Easter in Lansing - Part 2

Weekends at home are meant to spend time doing the simple things...


like blowing bubbles for your son and your nephew

like listening to your nephew tell sword bubble stories

and cheering on your home state...not school :( in the NCAA tournament!

We could not have had a more relaxing night in with the Lehman family in Lansing! We loved every minute from blowing bubbles, to eating Carol's perfectly cooked tenderloin, to cheering on the Jayhawks!

The following morning, Carol and I headed out to Topeka to meet Ashley at her bridal shower. 

Ashley had her bridal shower at this beautiful location by the lake in Topeka.  I loved being by the water and I was a little surprised by the warm weather. It was the perfect day!

Ashley and her family/friends did an excellent job of decorating for the shower.  They had lovely white and lavender daisies in very hip arrangements.  I can't wait to see what the wedding looks like!

Ashley was so happy the entire time! Oh to be young and in love :)

She passed the "how well do you know the groom quiz" with flying colors and got 8 out of 11 questions right! She didn't even miss enough for me to get a decent bubble gum photo :(  Carol and I joked on the ride home, that there were some questions on the quiz that each of us did not even know about Max and Mike :)

Carol and I did win the "make the wedding dress out of toilet paper game"! Never mind that Adrian got to pick the winner. Our dress and our model were definitely the best!

I just love this child,

and this one too!

We ended the perfect weekend, with a relaxing night in Lansing with Mike and Carol.  We got to chat over a steak dinner, soak in the joy of watching our parents blow bubbles for our child, and we embraced the unconditional love that only a weekend with your family can give you. 

Can't wait to be back at home to celebrate Brad and Ashley's wedding next month!

Easter in Lansing - Part 1

This past weekend we were able to spend some time in Kansas, celebrating our family, Easter, and the ones we love.  Here are some pictures to highlight our time spent at home on Saturday.


Chance at the Easter egg hunt at Lansing High School

He hadn't really caught on to the egg hunt concept yet, but he'll have much more practice by the time this holiday passes us by.  

After the egg hunt, Chance and I left Lansing for KC to meet up with my parents and my sister.  My sister was gracious enough to have us all over to her house for the day so that we could spend some quality time together.  

We got in some much needed family time

Chance loved chasing Lucy around

and my mom loved chasing Chance around

I begged my sister to do my nails (she is better than going to a professional)! Lucky for me my sister agreed and we had an impromptu nail day for the girls at the kitchen counter.  

My little man got tired from all of the egg hunting, dog chasing, and nail excitement. 

After a quick nap, we were ready to go again.  We colored Easter eggs...

and had sister talk...

and dreamed of one day having our very own Jeep Wrangler. 

We all walked down to the park near my sister's house to hide the eggs for the kids.  

This park was absolutely beautiful and completely empty.  I'm not going to lie....I wanted to move to Kansas for a brief period of this day!

I absolutely loved being around my family 

So thankful for this time together!

Valentine's Day

I feel like a lot of people say that they don't like Valentine's day. I've heard it's just a holiday completely generated by the floral, card, and chocolate industries.
I say...I could care less who generated the holiday.  I'm not going to cry if I don't get a diamond bracelet every year, but I'm not going to go against a day that suggests that I should spend an evening with the two loves of my life.

Max was finishing up on a project for work, so I decided to order in food from our favorite Thai restaurant Tuk Tuk.
I also stopped by the cake shop to get a little slice of chocolate cake for dessert.

Chance's daycare provider, Ms. Barb, is clearly not one of those people that is opposed to Valentine's Day.  I almost died when she came walking out with Chance and this stuffed dog that is larger than Marti.  

After dinner and cake we spent some time watching Chance play

and catching up with each other after a busy work day. 

Max plays "itsy bitsy spider" with Chance on the ipad every night before bed time.  Don't worry...I read him real story books too! I promise!

Good night Chance! Thanks for being our valentine.  

I also surprised Max after Chance went to bed with his favorite bottle of wine and home made chocolate fondue.  We had a great night at home and we both feel very blessed and loved.  

The next night we got to open up Chance's Valentine package from Grandma and Grandpa Lehman.   

We love getting packages in the mail.  Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Lehman!

Chance apparently loves sweet tarts! I wish I could have captured a decent pic of the hilarious face he made when he ate them.  

Who doesn't love a little teddy and a box of chocolates? 

Chance also loves dragging around his sock monkey from Grandpa Les whenever he walks around upstairs.
Thanks to both grandparents for sending Chance a little Valentine's day treat.  He is definitely a lucky and loved little boy.  

Happy Valentine's Day!

Limo and Lights

This past Friday night we started a new Christmas tradition with our friends.  It all started with a daily deal email about a holiday lights tour on a bus.  The emails started going back and forth between the gang and before I even knew what happened, Cook had booked us a private limo for an evening, and I was calling to see if Ms. Barb could babysit.  I'm still not sure how all of this came together, but I'm glad it did.  Max and I had such a fun night out on the town!

We started the evening out with dinner reservations at Jax Fish House downtown.  This place has the best happy hour and seafood in town.  

I think we ordered about one of everything on the happy hour appetizers menu.  Scallops, calamari, crab egg rolls, gumbo...it was all so delicious!

I also love the decor in this restaurant.  I really want a chandelier similar to this in our dining room.  

I love the little lobster bibs and crackers that they gave us all before the main course.  So fun!

The main course...lobster, shrimp, Alaskan king crab legs, and oysters.  It was all AMAZING! 

We had to play around a little bit with the bibs and the crackers.  

Jerad was so excited to eat lobster. 

After some incredible seafood and enough prosecco to give us the giggles it was on to the main event! We had to walk to our Escalade stretch limo at Union Station to begin our tour of lights.   

I love the way that Union Station is decorated for Christmas.  Why do Christmas lights make everything better? 

Cook talking to our driver.  Fun fact...Cook knew exactly where he wanted the driver to take us to tour lights.  He has all of the best houses addresses in Denver saved to his iphone..HAHAHA! :) 

Our chariot

It was definitely a party on wheels!

This is definitely a holiday tradition that I hope goes on for years!