the week of 2.13.2011

-sunday after church we went to a quiet little birthday party for madi.

it was a picnic theme... and jamie had some really cute decorations.

the kids all had lunch on some blankets in her living room.

-for valentine's day. i made the kids some pink pancakes for breakfast.

pink pancakes really aren't that cute once they brown, but that's ok.

they were still fun.

 (jake had already left for school... but he got pink pancakes too)

after dave dropped off jake at school he came home with red roses for me.

pretty pink ones for grace and a monkey for mason.

grace and mason were very excited to pass out this years valentines at school.

mason was totally excited about his. (which actually surprised me... i didn't think he'd go for it)

once again the second grade teachers banned candy on valentine's day. pretty dumb if you ask me... we had to switch up grace's valentines at the last minute. they worked out though (thanks to jamie) and she was happy with them.

 i also made cute candy dishes for their teachers and my girl steph. then later that evening we delivered one to grandma dee and the kids each gave her one of their valentines.

 dave and i went on a lunch date to the cheesecake factory. we are totally hooked on our favorite meals there. pasta carbonara for me and salisbury steak for him. yum. we passed on the cheesecake. (that wasn't my idea)

that night i gave the family the little gifts i had bought for them. the kids got a box of hershey's chocolates. slim jims and mechanical pencils. jake also go an itunes card. mason got some baseball cards. and grace a little lalaloopsie doll. i'm pretty sure they were most excited about the pencils.  :)  dave got a UNLV shirt, some cashews and pistachios and the book true grit.

-jake had 3 basketball games this week. he got to play a lot more than usual. i've been score keeping for his games. it's really nice to get paid to watch him. haha.



-mason also had basketball practice and a game this week.

 at his game he put it in the hoop twice. :)

-grace cheerleads for mason's basketball games. it's pretty entertaining. haha. she is LOVING it though. i can't tell you how many times a day we have to watch her high kick or (just about) do the splits.

-we were suppose to head to the utah house for the long weekend. but with the promise of snow... we pretty much chickened out. we are big time wimps. instead we've had a movie marathon. i watched eclipse by myself..... finally. it was actually a decent movie unlike the others. then we watched red (pretty good) and charlie st.cloud (not very good).