Valentines; Daddy Daughter date.

Our Valentines....

This year Aaron and I celebrated Valentines day a weekend early. My friend Christina was so nice to watch Ashlee while we went to dinner. "The Coast" has to be my favorite restaurant hands down. I ordered something with chicken and huge asparagus, Aaron ordered sword fish and ratatouille. The manager had come by to check to see how our food was and that's when I found out that the sauce on my dish was reduced 11 times! It was sooo... good. Aaron only could enjoy the salad and his fish, he is still on the South Beach diet for his competition (and is doing awesome!). I let him know how good his ratatouille was!

On Saturday the 14th, Aaron and Ashlee spent a few hours together on a Daddy Daughter date. She had a ball with him. They went to Dave and Busters, had lunch, and pretty much did whatever she wanted! When they got home, the first thing Ashlee did was put her bag down and start pulling everything that she won out of the bag. They were very successful. Her favorite thing is a white pig that she can throw at the wall and stick. She's gotten lots of exercise and giggles out of that one! We ended with exchanging valentines and cards and dinner together as a family. Hope you all had a wonderful Valentines day. We sure did.

Tornado warning...

Who knew that February 10th would be our first Tornado warning of the season. Aaron was out of town so it was Ashlee and me. I didn't even know there was a Tornado watch till after talking with Michelle. The weather was really bad so it didn't surprise me. So I decided, better turn on the TV and check the weather. I gathered water, a flash light, heavy duty blankets and the radio. It was about 9:57 pm when the sirens went off. Talk about an adrenaline rush; my heart was racing so fast. I got Ashlee, her pillow and bear and headed to the laundry room. Luckily she slept through the whole thing. I called Aaron and he helped calm me down. Being from a different state, I am so not use to these. The sirens lasted about 5 minutes. It was a bad storm and caught up with Aaron where he was staying at. By that time winds were 90 miles an hour. Crazy. Lets hope this doesn't set the stage for what is coming this spring!

The 7 year itch!

The Sport Trac's days have come to an end. Actually, Heidi started complaining that it was acting up worse and worse so I told her "it has been fine for 7 years, it is still fine today". Sooooooo....she made me start driving it. 2 weeks later and I was like "what do I have to do to get the Cayenne back?" She callously said "you know". My immediate reply...."Wait right here I will be back". Needless to say, I got the Porsche back..........YEAH!

I love Joy School!

I am teaching joy school this week and I am so impressed with what they are learning! This week they are learning how to set goals and the joy of order. We have a paper with a big circle on it. The child's name is written at the top and their goal is written at the bottom. Ashlee decided to learn to tie her shoes, spell her name (she has every letter correct except for one!!!) and write it. Next month they will be learning about Obedience and Decisions. This has been so much fun for me, a lot of work, but so worth it. I really enjoy preparing lessons and being involved with teaching Ashlee and the other children (I even got to teach them "Going on a Bear Hunt" song/ finger play). They are so cute!

Paid big for getting small!

Aaron and 12 other brave souls are determined to lose it all in 2009. 13 weeks, $1,300, biggest loser takes everything. Whoever loses the most weight as a % of their starting weight wins. May the biggest loser win!

Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam!

It was Ashlee's first day in Primary yesterday. She was so excited! Aaron and I teach the other sunbeam class so we get to see her from a distance. We went to sharing time first and what can I say, when the teacher asked who wants to bear their testimony, Ashlee rose her hand and hollered "I do!". So she marched up to the podium, nerves of steel (didn't get that from Mom!!!!) and even though we couldn't understand all of it, we heard "...mom and dad..... Jesus....and love...". It was so cute! Both Aaron and I were gleaming!