Ash Wednesday

I decided to brave it and take both kids to church. Luckily Carrie decided to go too so I wasn't alone. We went to 8:00 mass which is also the all-school mass and I think that really helped things. Owen was somewhat distracted by all of the kids and it was noisier than Sunday mass so his questions and chatting was as noticeable. Owen was very excited about getting his ashes and talked about and showed them to everyone the rest of the day.

Barely there because he was pointing them out so much, but you get the idea:

Family Pics

Amy came over to take some pictures for us a few weeks ago and we finally got them back. She did a great job and we love them! We will definately be using her again for Cam's 1 year pictures :)

Happy Valentine's Day!

We hope everyone had a great Valentine's day. We spent the morning cleaning the house since we had a showing. After that, we headed out to the mall play area to waste some time. While at the mall, we decided to have Owen's feet measured and found out that the poor kid has been wearing a size too small for a while now. Of all things kid-related, shoe shopping is the one thing I dread the most. I hate it. Thank you Dillard's salesperson for bringing out hideous light-up shoes and telling my child he could have cool race car shoes.

We went to every shoe store and department store in the mall with no luck. We finally found a pair of New Balances at Kohl's that weren't too expensive, too dorky looking, contained no characters or flashing lights and that Owen, Mike and I all liked.

We ended our night with a romantic dinner at Fortel's with both kids followed by Dairy Queen sundaes. Fortel's serve heart-shaped pizzas, but Mike forgot to mention it when ordering, so we had regular pizza. Oh well, tasted good anyway.