Wednesday, February 22, 2012

A Snowy 3-Day Weekend




Midterms are over and we've survive halfway through the semester. The stress of it was building up and Ryan and I really needed a nice relaxing break. We couldn't wait for the long weekend to come! We'd been planning it for a while. Our neighbors had invited us to go to their cabin up in the mountains in Utah near Park City. So on Friday we packed up and set off with two other couples for the weekend. It was a blast! We drove as close to the cabins as possible and then got out the snow mobiles and loaded them down for the rest of the ride to the cabin. The snow was waist deep and the ice-cycles hanging off the roof were as long as me! The trees surrounding us were breathtakingly beautiful and the snow came down so peacefully!
We spent the weekend playing in the snow, snowmobiling, playing games, watching movies, and telling stories! It was great! Hailey had fun too! She's now starting to crawl and loving it! I can already tell she's gonna be a trouble-maker! But she is so dang cute! We even covered legs in a plastic bag (so she wouldn't get wet) and put her in the snow! She was so confused!!! What an experience! Haha. Everyday is a new adventure with that girl. I guess that's life with kids! :) It's so wonderful!

Travesty of Valentines Day



Love. Hearts. Pink. Chocolate. Candy. Movies. Flowers. More Love. Did I cover it all?! Everyone loves to get these for Valentines Day! I got my favorite Sweet Tart Hearts, my favorite chocolate candy bars (Twix), and a movie with my hubby (This Means War- very funny!). I got up early to make Ryan a big breakfast and he set aside homework to make me a yummy dinner! We even got a surprise gift at our door from my parents for Hailey! A bouquet of flowers with a cute fuzzy teddy bear! Overall- a great day.

I do believe that Valentines Day is the day to show the people you love and care about that you really do love and care about them. It's the day for husbands and wives who have been slacking to pick up the pace and take initiative. It's the day that some people use as the day to make up for lost time and lost love. But why should there be a day like that? People should act like every day is a special day. I am lucking to have Ryan in my life. So I should treat him like every day with him is the best one! Not just one day of the year. I should not let any day go by without expressing my love to him and letting him feel like a King in my life. Isn't that what love and marriage is all about!? Ryan is my King and I his Queen. So don't let a day go by that you don't show your Queen or King how much you love them. I believe that every day should be a Valentines day.