Survivor

And I am so happy that it is back. You'll know where I'll be Thursday Wednesday nights from 7-8.

Do not disturb, unless you want to join me. Viewers always welcome.

Red. Pink. Hearts. Love.

We had such a great Valentines.

This is what we did.

Oliver:

The night before, Luke and I had stayed up late and snuck into Oliver's room to

decorate with hearts and reason why we love him written on them. Oliver Loved it.

He came into our room in the morning like he usually does. I asked him if he saw anything different in his room and he whispered "Yeah, there are things on my door." He left and I heard him go back into his room which he usually doesn't (He usually goes to watch cartoons). I got up to see what he was doing and when I walked into his room, He was laying on his bed looking around at all the hearts in his room. He then said "Mom, did you do this?" I told him that his Dad and I did and that we did it because it's Valentines day and that we love his so much. Oliver then got so excited and ran to tell Luke that there were hearts all over his room and to come see. Later in the day we gave Oliver his present. He got rain boots, another Hex Bug, Jammies and a tiny laser gun.

Luke and I:

When I got home from work, I then decorated Luke's side of our room and his closet also with hearts of the many things that I love about him. Oliver helped me put up 1 single heart. He didn't want to do anymore. When Luke came home Oliver was so exited to tell him that there were things on his wall in his room. Luke also loved it. And my favorite was later in the night, walking past our room and seeing  Luke in there looking up at all the hearts and reading them. We decided not to do gifts since we buy a lot of stuff on days that it isn't Valentines. That night we went to the Relief Society activity. They put on a dinner for the women and we got to bring our Husbands or a date....I decided to take my husband this time. We had a great time watching some ward members play the newly wed game and then watching a video that our fellow ward members and friends, the Marujis put on. Following the RS activity, we headed to Orange Leaf...again. If you wonder why we're getting so chubby, it's all Orange Leaf. When we got home, I saw that I too was heart attacked. My amazing Visiting teachers put hearts on my front door with scriptures of love. And I loved it too. Maybe February isn't so bad after all...

And in case you wondered. This is the video that we watched last night. I got a teary eyed in a few spots. 

Be mine

I am glad that they are mine, and I am theirs...

Happy, Happy Valentines Day!

How we do.

This is how we do Grammy Sunday at my Moms.

The girls + my Bro in law watching the Grammys...

And the boys + Ashlyn watching Napoleon Dynamite...

Oliver and Jack ran around back and forth most of the night and played on the ipad and Mom watched her Spanish shows in the kitchen.

We sure are a family that likes our TV.

Saturday's a Special Day

How did we spend our Saturday this week? Well, I'll tell you. We slept in. Got the house taken care of. Oliver was interviewed for an upcoming Valentines video that our ward is putting on. Luke took us out to lunch for Valentines...okay not really for Valentines, but I'll use that as an excuse since I'm trying to better about the holiday. We all LOVED it. We ate like pigs and Oliver did well for the first half of the meal. After running to a few stores while Oliver napped in transit we took him to play with Jack for a couple of hours. Luke and I hung out and took care of a couple things. We made a quick run over to orange leaf where we indulged in our favorite frozen yogurt. And finally ended the night watching Breaking Dawn...well, I did. It was a pretty good Saturday.

My handsome little guy with his prongs at rodizio grill.

My husband is a hottie and I'm lovin his new hat.

Luke's pick: Cookies and cream, brownie batter and cherry chocolate with butterfinger hot fudge and waffle cone.

My pick: Classic Tart and Mango banana strawberry with cheesecake bites, strawberries and waffle cone.

"Calories calories..."

A Happy Purchase

Luke surprised Oliver with a sled.

And in the process picked one up for himself and me. As you can see, Oliver was thrilled. Now if only it would snow we could actually go out and enjoy them.

SUPER bowl

The only reason I like it is because it's an excuse for party food.

This year we didn't have much going on. We decided to go hang out with my mom since she was going to be alone. So we bought Pap Murphy's stuffed pizza...the night before of course, had chips and salsa, popcorn, candied almonds, cookies and drinks. It was awesome. The 4 of us hung out watching the game, commercials and halftime show...which I wasn't much impressed with any of it.  My mom and I were cheering for the Patriots and Luke was cheering for the 49ers so he really didn't care who won. Oliver took turns playing with the adults, but mostly with his grandma. He made forts, had so much junk food and played with the camera. Here are some of the pictures he took of our night....

 The game.

 He thought it was so funny to take a picture of Luke's belly.

 I taught him how to hold a camera so that he wouldn't get him fingers in the picture. It worked most of the night.

 I tried to take a nap...

But it didn't last. Wonder why?

 When I tried to take a picture with him, he didn't like it.

 After getting flash after flash in the eyes. The adults were done.

And my personal favorite. Grandma Lili.

Luke and I agreed that was one of the best super bowl parties we have been to.