Oh what fun!!!!!

Last night Shane and I decided to take Owen to Cheese's. He has wanted to go there for some time. He would see the commercials on TV and say, "We go there, I go to Cheese's please!" He was so excited when we pulled into the parking lot that he started yelling, "YES!, Oh ya Cheese's! Oh that's cool!" Owen had a great time running around trying to find all the games that looked fun. We left when he ran out of tokens. When we were walking to the car he asked if we could go there tomorrow. Shane and I just laughed. We said that we would have to do again some other time. Here are some pictures of the night.

Bowling

Owen wanted to go bowling so we decided since Shane and I were both home that we would take him and the boys. It was a lot of fun. Here are some pics of the outing.

Went to the Sparetime Family Fun Center in Roy

Owen was so excited. We had the bumpers put

up so he would be able to hit the pins down.

Owen would jump up and down after the ball

would hit the pins. It was so cute!

Dallin did really well. He put this crazy spin on the

ball and it looked like it was going to go in the gutter,

but then it curved.

Stephen did the same thing as Dallin. They spin

the ball. They are really good at it because they

would get strikes and spares.

As you can see from the final score that I bet Stephen

by 1, but Shane got me by 5. It was close the whole time

until the end. Shane and I are always competitive when

it comes to sports. Owen actually beat Dallin. He did really

good. I know that the bumpers helped, but it was just fun

watching how excited he got.

Valentine's Day

So we didn't do much today because Shane worked last night and the boys are at their moms for the weekend. But I fixed Shane one of his favorite meals. He went to Germany on his mission and loves some of the food from there. He found this great recipe for some German food. We have made it a few times, but I decided since he had to work tonight that I would make something special for him. So I got to cooking this afternoon.

One of the dishes takes about 3 hours and the other one is about an hour and a half. So you have to time it. It is called Beef Roulade and Rot Kohl. Rot Kohl is red cabbage with bacon, onions and apples. It is all cooked together for 3 hours. Trust me, it is really good. Beef Roulade is flank steak with Dijon mustard, bacon, onions and pickles. You roll all the ingredients up inside the flank steak and cook it in the oven. I boiled some red potatoes and served them with everything else. It turned out really good and Shane was happy.

Shane got ready for work and we (Owen and I) got our shoes on and met Shane for some ice cream to end the night. After that, Owen and I came home and I had to make cookies. I pulled out Kerstin's famous sugar cookie recipe and made some yummy cookies. Now just getting Owen ready for bed so I can call it a day.

Wasn't a typical Valentine's day, but it was nice to spend time with the men in my life and let them know how much I love them. I hope that everyone had a great day and that they could spend it with the ones they love.

Shane's Birthday

It was Shane's 38th birthday. He went to go to school, but didn't have to work. He made a special trip up to Smith & Edwards, one of his favorite stores. He likes to tinker up there and he found a couple of items that he needed. He then went to say hello to his dad. He said that he wished him a happy birthday. When I got off work we headed to the mall to upgrade his cell phone. He got the new LG Vu. It is a touch screen with a full key board. He seems to be pretty happy with that. We then met up with some of the family for dinner at the Olive Garden. It was some good eats. Had the famous Cherry Chip cake. It is an Archibald staple. Owen sang him Happy Birthday. It was cute. I hope that it was a good birthday for him. Just want him to know how much we love and appreciate him. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHANE!!!!

Cherry Chip Cake YUM!

Helicopter

Owen and I went up to WSU yesterday. Shane was teaching a class to the police academy on helicopter safety and how to land them if they needed them on a call. Owen loved every minute of it. He keeps asking when he can go in another one. Here are some pics.



Cooper (Shane's Sergeant's son) and Owen

New Year

I can't believe how fast last year flew by. It was filled with many memorable experiences. This year will probably be the same, but with a few more twists and turns. Shane is going back to patrol and working nights. Not really looking forward to that, but what can you do. He is also starting school again on the 5th and is expected to teach D.A.R.E. on top of all of that. It will be busy indeed, full of no sleep and hardly seeing each other. But the time we will be together will be worth it for sure. I know that we will make it through and we will be one step closer to getting Shane through nursing school. We just need to make it to December, then next year will be much easier. I want to wish you all the best this year.


Here's to 2009!!!!!!

Christmas

We started the morning at about 8 am. As you can see Owen wasn't quite awake. He said it was too bright.




Stephen was about the same way. We woke him up so that we could get going.


Owen was so excited! I didn't quite capture his reaction good on camera.

Tt and Owen

Owen and Dallin caught in a good pose

Dallin opening his presents

Dallin and Stephen (Tt)

Stephen got the Dark Knight (Great movie!)

University of Utah, Sugar Bowl shirt

Oh, the precious iPod. Stephen was very excited


The boys all made out really good. Owen got his race track and helicopter that he asked Santa for, plus a few more items that we was excited about. Dallin got a skate deck and a new bike, plus a really big NERF gun called the Vulcan. Dart wars are a major part of our household. Stephen got all the U of U stuff a boy could ever ask for, plus the iPod. My dad gave both Stephen and Dallin signed U of U flags by the whole football team. They were pretty stoked.

After we opened our presents we made our rounds to the rest of the family. We also go over to Shane's mom's house for breakfast. She always makes apple fritters. They are soooo delicious. We hung out there for a few hours and then made our way to my parents. By the time we got there everyone took naps and eat more food. We snacked on the leftovers from our Christmas Eve dinner. YUM!

Next stop was to meet the boys mom in Centerville, so they could spend some time with her and get their Christmas. They will be gone the rest of the weekend and probably will be going snowboarding. Shane, Owen and I were hungry and didn't really have anywhere else to go so we drove into Layton to see if any place was opened for dinner. It was slim pickens, but we found a place, CHINA Hill on Hill Field Road. We thought we would go for duck, Hahaha (A Christmas Story salute) Here are some pics from our dinner,

Hot and sour soup

Pot stickers

Asparagus, chicken, beef and shrimp dish (It was very tasty!)

Overall, it was a great day! We all got to hang out and share each other company. We don't always get to do that. It was especially nice that it snowed. It always makes it seem like Christmas when it snows. Got to love that! Hope that everyone had a very Merry Christmas!