Hotel Room

After resolving ourselves to the fact that we were not getting a king bed, we enjoyed our hotel room. The view, although not ocean view, was beautiful, especially at sunset.

Heading to Cancun

Waiting for our flight to Cancun, Mexico on February 14, 2009. Ironically, we ran into friends of Evan's sister in the airport and sat with them on both trips. Small world!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We are heading out the door shortly for the airport. We are going to an adults-only, all-inclusive resort in Cancun. This is our first vacation alone together EVER and our first non-work getaway in 6 years (excluding long weekends). You can bet I am pretty excited! Hardest part for me was saying goodbye the boys. They are spending the week at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Ryan is excited to go ice fishing and snowmobiling with Grandpa. Carter is just excited to see "pa" (Grandpa) and Grandma! I hope everyone has a good week and I will check back on the 22nd when we return!

Have a great Valentine's Day!

Val Pals

This has been such a busy week, so not a lot of picture taking or blogging for me. Between PTA, Book Club, Preschool, Swimming Lessons, and Gymnastics, it has not left a lot of extra time!

Today was Val Pals at Gymnastics class. Each student could bring 1 friend to be their Val Pal. Elliott went with Ryan and they had so much fun together! Ian and Carter watched from the sidelines - who knows, maybe they will be Val Pals someday? :)

Grace - we were thinking about you today and hope you and your family are doing well. (hugs)

Family Sunday

Today was family service at our church, as is the second Sunday of every month. Unique to today, there was a new member reception and Ryan's Preschool class sang in church. We were officially welcomed into our new church. It was a very warm welcome with a beautiful luncheon afterwards. The kids did so well on their singing, too. Ryan sang along to all songs, opposed to last time where he just sat down on the risers and watched the kids sing! What a memorable morning!









Our new church home:














Larger view of the church, preschool is on the left side:














Ryan is in the back row, gray and red striped shirt:

Ryan's friend, Grace, singing - she is a natural! :)

The children's message, look at the sea of kids!

The flowers given to the new members to wear for the church service:

Chuck E' Cheeses

I didn't feel like cooking dinner tonight so I suggested Chuck E' Cheeses. CEC ranks right up there with getting a root canal for Evan, so it took a little persuading to get him to agree. The kids have so much fun there, I love watching their faces. I myself enjoy the place! To Evan's point, even Carter had his ears plugged when we were eating dinner, it was so loud in there! Note to self: avoid Saturday nights going forward, I have never seen it as busy as it was tonight! Regardless, the kids had fun. Bonus - Carter is still at the age where he can play all of the games without a token and he has no clue. Wonder how long until he figures that one out? :)

Eagle's Nest

Today the boys and I headed to Eagle's Nest Playground in New Brighton. The boys absolutely love to run around and play there. It is right up their alley - b.u.s.y! Carter stays mostly in the toddler zone and Ryan runs in the larger area. I have to trust Ryan to stay inside the gates since I can't always see him, but he did really well today and checked in often. I don't know who was more tired when we got home - me or the kids! :)