Friday the girls spent most of the day at a friend's house, so we were alone with the boy, Alec. We rarely get to spend time with him (very active social life), so we tried to think of something fun he could do with his parents. Unfortunately, no great ideas came to us. So, we went to Starbucks, then did some window shopping (found a few clearance items, I touched purses that whispered to me), then went to dinner at Chili's (boy's request since he needed spicy chicken strips. And this is what Alec did during most of the meal:
And Mark stared at the 7 t.v. screens (we ate in the bar). That's okay, I enjoyed some nachos with the cold beauty pictured below. When did I become a beer drinker?
Saturday was Sister's Day. Did you know that? The girl's heard about it from Nikelodean a couple of years ago and now they celebrate it every year. It's super cute. So 2 seperate trips were made to Target to purchase gifts (Emma gave a giant pair of neon pink hoop earrings to Katie, and Katie gave an owl necklace and earrings and $5 in a homemade card to Emma). Katie punched holes in the dollar bills and put ribbon through them to attach to the homemade card. Very clever, but we had to explain that you can not punch holes in money!
Oh, nice. See that blue pillow in the background? New, with the Target clearance tag still attached. And see the button on the pillow? Yeah, Einstein had to eat it off. Mark tried to warn me at the store, but I didn't listen. That's ok. I didn't like the button anyways. Total lie.
Can't you just feel the love surrounded these 2? You can check out their presents in the next photo.
The rest of the week was spent in Palm Springs. Wednesday was our 20th anniversary. My mom babysat (Thanks Mom!!!), and we went away for 3 whole nights. We picked Palm Springs because we were being cheap (and we love the mid-century architecture). Maybe not such a great idea.
It was so stinkin hot! Now don't be silly. We knew that Palm Springs was hot, but we thought it would be more like highs in the 90's (vs. Arizona in the 110's). It wasn't. It was so hot we didn't want to leave the hotel room. Lucky for us, the hotel room was pretty cool swanky.
There will be a post soon with lots of photos of the hotel (Movie Colony Hotel). We relaxed all day Tuesday, then in a spur of the moment decision, we decided the best place to spend the official Day of Love v20.0 would be........
At the Happiest Place on Earth. Pause for all the groans from family members who think we go there too much, and a pause for the kids who are screaming "how could you go there without us??"
We had a lovely time, in the crowds and heat and sore knee legs/feet. So now we are home, and back to life as we know it. Today is even my first day back to work after surgery. I will be working all weekend. Hope you all find time for some happiness this weekend!
Sending our love your way!
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I laughed out loud at the 'touching purses' comment...too funny!
ReplyDeleteYeah. Sad but true. I want them to come home with me. But I also know that no one needs that many purses!
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