Tell ALL the Things!!

For our first SATURDAY in March, we had a family dessert night at Fancy FunnelCakes in Rocklin.

Let me tell you - if you have not been there already, you need to go THIS WEEK! It is right next to Beverly's in the Sierra Meadows Plaza across from Safeway. I had been there a couple times to pick up treats for friends, but Jon and Kate had never been there with me.

It was an evening of sugar overload enjoyed by all :)

Jon and I each had a whole funnel cake to ourselves (mine was drizzled with chocolate sauce and Jon's was topped with strawberries)

We shared a plate of deep fried brownies, and Olivander was spoiled with a cup mounded full of gooey warm rice krispy treat.

Apparently the last pregnant lady who ordered it went into labor that next morning. No such luck here :) But it's really ok because baby II isn't due until the end of the month and I'm not in a rush.

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And here are some things that I forgot to share about February!

We had a great time following the Olympic games in Sochi, Russia. Many of the athletes that we were cheering for did not come through with wins - like Shaun White in snowboarding :(

 

While others did their personal best and won gold medals - like Meryl Davis and Charlie White for the USA ice dancing competition!

 

Overall we really enjoyed the dramatics of the games. We marveled in the fact that there were falls EVERYWHERE. In almost every sport event there were crashes, poor conditions, misjudged landings, and upsets to the favored athletes. It really made everything entertaining for the unpredictability of it, but we were glad that no one got seriously hurt! The Olympics are our favorite. We watch the coverage every single night and DVR the events we might miss. This is very out of the norm for us since we never watch TV otherwise :) Kate was born during the Summer games in London in 2012, so we almost hoped Olivander would come during these Winter games! But at least they can share the spotlight of being Olympic season babies in their own right.

For Valentine's Day we kept it pretty low key. We started the day off with heart shaped pancakes for the whole family!

 Kate's pancake had a chocolate chip smiley face:

I made Jon this heart shaped guitar card that said: You Rock, Valentine!

Which went along with the Billy Idol greatest hits CD I picked out for him :)

A few weeks back we were in the car and White Wedding had come on the radio. Jon was saying that he wanted to listen to more Billy Idol music. I stored that away and made a trip out to Dimple Records to pick out the most perfect ridiculous Billy Idol compilation album I could find to add to our collection :) Nothing says "I love you" like awesome 80's pop rock.

 I came home from work that day to a BEAUTIFUL bouquet of flowers from Jon :) They smelled so amazing and I kept them in whatever room I was in as much as possible for the next two weeks.

That night we were planning a DESSERT MARATHON! But toned it down to fruit dipped in melted chocolate while we watched the Olympics :) It was perfect.

That Sunday we had a family Valentine's dinner and Jon's mom made everyone decorative heart shaped sugar cookies. Usually they are the size of a salad plate, but Kate and her cousin, AnnMarie got mini versions all to themselves:

Kate really preferred the frosting.

And most importantly I never posted these pictures of me and Kate from our maternity pictures day last month and they were some of my favorites! Can't wait to meet baby II this month.

Love.

Choose Your Own Adventure

So this Valentine's day (our 9th together) was the best ever! I really don't think it can be topped.

It started off with Margo making a candy poster for Jon. It was by the door when he left for work in the morning, because he gets up at 5 :)

It says: To my daddy, reasons I love you: You are a NERDFIGHTER and make me SNICKER when you tickle me. I love to snuggle BETWIXT you and mommy at NIGHT. (even when you ROLOVER on top of me.) If I could give you one thing, it would be the STARS. If I ever lost you, my heart would break into a million PIECES. Happy Valentine's day! Loves, Margo.

She has become quite the pup with words.

"oui, oui"

When I woke up at 7, I was surprised to see THIS!

Jon wrote on the glass table: "Happy Valentine's Day -sorry, I don't do cards..."

And in the middle was a heart with that awesome tiny box!

I didn't want to open it without him there, so I waited all day (and wondered about it while I was at work) and opened it that afternoon when we were both home together.

I look concerned here below, but I was really surprised and wowed! I had no idea what it could have been. I was totally impressed when I opened up the box!

It's a ring! White gold, amethyst (because purple is my fav color) and little diamonds on the side:

I love it! I was excited because it's different from any of the jewelry I own. I also like that Jon picked it out on his own and that it is a teardrop shaped stone, which I don't have any of. I also liked that he got me some jewelry in my fav color, because I don't have anything awesome and purple like that. I also liked that it was small and simple - perfect for Valentine's day. Fantastic job, honey!! 

BEFORE that though - when Jon got home - there was a scavenger hunt waiting for him. It took him to the car, all around the apartment, into the fridge and finally underneath the couch where THIS was waiting for him:

I made him a "Choose your own Adventure" book!

Each section was sealed so that he couldn't look ahead. The biggest rules were that he couldn't take anything back once he had made a choice.

I had planned out quite a few scenarios for the night. The first was dinner. As he picked the choices, based on vague clues, there would be more and more options as the night split on...

So for dinner - do you wear fancy pants, or go casual?

I had designed the book so that the pages were folded in. He only could see the clue on the outside, and then once he picked his choice (in this case, he chose fancy pants) he actually had to cut the fold to see what he chose. Inside was revealed that we would be going OUT to dinner!

We changed into our "fancy pants" (in my case, a new cute black dress from my bestie, Breanna) and headed to Bistro 33!

The other choice (go casual) was making dinner together at home. From there, we had 2 options for dessert out. (A new place far from the restaurant, or dessert there at the restaurant) If we had stayed home there were 2 options for dessert in (hot fudge banana split sundaes - his favorite - or baking lava cakes together). I always let him look at what the other choices would have been after he made his decision. Luckily every way he picked was a good option, so it wouldn't have turned out badly - but it was still fun to see his reactions!

We ended up going to Pinkberry for dessert. (We had never been there and I got a fruit cup since I can't have yogurt) we also went to see The Muppets at the $3 theater (the other choices were a rented movie, or mini golf, or bowling) and then ended the night with s'mores at home! (the other choice was stargazing) Thanks to both my dad and Jon's dad for helping provide the firewood, kindling and camping forks!

mmmmmmmm......

I had also written Jon a cheesy rhyming poem which I gave to him at dessert :) and for his final present at the end of the night I gave him a book.

We had such a fun time and it was the best when Jon said at dessert "you know you can't ever top this, right??" Oh yes, I know that I really outdid myself this year. But it was needed!

Everything worked out so much better than I really even expected it to. Looking back, it was the most fun date / Valentine's day yet! I can't wait to see what we try to come up with next year :)