Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Catching Up

Two weeks ago was Bryson's Blue and Gold Banquet for Scouts. He was required to make and decorate a cake with his dad's help. He decided he wanted a green Lego. (the toothpicks are to keep the seran wrap from messing with the frosting. It didn't work, I still had to do touchups when we got there.)




Last Tuesday we went to the zoo for a field trip. Every 2nd Tuesday of the month, the zoo only charges $2 for admission. I figured in February the zoo wouldn't be very crowded, which it wasn't but it was definitely cold.

This Lorikeet had the hots for Shannon. He kept coming back to her and we didn't even have the nectar to feed them with.



I love the colors of this Lorikeet.




Taking a break before going in to see the crocodiles.







Just outside the elephant habitat, right before we headed home. It was starting to sprinkle and it was way past nap time for the two younger ones. (the kid in the middle is not ours, he just wouldn't get out of the picture no matter how much coaxing his father did)



Now on to Valentine's day. Normally Doug and I don't do anything for each other but my neighbor talked me into doing a nice dinner for him. So I did and here's how it looked.




We had RedLobster for dinner (take-out) and I rented a video for the kids to watch upstairs while we ate. It turned out to be a nice evening and I had fun decorating and being secretive.

3 comments:

Marissa said...

You're such a good wife! I'm sure Doug loved coming home to such a nice evening. All Scott got from me was that I marinated 2 steaks for us for dinner - that he had to cook. Sorry, I just had a baby - that's the real gift!

Siouxsie said...

That cake is awesome, Bryson!! Man, your kids are getting so big. And nice job on the dinner. It looks very romantical in nature. :-)

Teresa said...

That looks like a fun dinner! Cute decorating. Good job on the cake. Now that I'm in the primary presidency, I have a little more clue about scout stuff...just a little. Looks like fun at the zoo. Loved all the pictures!!