More Musings

   Renovations to our house have taken over and are in full swing. After finishing our kitchen, we've moved onto flooring that has really worn out poor Dale. He's spent almost every free minute he has working on installing the new tile and his hard work has REALLY paid off! It looks so beautiful! I cant wait to have it all done and have our free time together to spend as a family. Here's some of the progress and other stuff we've been up to:

Its a perfect neutral color that will look great with anything! I added a picture I though was funny, Landon riding daddy's "horsey" (his leg) while he was trying to get pluming work done under the sink. 

We did take time to hit the park and play some soccer, have a picnic lunch in the grass at the park another day, and try on some awesome super hero masks at Target. Also, Landon got some bedtime stories told by Papa while sleeping over one night!

Just before Christmas we were invited to my friend Kelly's wedding to her fiance Kenny. It was the most beautiful and fancy wedding Dale and I will EVER go to. I was very happy to go shopping for a bedazzled floor length dress for the occasion, and Dale rented a tux complete with a bow tie. It was held at the Ritz Carlton's Dove Mountain Resort and had breathtaking views everywhere you looked. The bride and groom flew in a band, Rabbi's, and a caterer from New York for the wedding so we knew it was going to be  a great night! There was a cocktail reception with the most divine hors d'oeuvres before the ceremony. Then a traditional Jewish ceremony followed by another cocktail reception before dinner service. The ceremony was beautiful and fun for Dale and I to see new traditions that come with a Jewish wedding. Really wish I would have taken some pictures :(. The dinner reception was held at the Resort's "Grille" which overlooks a golf course and sweeping mountain views and had the most beautiful table settings. The most fun part was watching Kelly getting lifted on her chair for the traditional Hora dancing. We watched the men dance in their circle for at least 45 minutes and it looked like so much fun! It was a night we won't forget, just wish I had taken more pictures!

We met Bob and Winnie at the Texas Roadhouse for dinner and loved our waitress was willing to make a celebrate Landon's birthday a couple weeks later. He rode on the saddle and LOVED the attention from everyone singing him happy birthday. We also got to go to Landon's "best bud" Luke's birthday party at Pump It Up. Luke's party was in the evening so it was fitting it was a glow in the dark extravaganza!

After a huge rain we stopped by a bridge for the wash to watch the water flowing. Its amazing how fast and hard the wash will  run sometimes after being so dry for ages! We've also done some bike riding and pet store shopping, the turtle are always entertaining. Since we connected a real computer mouse to our laptop Landon has really taken to using the computer, just games on PBS kids website of course. And Landon decided to make a phone from plumbing parts layering around.

Since it's been a little windy we've gotten our dollar kite out and had fun flying it, until it got tangled in our neighbors tree. Landon was invited to our friends daughters', Rozlyn, 2nd birthday party. It was a great time and was great to catch up with our friends. 

When Valentine's Day came I was excited to make it fun and special. I sent Landon off to school with a very heart shaped themed Valentine's lunch on Friday. Then made a heart shaped chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast followed by a candlelit valentines family dinner. It was a huge hit with our little man and he proclaim it was the best dinner EVER! As for Dale and I, we celebrated Sunday night alone at Flemming's Steakhouse:)