Showing a little love from yesterday....

Trent surprised me with these at work when he brought me lunch

Can you hear the song in my head? What a man what a man what man... what a might mighty GOOD man.

My sweet little family. Its okay to be a little jealous, I know my husband is hot ;)

Birthday & Valentines

I have the blessing/curse of being born the day before Valentines. This year marked #38. Wow. Its going fast now. I don't feel it in some ways but my baby sometimes makes me feel even older! Technically, I COULD be his GRANDmother. Seems like a lot of people in this part of Texas, who are my age, have much older children. The day was nice. We got a SNOW DAY!!! School CANCELLED! It snowed almost 5 inches on Sunday (of course we made snow ice cream) and did not warm up a bit until noon, but it was weird b/c once it started it got to 56. Then the snow day seemed sort of silly! We took advantage of the melted snow and clear roads and met my MIL, SIL and her family and Trent for lunch at Pei Wei. One of my favorites!!! I got my usual Orange Peel Chicken, Mmmmm. That afternoon was spent doing my favorite things like laundry and cleaning ;) I DID however get to read a few chapters or my book while Levi was down for his nap. I am reading Redeeming Love, that my friend Jenelle lent me. MAN ITS SAD! I keep hearing its amazing and a life changer so I am keeping at it. Its made me want to get back into period books again too. I just may pick up my Little House series again when I am finished!

Trent was wonderful and hired a sitter and took me to eat at Rain Uptown. A bunch of my girl friends took me there for dinner last year and I had not been back since. Trent had not been at all so it was a real treat for us both. I felt like I was in a whole other town. Great food and cozy atmosphere. We went to a movie after ward adna saw Safe House. TWO MOVEIS IN ONE MONTH??? WHOAAAAA NELLY, I am getting all crazy!

It was a perfect day AND we were in bed by 10:30. We love our sleep. I was surprised to recieve a few texts and calls and Linnea even sent me a book I had been seriously looking into purchasing without even knowing it! Linnea is my friend that I have had since 1st grade. We are six days a part and have always celebrated our birthdays together, although now its through mail :) She NEVER forgets. Its pretty special to have a history like that with someone who always makes you feel good on your special day regardless of the number.


Valentines was CRAZY but good. This was the first year I have gotten valentines for my family, and look forward to making it traditon. They each got a bag-o-love this morning before school, and we are having a special Valentine dinner tonight after basketball practice of course! I got special Valentine plates, goblets, and even sparkling grape cider :) It seems rather appropriate to celebrate God's Love with them, since they have helped me to truly understand how HE feels.

VEGAS!

We met six other couples in Vegas Feb 2-6. Trent and I went down a day early and had a some time to ourselves. We walked about 3 miles off the strip Friday morning where we enjoyed an outdoor shopping area. It was a beautiful day and it was nice to have so much time just the two of us. If you know us at all you know that Trent does not mind shopping one bit. In fact its kind of more his thing than it is mind most of the time. I just don't do it very often. I did however make a run to the clearance rack at Target the day we left and got 3 pairs of pants for our trip at the odd price of $7.98!! A few shirts too at $5 a piece. I truely pride myself on finding cute stuff for under $10 and use it as a rule of thumb. We were able to continue that trend in Vegas :) Although one of my shirts did cost $12!!! BUT, it was actually a sweater. We also went to a movie there, The Gray. Not your feel good kind of movie AT ALL. I was thankful to just be at a movie. Not very often does that happen.

ANYWAYS- Everyone else arrived that night. We met them for dinner and visited awhile and then went to see Zumanity. It is a Cirque De Soliel production that was indeed amazing but VERY sexual. Glad I was with my husband to see it! The next day the girls and I headed to the same shopping area but by cab this time! SO nice to have uninterrupted conversation with these girls and really catch up. Like our old hang out days before children. We headed back that afternoon, caught a nap and dinner reservations that night. This is the one really good group picture above. We went dancing after, SO MUCH FUN!!!

We had a superbowl party at the sports resturant Sunday and had a blast. It was a wonderful very much needed get away for ALL of us.

crazy week

So I am having a hard time keeping up with this. I don't get to sit down at my computer for very long periods of time! Facebook was so much more convenient to look at while waiting on kids in the car various places or seated in front of a football game I could not care less about! Oh well.

So we (Trent and I) are leaving for Vegas tomorrow. Have not been in YEARS! Looking forward to getting away with my guy though for a few days and really excited to SLEEP!! BUT... before lots of prep work. I am doing a crazy amount of laundry, cleaning, and last minute errands. Thankfully, my parents are here and have been available to keep kids while I try to be productive.

We will be gone for four days. I always have this dance with guilt and pleasure about leaving. I definately need a break from kids. However I start missing them even before I am gone!!! I am getting better about leaving the older two but struggle with leaving the little one still, who will be TWO this very month!! I am sure it will be great for all parties concerned and my parents will get to soak them up! MANY pics to follow I am sure!