A Visit, A Date, A Race, A Car

We have been staying busy! We were so glad to have our dear friends the Muir's visit us from Texas while they were here on a ski trip. It was great to see them!

Alyse and her dad had a really fun Father-Daughter date last week with Kappa. The theme was western. They had a yummy dinner and played some fun relay races. What a cute couple they make! Time with Dad is always fun. Friday Annie got out of school a little early so we could head for St. George and be there in time for dinner. Once there we met up with my oldest daughters family and enjoyed dinner at Cracker Barrel. Below is Annie and Mr. M playing checkers. I'm not sure who won.

Dinner time fun! If you haven't tired their Chocolate Coca Cola Cake for desert we all recommend it.

The next morning bright and early Kim along with my daughter, her husband, and their oldest son headed off to the 10K race. The rest of us hurried along to see them come across the finish line. Joel was too fast for us though and we missed seeing him finish. Below are the spectators.

Here comes Kim!

Mr. M finished strong! I was so proud of him! I also thought it was so sweet how Mr. H ran in with all the family as they were finishing.

Here comes Jenn.

Joel and the kids at the finish line.

Our proud family.

That night dinner was Italian at the Olive Garden. Good food and good company.

Sunday after church we just had to take pictures in front of the beautiful temple there. Spring has come to St. George. The blossoms on the trees are in bloom, the tulips and daffodils are out. It was nice to enjoy some warmer temperatures for a few days.

An important event in Annie's life happened while in St. George. While Alyse and I were at the swimming pool with my oldest daughters family. Kim and Annie went looking for cars just for fun. But they found a deal to good to pass up so Annie is one happy girl to now have a car of her own. ( She did earn it) So we drove two cars home from St George in stead of one. Below is Annie with her new used car.

Happy Birthday Andrew !

Last night for family night we celebrated Andrews Birthday which took place last week. I can not believe how fast the years go by so I thought I'd take a little walk down memory lane and share some fun photos of Andy growing up. He was the cutest, most full of energy little boy I have ever known!

Below is Andrew with his cute family celebrating his birthday last night.

Warren and Andy blow out the birthday candles.

All the family celebrating with him. It was a fun party!

Happy Birthday Andrew we wish you a wonderful year!

Spring?

March came in like a lamb with temperature highs being 54 to 58 degrees all week. The Spring flowers are just starting to peek through the soil. So when I woke up this morning to this (the picture below) I was disappointed. What can I say, I'm ready for Spring!

Another Boy!

I have five children but only one son. He loves all his sisters and his sisters all love him but when he was younger he always wished for a brother. I used to tell him that living in a house full of girls was preparing him for when he became a dad and had all daughters. Below is a picture of Andrew with his sisters. My son and daughter in laws first child was a cute little boy. We just learned yesterday that the new little one who will join their cute family his year is also a boy! Andy didn't have any brothers but he is getting to have sons. His sons will get to have a brother. It's pretty exciting. I can't wait to meet this new little grandson!

Valentines Weekend

We had a great Valentines weekend. It started Friday night when we showed some love for our neighbor by attending her basketball game. She is a senior and the season is coming to an end. They won their game and we were glad to support her. Following the game my Valentine and I got some dinner. Saturday morning my sweet husband gave me a beautiful bouquet of roses pictured below. Then Annie and I went and saw the movie Valentines Day. It was a disappointment but I loved spending time with Annie. When we got home Kim decided to take me, Alyse, and Annie to the mall to pick out a valentine from him. Then he decided to include the grandkids also and he called their parents and had them meet us at the mall. It was fun to see what the grandkids picked out or what their parents picked out for them. After a fun couple of hours at the mall Kim took Me, Alyse, and Annie to dinner at Olive Garden. (One of my favorite places to eat.) Then we hurried home because we had some friends who are investigating our church who were coming for a gospel discussion at our house. What a great day! Sunday morning I gave my Valentines their presents.

Who is that goof who is hiding behind the flowers with the girls bows in his hair?

Me and my Valentine.

Sunday afternoon after church our family came over for a Valentines dinner and party.

Annie and I had made some chocolate covered strawberries for it.

You can't have a Valentines party with out some of these.

Brianna had more fun with the paper products than she did her presents.

These three sweethearts were excited to opened their present.

Sharing the love.

Little Elisa slept through most of the party. She was just so tired. No matter how hard her cousins tried to wake her up she wouldn't wake up.

We missed my son and his family who were out of town, but the rest of us had a great time. What a fun weekend. Happy Valentines Day everyone!