Valentines' Weekend...

Yay! We were so excited to have Emily, Josh, Micah and Isaac come visit us this past weekend! We had such a good time!

Friday afternoon they arrived around 1. We walked to the bus stop to pick up Caitlin! As soon as Caitlin got off the bus... she saw Micah and was so surprised! I told her two weeks ago that they were coming to visit... but decided to make it a surprise by not reminding her! it was fun to see her face light up...

Friday night we had a special treat, a sweet couple in the ward, (SVU friends might remember Jan and Toby Anderson) offered free baby sitting to us and other couples in the ward, so we could go out and celibrate V-Day with out the little ones... What a fun surprise! Justin got us a place in line at Plaza Azteca, a new Mexican/Latin restaurant in Richmond!! (Someone told us it was like Cafe Rio... so of course we had to check it out.) Although, very good... Cafe Rio still holds to be unique, and our fav! Us on our date...
Chips and Salsa... and some yummy white salsa? forgot the name? Nice to enjoy a dinner out in a fun new environment! We collected the kids and put them to bed and watched "Prince of Persia!" (yea, Prince Dustan!!)
Saturday was full of fun! Isaac and Brinley coloring

Wii Drawing...
......and one of the kids stole my camera...
to the park...
Emily and I were on a bit of a secret mission to woooo our hubbies. (SO SECRET that we FORGOT to tell them we were 'eating dinner after we put the kids down' oops. so around 7 our hungry men sorta look at us like... feed us please. haha. funny. have a snack we said... it's worth the wait!

Saturday afternoon while the kiddo's played and napped we went to the store and then came back to our kitchen and cooked up some good eats that turned into a romantic dinner and of course, dessert.. We made homemade chocolate cups for the worlds BEST Mousse.




For dinner we made, salmon, A small tribe of asparagus, and salad
Martinelli's Sparking Cider moment...
Behold, Delicious Dove Discoveries Chocolate Mousse with dipped strawberries...
BTW, if you'd at all be wondering "WHERE can I get that MOUSSE or Dove Chocolate...?" Look no further... Cami will hook you up! Click HERE

Sunday, after church Em and I made Cookies for Micah's class and Thank you to the Anderson's for their services on Friday night! and Em and I also made these flower pins for Caitlin and Micah's school teachers. Always fun to do crafts with a sister!
We had so much fun with Em, Sua and the boys... Thanks guys for making the trip down!
Monday Afternoon was close to 70 degrees here!! everyone was enjoying the sunshine!

SPRING!!!!

Visit from Ewee, Micah, and Isaac!

My sister Emily and her two little ones came to visit us last week... we had such a great time! Here are a few pictures from their visit...

Brinley (who's now walking since the last time we saw these guys...) was able to keep up with her cousin Isaac! They LOVE each other... and i couldn't get enough of watching these two talk and play ... (at the end of this post, there is the MOST adorable video of these two!)



We spent one morning at the Pool before lunch...
...soaking in all the sunshine...
Another day we painted and Caitlin was SO excited to show Micah how to paint letters!

(Will making paw prints.)
Here's Brinley shakin' up the paint so we can use it...
cleaning up...
Our neighbors down the street were making a 'good will' run... but decided to see if we wanted any of their used goods... a Turtle sand box (heck yes!)

and this cute waiting pool were among the 'goods'... also 2 winter coats and shorts and pants for Will! The kids were thrilled!

We decided to give them a try! So refreshing!


Micah and Dodger snuggling...
Another day we went to the Mall...
Kiddie Train
future rail way master...
One of the highlights for me this week was when Emily taught me how to make jam!! This was so fun...we made these cute little 8 ounce jars...

Ready... Set... CAN!
I found some Strawberries for a good deal at Sams Club and Emily brought some frozen Black berries that she picked off of Mom and Dad's bush... these are the Jams we made.
Mm. SO GOOD!

Strawberry
Blackberry Strawberry
Apple Strawberry
Peach StrawberryFood Storage!
...and this last picture made me laugh, I opened the pantry and found all these animals lined up... these kids are so cute!
Here's the Video of Isaac and Brinley...



Thanks Em, Micah and Isaac for coming to visit! LOVE YA!