celebrating

Steven and i got pretty dang spoiled last weekend. His parents took us out to tepanayaki.

Yes, the tepanyaki.

Basically the best restaurant on the planet. And as such, is saved for very special occasions.

This time, we were celebrating Papa Collins landing a big head-honcho job, horray!

It was a very rejoiceful weekend. For Papa Collins, and the Japanese steak. Yummmm..

Graham has decided to jump into a light-speed growth spurt. He has probably quadrupled in size since we got him. It's insane.

Flynn's hair is finally growing back, which means he doesn't look like a naked mole-rat anymore. *praises*

mothers day weekend

sick of all the dog pictures yet? I don't have any babies yet, so for now you will be puppy spammed..

Steven and i did see the Avengers. TWICE. yes, it was that good. Especially because 99.9% of the time, Steven refuses to see a movie more than once. It was a big deal, ok? And just so ya know, Robert Downey pretty much made the movie. Of course he did

this picture slays me. no, literally slays me dead.

we had a very nice, kick-back kinda weekend. we got to hang out with our friends friday night! finally! it's been hard to do lately with the two little munchkins. so basically is was nice to get out.

Husband suprised me with some gorgeous flowers for mothers day! I told him I wasn't really a mom yet. He reminded me of the two "little boys" i have. So maybe we'll just say i'm a mother-in-training at the moment.

Ok guys. I have to be honest about something. As of late, i am displeased with the fact that I have to cook my own food, make my own bed, and clean my own house. And I blame all of that on the new show we have been watching: Downton Abbey.

I've always loved the early 20th century in London. So many great stories come from that time! And it's where our pioneer ancestors came from, so that's pretty cool too. And now, there's this show. And I'm officially obsessed. Granted, Steven and I had quite the shock during the first episode... but once we made it past that, we were hooked. And big plus, it's on Netflix right now! Highly recommend it.

the moab getaway

Last weekend we decided to head down south for a little mini-vacation-escape. Cuz lets be honest, we needed it. I think it was to the point that if i cleaned up one more puppy potty accident, or scanned one more tax return i was gonna lose it. And Moab is always just a good idea.

The first day we went on a jeep tour with Santa Clause {yes, for reals}. I never thought I'd be riding through the desert listening to jingle bells, but i guess weirder things have happened. I also thought we were going to die a few times while driving up a 85 degree inclines. But we didn't. So that was cool. 

We did a little hiking around some of the less-strenuous areas in Arches. Because when it comes to hiking in the desert, i'm a big fat baby. Poor steven.

Since the car show was happening while we were there, all the hotels were pretty much booked out. So we ended up staying at the KOA. I woke up at 2am one night to Steven peeking out our tent and saying, "hey, I think there is a drunk guy barfing in the bushes!" I'm not sure if that's a regular KOA occurance? But next time, I think I'll want a little more distance between campsites.

On Saturday we had planned to raft on the Colorado river. But maybe that is more a summer time activity. It ended up only being 75 degrees and with the 15mph wind... it felt like -10.  And the fact that our boat guide ended up being Mr. Creepy McCreeperson... well... things could have been better. It was still fun though, right guys?? Hopefully it will be a funny story in a couple years. Or just one of those memories we block out forever.

Other then that, Moab was beautiful. It was tons of fun watching all the old guys drive up and down the street, and occasionally peeling out in their vintage cars. Them, and the mexican's in their low-riders taking corners on three wheels. Good times.