Date Night: Time to Kinect

Our Sixth Date

November 12, 2010

I was in charge

This date was and unplanned date.  

I had a date planned but Monday night Dustin was talking with his friend about the Kinect.  Our friends the Pettingill's had gotten an early Christmas present of the XBOX 360 Kinect.  They liked playing and invited us over for dinner and to play games.  We were in charge of bringing dessert.

Dinner was good, dessert was good, games were great!

We rafted down the river together as friends and couples.  We ran obstacle courses against each other as friends and couples.  The next day we were sore, well our calves were sore.  Those games are quite the work out!  We had so much fun playing the games together and spending time with our friends.  Our kids also had fun playing together and even got in on some of the games.

It was lots of fun to be active together inside since it's getting cold outside.  I was fun to work together in a game and also to compete against each other.

Happy Birthday David!

Hard to believe, but this kid turns 5 today!

I can't believe how quickly the time went by.

He is our little Calvin, in every way.

We love him and we don't know what life would be like without him around.

Birthday Party Fun!

This past Saturday, we had David's birthday party.  He helped me with every part of the party that he could.  He decided the theme of the party - Mario Kart; he decided who to invite - and was very firm about his decisions; he decided what kind of cake he wanted; he helped me make the birthday invites and birthday banner.  David had a great time and I think the other kids did too.

Our Party:

Food:  Bagel pizzas, fruit/vegetables trays including red & yellow bell peppers, cucumbers, carrots, apples, oranges and grapes.  Ranch and caramel dips.  Fruitables to drink for the kids and V-8 V-fusion for the adults.

Games:  Pin Mario in the Kart, Coloring Mario Kart pages and Mario Kart Balloon obstacle course - I had the kids collect different combinations of balloons in bags instead of trying to pop each others balloons.

Don't they look like they are having fun?

Matthew LOVED his balloon.

After the party was over the kids popped all the balloons, torn down the streamers and ribbons.  They were really good at destroying everything I had spent so much time setting up.  It was helpful in cleaning up though.  For some reason I never did get pictures of the room all set up, sorry.  There are snippets here and there for you though.

Date Night: Magic is in the Air

Our Fifth Date

November 5, 2010

I was in charge

This was a lucky date for me.  Our stake had planned a Harvest Ball for all the married wards here.  (I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  The words stake, ward  and additional information can be found here.)  Nursery was provided for kids of all ages.  The 'Ball' changed several times from the first announcement of it and ended up being a Harvest dinner with speaker and a magician for entertainment.  The food was good, the company was good and the entertainment was good. 

Dustin & I really enjoyed being able to eat a meal without having to care for our children at the same time.  The last time Dustin & I had a childless meal was for our anniversary dinner back in June.  Five months - that's a long time!  We enjoyed sitting next to each other, there were no children between us at the table.  Dustin & I could talk to each other without being interrupted every 30 seconds.  We were able to sit in our chairs the entire time, talk and get to know our tablemates better.  We enjoyed sharing stories with the two other couples at the table with us - we knew both couples, both are in our ward and really enjoyed conversing with them.

The last 10 minutes of the show the kids came in to watch and get balloon animals.  Everyone left happy.  It was a great evening and so nice that close to home, free and fun.

A Lovely Fall

David & Matthew were caught outside with some friends.  The kids had a great time collecting "garbage".

The kids had a great time!  Oh the joys of fall.