Dianna’s Birthday
Dianna asked for a brand new purse for her birthday and she usually goes for the simple and inexpensive but this time I suggested she get something a little nicer. So she picked out a gorgeous new purse from Fossil. Back at home we had a nice dinner for her at In-N-Out, another of Dianna’s favorites and watched a redbox once the kids were down to round out the evening. This birthday was just about Dianna to a T. I love you honey and hope your next year is a good as the last!
-Thanks everyone for the presents and cards. It was nice to be remember!-Dianna
Dave’s Birthday
I really only had one birthday wish this year: to grill my own steak! We got some ¾” thick choice ribeye from Costco… mmm they were beautiful. Dianna made a fantastic cake as well and we had a nice family dinner and opened presents and ate cake. Thanks to everyone for their birthday cards and phone calls and Facebook posts!
6.12.2011
6.09.2011
Dog Sitting
Our friends needed a babysitter for their dog while they went out of town and we took the opportunity to see if we’d like to have a dog or not. The dog is an older female lab and was an angel of a dog. Lucy and Grant could not get enough of playing with her and every once in a while we had to separate them for the dog’s sake. She did great with kids. Dianna and I enjoyed it because she pretty much babysat for us. We also enjoyed having her because she forced us to get out of the house a little more. Oh… and we didn’t have to clean the kitchen floor at all because she licked it clean every time the kids ate! All in all I think we took one big step closer to getting us a puppy… maybe sometime this year?
6.06.2011
Forth Worth Trip
After the Easter weekend I took the week off and my mom and Peter stuck around to watch the kids for us. Dianna and I took advantage of the wonderful gift to take an exotic vacation to… Ft Worth. Yeah, we drove about 45 miles to a little hotel on the west side of Ft Worth and hung out there for five days. We spent the week at the movies, eating out, seeing a few sites, and best of all… sleeping.
We went to a couple of really cool places in Ft Worth. We spent a morning at the Federal Bureau of Printing & Engraving, i.e. the place where they print paper money. It is one of two places in the country they still print money! It was cool to see all the different security measures and all the stacks of money sitting on the factory floor. One cool thing we learned is that the company isn’t a part of the government, they are a separate company and the government pays them between $0.06 – 0.08 per note! Also, if a sheet of bills gets jammed or shredded or something, the printers have to tape the sheet back together to account for every bill before they can leave that day. It was a pretty fascinating place.
We also went to the stockyards which is like a big old western town section of Ft Worth. They do a cattle drive a couple times each day with the biggest longhorns you’ve ever seen. We just walked around and ate some food and took some pictures for the kids. They also have a huge bar called Billy Bob’s. They call it a Honky Tonk but it was really just an enormous bar/concert hall/restaurant/dance hall kind of all-in-one. We went for Country Line Dancing Beginner’s Night and learned a pretty intense line dance. It really got us out of our comfort zone and to let loose a little. We felt so good we thought we’d try another not-so-Dave-and-Dianna activity: karaoke. It was a blast! Dianna sang Carrie and Kelly and I sang the Strokes and ZZ Top. What a hoot!
To round out the week Dianna and I took ourselves to one of our favorite places: Six Flags. We got about 4-5 hours in at the park going on almost all of our favorite rides at least once before they started shutting them down due to high winds. After all these years it is still so much fun for us… doesn’t ever seem to get old a good roller coaster!
We went to a couple of really cool places in Ft Worth. We spent a morning at the Federal Bureau of Printing & Engraving, i.e. the place where they print paper money. It is one of two places in the country they still print money! It was cool to see all the different security measures and all the stacks of money sitting on the factory floor. One cool thing we learned is that the company isn’t a part of the government, they are a separate company and the government pays them between $0.06 – 0.08 per note! Also, if a sheet of bills gets jammed or shredded or something, the printers have to tape the sheet back together to account for every bill before they can leave that day. It was a pretty fascinating place.
We also went to the stockyards which is like a big old western town section of Ft Worth. They do a cattle drive a couple times each day with the biggest longhorns you’ve ever seen. We just walked around and ate some food and took some pictures for the kids. They also have a huge bar called Billy Bob’s. They call it a Honky Tonk but it was really just an enormous bar/concert hall/restaurant/dance hall kind of all-in-one. We went for Country Line Dancing Beginner’s Night and learned a pretty intense line dance. It really got us out of our comfort zone and to let loose a little. We felt so good we thought we’d try another not-so-Dave-and-Dianna activity: karaoke. It was a blast! Dianna sang Carrie and Kelly and I sang the Strokes and ZZ Top. What a hoot!
To round out the week Dianna and I took ourselves to one of our favorite places: Six Flags. We got about 4-5 hours in at the park going on almost all of our favorite rides at least once before they started shutting them down due to high winds. After all these years it is still so much fun for us… doesn’t ever seem to get old a good roller coaster!
6.03.2011
Easter
Hey yall, it’s Dave again. Since the two kiddos are occupying more and more of Dianna’s time and energy, we have found that we have to tag-team the blog to get it done. So I will be writing the next few entries!
Family came down for Easter: Mom, Peter, Melissa, and Steve (a few days after). They had a fun time catching up with Lucy and Grant. It was a nice breather for Dianna and me since we got to get out of the house quite a bit without the kids. We gave Dianna the day off for Easter dinner and made a nice meal so she could relax. We made fish, we heard it was a tradition and it was tasty!
Here are some pictures from the weekend. The kids looked so cute in their easter outfits!
Family came down for Easter: Mom, Peter, Melissa, and Steve (a few days after). They had a fun time catching up with Lucy and Grant. It was a nice breather for Dianna and me since we got to get out of the house quite a bit without the kids. We gave Dianna the day off for Easter dinner and made a nice meal so she could relax. We made fish, we heard it was a tradition and it was tasty!
Here are some pictures from the weekend. The kids looked so cute in their easter outfits!
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