We've had fun the last couple weeks. On the Saturday after Valentine's day we took the kids to see Spiderwick. It was such a good movie. Kendal and Brandon loved it. I was worried they would be scared, but Kendal has been begging to go back and see it again. I'd like to see it again, so maybe we'll indulge her...but just this once! :)
On Presidents Day, Derek had to work, but when he got off we went to the park. Holy cow it was cold! It would have been fine if there hadn't been any wind, but here in Hurricane the wind blows so bad that it makes it colder than it really should be.
Then, last Friday and Saturday Derek and I went to a really neat marriage fitness retreat. It was given by a really good therapist friend of ours, Matt Eschler (www.matteschler.com). He's an amazing therapist. He's in our ward and is our home teacher. He teaches the marriage and family relations class during Sunday School and his class is packed. It's a 16 week class and I was lucky enough to sit in on most of the classes. Derek got to listen to all of them, but because I'm in Primary I had to miss a few. What an amazing teacher. We're pretty lucky because when Derek gets done with school (August 2009!!!) Matt wants him to come work for him. What a blessing! Anyways, the marriage retreat was awesome and really helped bring us closer as a couple. We learned so much about communication and how to communicate properly. I think it might take me a few more retreats to perfect my communication skills, but I'll keep working on it!
After we got finished about noon, we picked up the kids from Derek's mom's house and decided to go have some fun with the kids! First we went to my favorite restaurant, Pachanga's. It used to be Sharky's but they changed the name. The food's still the same, just a different name. We always get the nachos. They are so good! They feed our whole family. They're only $7, what a good deal! They're about 12" tall and they're on a huge round pizza size pan. The picture below is after we'd eaten the whole top off. Thanks to Brandon for the picture!
While we were at the restaurant, Brandon kept busy by taking pictures. Here are our "shy" pictures:
And the obligatory silly pictures:
After we'd eaten, Derek thought it would be fun to go golfing at Fiesta Fun. I absolutely hate miniature golf! I think I'd gone on too many bad dates miniature golfing that I thought it might be like pulling teeth...not fun. But, we had an awesome time! Brandon is a pro at golf. He got about 2 or 3 holes in one. Myself, not so great. But we had a good time. Since Derek loves golf, he was the one that helped the kids with their swings. I was getting ready to swing and Derek asked me with a smile if I was a left handed golfer. I switched my hands around and thought I'd fixed the problem. Again he asked me if I was a left handed golfer. I thought maybe it was a gifted thing, maybe I was really talented at golf because I was a left handed golfer. But then he told me, "you're standing on the wrong side of the ball." Duh! I really wasn't made to golf!
After awhile, Kendal and I got bored so we hung out waiting for the guys to get done. We ended up taking a few pictures. I love my daughter so much and one of the many things I love about her is her girliness. I bought her these flip-flops for summer, but she's been wearing them everyday since I bought them. No girl should ever be without a pair of silver glitter flip-flops!
After golf, Derek thought it would be cool to go on the bumper boats. I wasn't really up to it because I didn't want to get wet. I'm such a wuss! But, he talked me into it and as you can see I really got the brunt of it! He had other kids in other boats spraying me with water! The only solace I got was that I know he got it just as bad from Kendal and I! We had so much fun!
Since then, it's just been fun-filled day to day life. And with that, I'll leave you with one of my favorite pictures:A bunny eared Kendal! :) Everyone needs a pair of bunny ears. They're just as important as a pair of silver glitter sandals!
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