Catching up from the weekend? Check out these posts!

• Just An Ordinary Day – moving on after last week’s news of my mom
• Toys! – Kiddo birthday party & remembering childhood favorite toys
• Weekly Series: FFF Features
• Weekly Series: Self-Love Reflections

Remember my goal from last week? I wanted to get the weekend’s to-dos finished on Saturdays so that I could fully enjoy Sundays as a rest day to recuperate. Well, I had complete success this weekend!

I got in my workout for the day (Cathe’s Low Max DVD) Saturday morning so I could have the afternoon completely open. Then, after the birthday party and getting the kids down for a nap, I used the afternoon for some productivity – like grocery shopping and cleaning. I got it all done!

Then, Saturday night we played. We remembered that we had a Groupon coupon expiring we had to use up this weekend. I didn’t mind. It meant pizza and frozen yogurt for dinner! AND getting out of the house to do something together besides visiting family and walks. I, of course, enjoy those things but there’s something about going out out, like to dinner, as a family.

For dinner, we hit up Mellow Mushroom. Makenzie loved all of the psychedelic decorations.

They obviously excited Braedon as well. No?

We all, besides Braedon, loved the pizza. We kept it simple with half cheese and half olives + mushrooms. You can guess my side.

I had 1.5 of the large slices and then saved room for dessert. Yogli Mogli frozen yogurt!

I was in a chocolatey sweet kind of mood so I went for a mix up of flavors. I got a small bit of cake batter, cappuccino, and peanut butter flavors with a sprinkling of butterfinger, white chocolate chips, and pb cups as toppings. I told you I was in a sweet mood! And I didn’t mind one bit. 😀

With as busy as Saturday was, Sunday came very appreciated. Without having to lead Sunday school right now we had a leisurely morning getting ready for church. We spent the morning at church and then came home for lunch and naps. That’s right. Instead of spending my Sunday afternoon running around, I hung out in bed relaxing with my husband. The remainder of the day included a visit with my brother- & sister-in-law who live in our neighborhood, eating our last care meal for dinner (no cooking!), and watching a movie (Couples Retreat – surprisingly cute) on the couch. And to top it all off? B only woke up once again last night. I’m a happy, refreshed woman today!

Question of the Day – How did you relax this weekend?

***ATLANTA BLOGGERS: We are having a blogger meet-up on Saturday, March 12th for dinner. E-mail me if you are interested in the details and would like to attend! 🙂

Catching up from the weekend? Check out these posts!

• 1 Month Progress Post (Progress Pictures!!)
• Flashback Post in honor of Baby B turning 1 month old
• Weekly Series: FFF Features (Braedon as a Girl)
• Weekly Series: Self-Love Reflection – Love from Others

Happy Valentine’s Day! You all are my bloggie loves and I wish I could send you a little treat. Instead, I will just share with you my treat of a weekend.

We had quite the busy day Saturday. I did my final C25K workout of the week and took my 1 month progress pictures in the morning. Then, we had to get going for a family filled day. We first ventured out to Grandma and Grandpa’s for a little birthday celebration. 

with Grandpa, Peter’s (much) younger brother, and just a cute pic of B

Our niece turned 12. Twelve! Makenzie will get that big one day? I can’t believe it! I already can’t believe my baby turns THREE this year. But back to the birthday girl…

We hung around for awhile and then had to bolt right after eating the traditional Grandma’s fettuccine and salad late lunch.

We didn’t even have time for birthday cake. Which, I didn’t mind. The birthday cake had no icing. No icing? Not interested!

After the birthday fun, we returned back to our house to visit with my family. My younger brother is in town from Arizona for the week. We decided to bring back one of our favorite pastimes: ordering Chinese food and having a game night!

For dinner we ordered a few dishes and some sushi rolls to share. I had 1/2 a spicy tuna roll, 1/2 a rainbow roll, 2 steamed potstickers, and a small sampling of beef with vegetables and spicy garlic chicken. ‘Twas delicious!

Then we settled in for game time. My brother Tommy brought a game I had never heard of before – Smart Ass.

It’s basically a trivia combined with 20 questions sort of game. It was fun to play all together. I still don’t think it beats Cranium though. Cranium rocks! Perhaps because my sister and I are freakishly on the same wavelength and always win. It’s kind of scary how quickly we can guess each other’s acting/drawing/humming.

Before ending the night, we topped it off with a little nightcap. Another Dairy Queen blizzard! I have been craving these things lately!

It ended the night perfectly before having to say goodbye to my brother until Tuesday night. Then, we get to hang out again. Maybe I’ll request a game of Cranium? 😉

Question of the Day – What’s your favorite board game? And…doing anything for Valentine’s? Not us. Just another day around here.