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol which was also awesome. All around a great night.

The kids and I made a fruit pizza for our family Valentine's Day dinner. Jamie started helping me decorate with fruit.

Then she started eating the fruit so Pete helped me decorate.

He was proud of the turnout.

And Jamie was proud of finishing the fruit.

Pete and dad finished the puzzle model car they were working on. It was a good father-son project and the car is now painted red and looks awesome. Not really but that's what happens when a 3 year old paints things.

I told P. last night I am not buying the kids any candy for Easter. Their baskets will be fun of anything and everything non-edible.

Cuter Than Cute

Prettiest thing I have ever seen.