Lucky lucky girl

This was taken last Monday when Michael had the day off. We headed to the farm so Michael could do some stuff and gpa & gma Asay ended up needing to go to Powell to get some stuff and Kandace was lucky enough to go! This was taken in their car with gma's phone. Kandace LOVES her gpa & gma Asay and I'm sure she loved the one on one time...the icecream cone didn't hurt either. :)

lots of love

Valentine's day was pretty low-key this year. Michael had to work that night so we postponed our v-day dinner 'til the next night. Jan had already said she'd watch our kids on valentine's day though, so I took them over and went home to enjoy some peace and quiet! (I'm pretty awesome like that). I took a bubble bath, ate a grilled cheese sandwich and worked on my sharing time. It was bliss.

The next night was awesome though. My dad & Brenda watched the kids and we went to The Rib n Chop house. I probably never should have ever gone there to begin with when went for our anniversary a couple years back because now thats the only place I ever want to go!! I had a 10 oz baseball top sirloin and Michael had the lamb. It.was. delicious. Oh my. And we had sauted mushrooms, salad, potatoes and calamari, which was a first for us but delicious. Can't wait 'til we have another exuse to splurge and spend all our money. I told Michael we might have to live in our van after tonight but I guess it will be worth it. We had a great time. Good conversations, lots of laughs and amazing food. We left Janelle who cried the whole time but oh well.

Stetson had a Valentine's day party at school and seemed to have a blast. He always has like a million things to say right when he gets home and can hardly contain his excitement. I got a valentine from my dad and the kiddos got sweet valentine's from gma & gpa Asay. Kandace was very excited about her tatoo (tutu) and has been wearing it a lot. I made Michael another candy graham. You'll have to ask him for details on it. :) Michael wrote me a sweet note and said we could go on a cruize in November that includes Cabo as part of the destinations. We'll see if that actually happens. :) Stetson will be in school then and thats a long time to leave my kiddos.

Blogging

OK so I lied. I was going to quit blogging for multiple reasons. Not that anyone cares, but I'll give you a quick lowdown. Sometimes looking at blogs is depressing to me because most people blog about only the good things and all you seem to see are sparkling clean kitchens, extravagant birthday parties and perfect families. Well I have to repeatedly tell myself that noone is perfect and a blog is merely a glimpse into people's lives and that I'm really doing ok. Plus, Michael keeps reminding me that it is ok to blog about only good things, but I somehow need to be validated that life isn't perfect and that I'm not the only one whose house gets messy and whose kids throw tantrums and pee the bed. LOL

There are some blogs that are actually really uplifting to me and I'll try to do that more in mine.

I was looking through a family member's blog the other day and it included pics of me and my kids through all different seasons of life and it brought back great memories and made me so happy! I want all that recorded for me and my family and to have blog books every eary (just got 2011's and I LOVE it, as does Michael).

So I've just finished a mini blogging marathon so scroll down to look at the posts on Kandace's birthday. Its a little out of order but you get the idea. :)