Blake is Off

Blake was suppose to be off this week of work.  He is using a week of his vacation which shocks me to death since he usually just loses it at the end of the year.  However, he has worked at least a half of a day every day.  It has been such a bummer.  We have been able to get quite a few things done, although I would have liked to get A LOT done.  Oh well, maybe another time.  One thing that we really wanted to get done was a new watering system for our garden.  Right now our garden is hooked up to our sprinkler system so we are changing that so we can water once a week or whenever we need to.  We also dug up our dead pear tree and went and got another one to plant.  We have planted it yet since we needed to put down the fungicide for a week to 10 days.  So we will get that planted next Saturday.  Tomorrow, the kids are out of school so we are going to do something fun.  That is, when Blake gets home from work at noon on his day off.  Oh well, I am just grateful he has a job and that he has been able to be home as much as he has.

Time to Say Good-bye

My grandma made this blanket for me when I was about 12 or so to put on my bunk bed.  My sister had one like it but different colors.  I have kept that blanket and used it during the winter on one of the kid's beds since we had Kaymin.  However, the time has come to throw it out.  It has holes in it and it is so thin and thread bare.  I had to take a picture so I remembered what it looked like.

Warm Weather

It has really been warming up lately and I have spring fever...BAD!  I got home from Bountiful Baskets on Saturday and when I pulled in the cul-de-sac, my kids coming running over to ask if we can go to the park.  So I went in grabbed some crackers and drinks and headed to the park.  It was a beautiful day and everyone else must have thought so too.  It was busy, but we enjoyed ourselves.

Basketball

Deilen finished up his 2nd year of basketball on February 25th.  He is really good when he wants to play.  We joke about how we can tell within the first 5 minutes if Deilen is going to really play or if he is going to be too busy eating his shirt, rolling on the ground, or putting his hands in his pockets.  He really is a great player and we love to watch him play.  So far basketball is his favorite sport.  He really loves playing,

Valentine's Day

On Valentine's Day I always cook a fancy dinner.  This year I made prime rib.  It was delicious.  I had never had prime rib before.  Blake and I went to the Timbermine for our anniversary and I decided to get it there (I love steak and ALWAYS get steak).  It was so yummy that I brought it home for the kids to try.  It was decided then, I would make prime rib.  I should have priced it before I made such a promise.  I went to Sam's Club where I bought a chub (I believe that is what they called it) of it for $7.50/pound versus $9.50/pound if I bought one prepackaged.  The bigger one was 16 pounds so it would give us at least 3 meals worth.  But the cost....a whooping $120.  I bit the bullet and bought it.  The wonderful butchers there told me where to find a "to die for" recipe.  The prime rib had to dry age.  That is where 10 days before you eat you wrap paper towels around it to soak up all of the juice and put it in the fridge for 10 days while continuing to change the paper towels.  Once you bake it, all of the juices coming flowing back.  Well, I am here to say that it really does happen.  It was so yummy.  My parents even came since they heard what I was fixing.  We had sparkling cider, dove chocolates, and cake pops.  It was a very yummy Valentine's day.

Get Air

Yesterday we took the kids out to eat at Denny's and then went to Get Air.  We had so much fun.  We haven't been there before and I bought 6 tickets on Groupon for all of us to jump.  When we arrived we noticed that we were the ONLY adults jumping.  Blake didn't want to do it, but I didn't care.  I was excited and it was a lot of fun.  But boy, oh boy did I work up a sweat.  I had to jump with my legs together and took a potty break so I didn't wet my pants.  Our kids had so much fun and I am so glad we could go and do something as a family.  I sure love them!

Date Night

Blake surprised me on Friday by only working a half of a day.  So we decided at the last minute to go out.  We called it our "celebration" night only we did it cheaply.  Kaymin (I don't know how I ever managed before when she couldn't watch our kids) baby sat while Blake and I went and saw Man on a Ledge and went out to eat at Bella's (I have a two for one coupon).  It was so much fun just being with Blake.  I really need it too!  I had a rough morning with Gerrit.