I was looking through some pictures from our last trip to the park last fall...and it made me so anxious for Spring! Plus this amazing weather says Spring is in the air! Trey and I went to the park 3 times last week and didn't freeze :). Yay!!!
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014
I have the 2 sweetest Valentines ever!
Dale and Trey are of course my sweet Valentines. I've kinda been super lame at Valentine's Day in the past, so I wanted to step it up a little and give my Valentines a nice breakfast. Of course, that did require getting up at 6:15 am to make breakfast for Dale before work. Totally worth it! Delicious homemade stuffed french toast with fresh strawberries, a semi-heart shaped egg, and amazing OJ...the breakfast of champions :).
Trey and I made heart shaped sugar cookies and delivered them to a few of our neighbors. Trey loves to "help" right now. I basically just let him pour everything into the bowl after I measure it out. It keeps him happy and makes him feel like the best helper in the world.
Dale brought me home a non-traditional valentine, but it was absolutely delicious. We have this fetish with the Marble Slab Creamery over by us at the District. Do not be deceived...it is not the same as Cold Stone. They have this amazing "Fudge Brownie Delight" that we get every time we go (which I'm not ashamed to admit is sometimes once a week :). The name says it all...Fudge...brownie...delight. It can't get much better. The only change we make is substituting the plain vanilla ice cream with sweet cream. Oh buddy :). Delicious! So when Dale brought me home a Fudge Brownie Delight for my valentine, you better believe I was thrilled :). I did share...a little.
That night we left Trey home with a babysitter and we headed off to Rodizio Grill in American Fork. The last time we went there was around 5 years ago, but we remembered their delicious grilled pineapple, which was ultimately why we chose this place. Luckily we got reservations, because those pour souls who didn't were looking at least an hour wait. When we left at 8:30 the enterance was still packed with people waiting to get a seat.
The amazing thing about this place is the fact that the meat just keeps coming...every 3 minutes or so you're approached by someone holding a massive skewer of succulent looking meat. Of course, this venue may not have been the best choice for us since we're not the biggest meat eating family out there...but they did have some good stuff. I do admit that we kept looking around to see if there were any grilled veggie skewers out there (that would've tickled our fancy for sure :)...but we settled for requesting more grilled pineapple. Wow. I haven't eaten that much in a long time :). I couldn't even hardly eat the chocolate cake they brought for dessert (shocking, I know). Dale polished that one off. Since it was Valentine's Day they even sent us home with some pretty red flowers. Aahhhh :)
Valentine's Day with my hubby and Trey bunny were awesome! Love those guys!
Trey and I made heart shaped sugar cookies and delivered them to a few of our neighbors. Trey loves to "help" right now. I basically just let him pour everything into the bowl after I measure it out. It keeps him happy and makes him feel like the best helper in the world.
Dale brought me home a non-traditional valentine, but it was absolutely delicious. We have this fetish with the Marble Slab Creamery over by us at the District. Do not be deceived...it is not the same as Cold Stone. They have this amazing "Fudge Brownie Delight" that we get every time we go (which I'm not ashamed to admit is sometimes once a week :). The name says it all...Fudge...brownie...delight. It can't get much better. The only change we make is substituting the plain vanilla ice cream with sweet cream. Oh buddy :). Delicious! So when Dale brought me home a Fudge Brownie Delight for my valentine, you better believe I was thrilled :). I did share...a little.
My cheesy Valentine to Dale :)
That night we left Trey home with a babysitter and we headed off to Rodizio Grill in American Fork. The last time we went there was around 5 years ago, but we remembered their delicious grilled pineapple, which was ultimately why we chose this place. Luckily we got reservations, because those pour souls who didn't were looking at least an hour wait. When we left at 8:30 the enterance was still packed with people waiting to get a seat.
The amazing thing about this place is the fact that the meat just keeps coming...every 3 minutes or so you're approached by someone holding a massive skewer of succulent looking meat. Of course, this venue may not have been the best choice for us since we're not the biggest meat eating family out there...but they did have some good stuff. I do admit that we kept looking around to see if there were any grilled veggie skewers out there (that would've tickled our fancy for sure :)...but we settled for requesting more grilled pineapple. Wow. I haven't eaten that much in a long time :). I couldn't even hardly eat the chocolate cake they brought for dessert (shocking, I know). Dale polished that one off. Since it was Valentine's Day they even sent us home with some pretty red flowers. Aahhhh :)
Valentine's Day with my hubby and Trey bunny were awesome! Love those guys!
Monday, February 17, 2014
Ice Castle Fun
Ice Castle pictures started popping up all over Facebook a couple of weeks ago and we were super intrigued. We decided we needed to jump on the bandwagon and check these out! Glad we did- They were amazing! Most people said they loved it at night, but we went around 4 PM and were so glad we got to see them in the daytime. The colored lights at night were sorta fun, but they didn't do justice to the sheer amazingness of the ice itself. It was absolutely beautiful. Trey liked tromping around through the caves, and liked being in the snow, but he didn't love standing in line for the "slide". There was this slide everyone kept talking about...and the line was a good 25 minute wait. We thought this slide must surely be amazing if the line was so long. So we waited...and the kids cried...because it was kinda cold if you weren't really moving. It was finally our turn. To get to the slide you had to hike up this ice tunnel on your hands and knees and then slide down a tunnel of uneven lumpy ice mass until you landed in a small puddle at the bottom. What a thrill...ha! When you get to the bottom there's a crowd of people gawking down at you...I'm guessing they were waiting for family members to make their appearance. I don't know, I think that slide is one big lawsuit waiting to happen. Someone easily could've smacked their head while going down and gotten a concussion. Dale's parents were smart and steered clear of the slide. Other than that semi fun adventure, we loved the ice castles! Definitly worth the trip to Midway. We went and got some dinner after the slide, and then headed back to check the lights out at night. We were only in there for 5 minutes when we decided to leave. It was super crowded, and lights just didn't impress us much :).
Dale's dad was the king of picture taking...he got a bunch more that I don't have yet. It started to get drippy walking through the caves, and I didn't want my camera to get wet, so this is all I got. I'll have to post some more later :)
Dale's dad was the king of picture taking...he got a bunch more that I don't have yet. It started to get drippy walking through the caves, and I didn't want my camera to get wet, so this is all I got. I'll have to post some more later :)
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