Suberbowl Sunday

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

This past weekend we had a really great time! On Saturday we loaded up and took off to see some apartments. Our lease is up the end of April and we are needing a place to move to. Preferrably with room enough for Kim and Shay to have thier own room and so we don't feel so cramped. We saw some good ones, and some really good ones out of our price range, and then some that work perfect - except that they don't allow pets. UGH. Apartment hunting is kinda frustrating. But Josh saw one by himself earlier in the week he wants to take me back to. They aren't open on Saturdays, so I may need to take a long lunch or see if they can stay late a day. We also stopped at my parents house and dropped an organizer off to my sister for her beads. She is into making some awesome jewelry with her work and she made Kim and Shay a necklace for Valentine's Day. She also made me a necklace with a black stone in it, I love it! Totally wearing it now! Later on, we met up with Josh's family and his sister Jamie was in town with her three kids. We sent all the kids off playing and had fun catching up with family. Jamie bought the McDonalds special of 50 chicken nuggets for $10. Yep - FIFTY! Between about 9 of us we ate them all. HAHA. A few of Josh's aunts came over, and by direction from Heidi we made a really fun Valentine's Day craft. We kicked the men out and made them go watch a movie, eat pizza, and watch the Jazz game (poor babies!) Then we gt started on our craft. It is a styrofoam heart and you take squares of fabric (we used a couple different patterns of red and pink) and push them into the styrofoam with a pencil and glue. It turned out really really fun. Some ladies did larger squares so thier hearts were bushier, some did smaller squares and it gave the effect of roses. I started mine with the larger squares, then finished with the smaller ones. It looks super cute. I love it! That night we crashed at Jordan and Heidi's house with the girls. We were all exhausted. On Sunday we got up and got ready and went to Josh's parent's ward. It was fast and testimony meeting and Josh's dad got up (which they say is rare for him) and bore testimony of his love for the gospel. I'll eave out the spiritual stuff, as it is too sacred to write here, but I thought it was great how he said that usually he is not a fan of the superbowl and hasn't ever really supported watching it, but that five of his six grandchildren were in the congregation right now, and if the superbowl is the reason for them all coming together and him getting to spend time with them, then he is thankful for the superbowl this time. He also made me cry because he talked about Josh and I getting ready to go get sealed in the temple and how much he loves me. Yep, cried. Darn father in law - making innocent women cry. HAHA. The rest of Sunday was great. We all gathered at Heidi and Jordan's house to eat food and watch the game. the food was really yummy and it was really fun to have everyone together. We left for about 40 minutes to run Kim and Shay to meet thier mom, and as always it is sad to see them go and miss them for another two weeks. We went back up to Heidi's and spent the rest of the evening with the family. We had a great time and loved being there with everyone. I'm thankful for the superbowl as well, and hope it always has the power to bring families together.

**I'll post some pics later today, as I'm missing some and I want to be sure you see our fun!**