Valentines Day

I know a week late......
Valentines was great at our house. One of our favorite restaurants is Tokyo Japanese Steakhouse. We have been waiting for something special to come up so we could take the boys and decided Valentines was the perfect opportunity. The boys loved the hibachi show and of course the food. It was so fun to watch them and their faces. I of course totally forgot the camera so here are a few from Tony's cell phone. Sorry they aren't the best.




The onion volcano.

Tony and I went out Friday night. He set up a babysitter and surprised me with a dozen roses when he got home from work. They are gorgeous. We went and got pedicures, (one of my favorite things) went out to eat, and then went to a movie. It was a fabulous evening to share with my sweetheart.

Kiegan's new hair

BEFORE:


AFTER:


His new hair has been hard to get use to. There have been quite a few times that I think someone is in my house when I see him.
I love it though. He looks so grown up and you can see all his big features that I love so much.

Kiegan's 9th Year

We are so proud of you!

Belle

A few of my favorite pics of Belle over the last month :

Where did the last month go to?

Where do I start? How do I cover an entire month?
Well, we were snowed in for 9 days. After the 5th day it was bad. The kids loved sledding with the neighbors. On the 10th day Tony and I shoveled our driveway for almost 3 hours. We were desperate and were so happy when the snowplows finally came through that morning. It gave us hope. Who said it never snows in Seattle?

We made and decorated cookies for Santa Christmas Eve. Thank you Than family for all the trimmings, the boys loved it. I think Mr. Clause also loved it.

Christmas was great. We were still snowed in but it was nice and quite. The big family gift this year from Tony and I was a "real" basketball hoop. Can I just say that it is going to send me over the edge. It still isn't put together. You all know that I love to put things together but not this one. It is lame. So it sits taking up half of my parking space in the garage. Someday the boys will be able to play with their Christmas present. It's a good thing all the other gifts were such a hit.

Kiegan had a great birthday. I can't believe he is 10. AAHH!! That makes me feel really old. We gave him Rock Band and we have all become addicted. Yes, even me who is not the least bit musically inclined. Getting Rock Band was a blog in itself. Tony went to a million stores the night before and then the one place it was in stock he got there 3 min. after closing. He got up the next day and went to that store but had to wait an hour because it opened late. Needless to say he was thrilled and still is. I didn't know I knew so many obnoxious rock songs and am a bit concerned they are becoming my boys favorites now.

We took Rock Band to a friends and played and ate way to much food. It was fun to bring in the New Year with such great friends.

The rest of the month has been a blur. We all had colds. Which was so sad to see Belle with her first real cold. She was a trooper though. I have been so crazy busy it hasn't even been funny. Just with school stuff, Belle's appointments, Primary, and then normal running the house stuff, I've been running around like a chicken with my head cut off. One of my highlights was that I made some connections with some other really great moms with kids with DS. I will make a post on it's own but it was/is so great. I also spoke in church which you all know I HATE. Ugggh! Which made all of last week stressful leading up to it. I'm honestly surprised Tony didn't kill me. Before we even made it to church I had a big blowout with one of my children, a light fixture got broken, and I got thrown up on as we were walking out the door. Isn't that nice? Belle had her eye appt. last week and passed. She doesn't have to get glasses this year. YEAH!! I think that wraps the last month up. I promise to find my groove again and return to normal blogging. I do have a few little blogs to post to make it all up to date.