A hiking we will go...

February 3rd 2012

27 Years Old

2 Beautiful Boys

1 Crazy Fun Husband

4 Happy Hikers

 

 Up, Up & Away...

Thank you Brandon for making feel so loved and celebrated today. I love you!

Glasses of his very own.

Emerson has a thing for glasses. He is constantly grabbing mine and running off with them. He thinks he is pretty funny. So I got him a pair of his very own (plastic that is).  He was pretty cute and excited to actually get to keep them.

 

I just can't get enough of those beautiful blue eyes! 

Panda!

 

Here Donaven is showing off his mad kungfu panda skills.

Thank you Angie for the gift card. We really enjoyed trying out the new Panda Express!

At Ease Soldier...

Fire Station Visit

  Last weekend Brandon took the boys up to the fire station down the rode from our house. Donaven told me all about the fire trucks and getting to dress up like a a real fire fighter! They want to be just like Daddy when they grow up.

Play-School : Felt Board

If you haven't heard of this awesome artist, Joel of Made by Joel take a minute and check him out. He is really good and has a lot of kid friendly project ideas. After looking over his felt projects. I came up with a few projects for Donaven to try out. He had a lot of fun with it. Especially the penguin, go figure. 

 

Resolution : Date your spouse

This year I decided one of my New Years resolutions would be to try to focus more on my relationship with Brandon. We have gotten out of the habit of dating each other over the past few months and I wanted to change that. So, I decided to implement Operation Date Your Spouse. Here are our guide lines for our dates:

1. Go out every week. 

We almost didn't accomplish this one this week. Several things went wrong today that may have kept us from our first planned outing as if to test our determination on our goal. We had to change plans a bit but we stuck with our commitment and it really paid off.

2. Take turns planning and finding a babysitter. 

Plan dates you know your spouse would enjoy.

It was my turn this week and I really wanted to incorporate Brandon's love of the out doors into our first date of the year. I planned an afternoon of four wheeling and fishing at his mothers property while Susan watched the kids here at our home.

3. Get out of the house.

I kid you not a few nights ago we were trying to spend some time together watching a movie and we had to pause it at least 7 times to handle other things that needed our attention. Getting out of the house helps to eliminate a lot of these distractions

4. Be Creative 

On a tight budget, as we are at the moment, this is a must.

Week One, check!

I think Brandon's favorite part of the day was wielding a machete to cut a new path for the four wheeler. 

Look at those guns, whew!

I felt like a kid flying around and holding on for dear life. 

I can't wait to see what Brandon has planned for next week!