Gourmet Dining

A couple of weeks ago (yes, weeks...I need to learn from my friends Jessi and Erin's examples and be more on top of things :) our sweetheart husbands made us dinner.  Us girls got to relax with our kiddos while the guys cooked us a fabulous practically gourmet meal of feta cheese chicken, fruit salad, steamed veggies and dessert, the most important part!  Check out this feast!

Our Chef hubbies: Ryan, Dale, and Brett.  They humored us by wearing the aprons :)

The Dads showing off their boys :)

Dale awkwardly hugging Ryan :)

Dale and Trey

After dinner we played "The Celestial Dating Game."  Dale and I were a little behind.  Apparently it's hard to win when your husband says your favorite season is "Pepper" and your favorite toy is "Chapstick" :).  The Millers rocked the game with an awesome win!  The Hymers were a close second, and then there was us.  We came in third.  Dale and I are going to study up and then demand a rematch :).

Lovin the Luau

Dale and I have been looking for fun activities that force us to leave our apartment. We've become mild hermits since having Trey, and decided it's time for us to join society again. We just happened to come across an ad for "Luau Day" at Gardner Village. Lucky us! They had a bunch of activities for the kids, and had some good food and awesome entertainment!

Dale and Trey struttin their stuff :)

Obviously we got a kick out of this!

Daddy and Trey!

Mommy and Trey :)

My sister, Sam, and my little nephew joined us for a little while.

Sam doing the LIMBO!

Racheal and the baby boys

Cousins...not the best pic, but it will have to do :)

Preston was a little jealous that his mom was holding someone else.  He was gently "patting" Trey at first, then started pushing him away :).  Don't worry, they'll soon be best buds! 

Remembering

There are so many events I am behind with posting, but they can wait for one more day. Today I just want to remember.
Somebody somewhere once stated wisely, "Freedom isn't Free." I don't think I fully understood this statement until 10 years ago when I was in the midst of watching my dad pull out of the driveway to begin his first tour of duty in the Middle East. I think I understood it a little more shortly after that day as I watched America be attacked on September 11, 2001. And, I think I understand it even better today, on the 10 year anniversary of those attacks, as once again my dad is serving our country as an American Soldier. I think of him as he proudly hangs the American flag over his bed in Iraq, and as he wears his uniform in the 110 degree heat with honor. I think of him as he spends months away from his family in a foreign land. I think of him as he laces up his boots willingly. Why does he do all this? He serves today because "Freedom isn't Free."

Girls just wanna have fun

As part of my last big Hurrah before going back to school, Trey and I went to lunch with my Grandma, my mom, my sister, and my cutie nephew Preston. I LOVE girls days! Girls days + our handsome little guys of course :). Trey did great until we ended up at The Quilted Bear. Apparently he shares his dad's feelings about shopping. Oh well :)

Mums and Grandma

Racheal and I

Cutie Preston :)

My sweetheart Trey!

Dark nights and tin foil dinners...

A couple of weeks ago we went up to the mountains with the grand plan of making tin foil dinners and roasting marshmallows. We didn't anticipate it being dark by the time we got our dinners in the fire. I guess that happens when you don't get to your picnic site until 8:30 at night. My mom and sister were driving up from Parowan and were meeting us there. I guess it shouldn't have been a huge shocker when I called her at 4:00 and she said she was just leaving :). Needless to say, we didn't get to each much of our dinner. The site we were dining at had a 10:00 curfew. We had to dine and dash. Of course, Dale, the master Tin Foil Dinner chef, didn't get much dining in while he was taking care of everyone else. We ended up stopping at Taco Bell on the way home. Next time we're doing a picnic during the day :).

The Moose we saw while looking for a site!

Grandma Christensen holding Trey :)

The Zoo

I'm a little bit behind with the whole blogging thing. We actually went to the zoo at the very end of July. Trey was only a month old...needless to say, he didn't get much out of it. My favorite part? When the gorilla freaked out and banged on the glass. That made the trip worth it :). That, plus the cute pic of Trey with his little cousin Kelsey!

Day Dates

I LOVE day dates. I think I even like them more than night dates. On a day date you get to go to the movies AND lunch, because you can do it cheap by hitting up the matinae and the 2 for 1 lunch special. On day dates you get to spend MORE time with your sweet little baby and your incredible husband because you have ALL DAY instead of a 10:00 curfew so you can get up for work the next morning. On day dates you get to bypass crowded restaurants and skip rush hour traffic. AND...on day dates you get to spend time in the SUN! :)

Today Dale and I went on the best day date! We started with picking up a delectable Jamba Juice, then went to the Planetarium and watched "Sea Rex". Trey was a champ at the movie, but screamed his little heart out on the way there. Luckily he made up for it by flashing us his adoring smile during lunch at Applebees. I LOVE Trey smiles :). After lunch we picked up some chocolate and caramel covered pretzels at the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and spent an hour watching the kids (and a cute little grandpa :) get soaked at the water show. On the way home Dale dazzled us with his Kermit the Frog and Theodore the Chipmunk impressions :). Can you see why I love day dates!? What a great way to spend a Thursday!