Trip to the 50's

Tonight we had a WONDERFUL night! We went back to the 50's with our friends Jon and Laurie, and Jeff, Kendra, and Alayna!





We ate some delicious food! Darin made us some tasty burgers and fries and we also had some yummy shakes and malts! Here are a few pictures from the "diner" (I know my juke box turned out pretty lame).






We also had a bubble gum blowing contest...that got pretty crazy!!!









It was a super fun night! Thanks so much for coming and bringing all the yummy things that you did!!





And a big shout out to dad letting us use his white board for our menu, and Heather for the fun ideas, paper, and printing things off for me, and last thanks a million to wonderful mother who let us use the sweet awesome malt machine, the cute glasses, and bringing down the gumball centerpiece that we accidentally broke!

GQ in the making

I love this boy!!

The Valentine Post

Darin did FANTASTIC this year!! I dare say best Valentine's ever!! It started on Friday when he came home from work and brought me these:

Come on...what girl wouldn't LOVE two dozen roses and a box of chocolates!? They were super delish!

Saturday we went to a Valentine's Dance, and we had a great time!! (Thank you mom and dad for babysitting so we could go!)--Pictures to come.

Sunday Morning we had heart shaped blueberry pancakes, then that night Darin made me dinner! Super yummy! But, no the fun did not stop on Valentine's Day. Monday I woke up to Darin bringing me breakfast in bed again!! I love you Darin!! You are the BEST!!!

Oh, and I did give Darin this rake! (I tried to make it a little more romantic by puting cheese notes on it.)

Stay-cation and VACATION

In honor of the Olympics we decided to do a stay-cation to Canada! We learned a lot of interesting facts (like Canadians eat more mac-and-cheese than any other country), we saw a funny looking totem pole, and we ate some yummy food (pancakes with Canadian Maple Syrup for breakfast, Mac-and-cheese for lunch, and Le Cellier steak, potatoes, salad, and alcohol free wine (aka grape juice) for dinner. –How was that for a long sentence? Needless to say, it was one of our more pathetic attempts to travel the world in our basement. But, here are a few pictures to document our efforts.



On a brighter note we are going on a REAL VACATION…yes, this will take place outside of our basement!! We bought tickets this week to visit Darin’s parents in the Philippines!!! We can’t wait!!

Happy Birthday Darin!!!

Yesterday was a wonderful day!! We got to celebrate Darin's Birthday! It was weird because all the decorations for Matthew's birthday, magically changed to celebrate Darin's Birthday!!



When Darin came home from work my mom and dad took us out to Texas Road House! mmmm!! Delish! Thanks mom and dad! Matthew loved it too...he kept blowing bubbles in our drinks with the straw!


After dinner we came home and had ice-cream cake!! Darin had to blow out 29 candles! Getting old!!
Happy Birthday Darin!! We sure love you!!

Matthew's 1st Birthday!!

Matthew turned 1 yesterday!! What a fun year it has been!! We had a great day yesterday, and last night we had a fun party!! We did a Sesame Street themed party and we had a great time, but I may have gone a little overboard with my decorations. My parents, Grandpa and Grandma Welling, Ben, Kristy, Heather, Greg, Becca, Ellie, Sarah, and Rachel all came to Matthew’s party. It was really nice of them to come and Matthew sure loves them all!! We played two games “Dorothy fell out of her fishbowl,” (the girls (and Grandpa) had to try throwing a beanbag gold fish into a fishbowl from different places around the room), and “Guess how many cookies are in Cookie Monster’s jar.” My sister won! She guessed 229 and there were 227 (my lucky number). It was a great night! Here are a few pictures:








Ben was our live entertainment and kept balancing a chair on his chin! Pretty impressive!



After visiting in the family room I heard my nieces giggling so I went into the kitchen to find this:


I guess I deserve that because on Sunday I ate all the recess peanut butter cups off my sister’s cupcakes.


For Matthew's Birthday we got him a pet goldfish!! (Like Elmo's pet goldfish Dorothy). I think he loves is...see what you think.

Reading Matthew!

Matthew LOVES to read!! Here are two videos of Matthew "reading." In both videos he is reading 10 tiny tadpoles! It is his favorite book!!

Luckiest Girl In the WORLD!!

For those of you who don't like when blogs turn to brags...stop reading here!! Yesterday I woke up to my wonderful husband bringing me breakfast in bed!! What a surprise!! Not my birthday, mother's day, or anything else! Just a wonderful Sabbath morning!! He made me an omelet, bacon, hash browns, and hot chocolate!! HOW LUCKY AM I!!!? Thanks a ton Darin!! YOU ARE THE BEST!! Love your guts!

Sugar Lips Matthew!

This morning I heard Matthew making happy little noises. When I went looking for him I found him in the kitchen. He had pulled himself up to the pantry, opened the door, and started sucking on the ledge that was covered in powdered sugar! Here is a little video for your pleasure! Sorry for the bad camera work, and sorry it is so dark!

Family Campout

Last night we went on a fun family campout!! (It was very similar to our other vacations in the fact that it took place in our basement!) We had the perfect campsite complete with a fire pit (or fireplace) right outside our tent!! We ate hotdogs over the fire and we had smores! Last night Matthew tried his 1st hot dog!! He LOVED it and ate TWO!! This morning we woke up and had homemade cinnamon rolls (yesterday I made 83!!!) Matthew wasn't too fond of the sleeping bags so he went to the campsite (upstairs) and slept in his crib...we stayed downstairs until 3:00am before we slept in our own bed too. Oh!! We also saw a bear!! Enjoy the pics!

Matthew's First Sliegh Ride!!

This has to be the cutest picture I own!! My two boys!! They are both so cute!! Matthew liked being pulled around the backyard in his new sled, however going down the little hill was a little more scary!!