Monday recap

Change of blog again. Monday will now be a recap of the previous weekend. The movie thing was not working out, because we aren't watching movies like we used to. Apparently there is not enough time in the evening to actually sit and watch a 2-3 hour movie anymore!

Anyway, this past weekend was just about the best weekend we have had in a long time. It started with that surprise snow Friday night, a snow that none of us was expecting! We even let Gabe stay up WAY past his bedtime to see the snow. He was camped out on the couch watching Spiderman 2 until 11 that night!!! The next morning we all played outside, making snowballs, snowmen, snow angels, and even sledding (check out the previous blog!). So much fun. Later that afternoon we headed to Samantha's for a birthday party, and Gabe got to meet and play with all of Samantha's friends from school. Everyone got along so well, and it was great to see a new crowd of kids and parents. After the party we all headed to Kohl's-my absolute favorite place in the world!! We shopped and ate at Michaelangelo's (my other favorite place), then headed back home for the night.

The next morning, Gary, Gabe, and I exchanged Valentine's presents! Gabe got a pack of Sponge Bob ring pops and a new pair of shoes, I got 2 boxes of chocolates, 2 candy bars (I'm in big trouble), and a pair of pajamas, and poor Gary only got a container of peanut butter filled pretzels! We weren't really supposed to buy each other anything, but you know how that goes. My real present was supposed to be painting the bedroom that weekend. Anyway, after all the gifts, we all got up and dressed for Chelsie's birthday party in Jamesville. She turned the big 2-0 this year which I still can hardly believe. Kelly cooked hot dogs, and we ate cake and opened presents-pretty laid back party. We left early so we could get home and start priming the bedroom. I'm not kidding when I said this was my Valentine's present!!!! We got to work, and stopped just long enough for a Valentine's dinner: pork chops, baked potatoes, corn, rice, and biscuits. We finished painting later that night, and settled down for the evening to watch some of the Olympics.

All in all, this weekend was hectic with all the parties and Valentine's day, but it was so great to play in the snow and get some things down around the house for a change. I have been spoiled with Gary home these past few weekends thanks to the bad weather, so I'm glad we got to spend some quality time together this past weekend!

I hope everyone had a great Valentine's day yesterday!