Happy Happy Birthday Matthew!

Matt turned 29 last week, and in his honor we went out to dinner with some friends. This restaurant is called Nagoya, but basically like Beni-Hana's.

The chef did his thing cooking up the food.
Matt was a master at catching his flying food.
The group, (from left to right) Richmond's, us, Barlow's, and Willard's. The group fit the table just right!
Fancy cookin'!

And we topped it off with Cheesecake Factory. Matt's favorite!

Thanks to all who joined us! It was a fun night.

The Blur

I guess I shouldn't be too surprised that I have a hard time getting a decent picture of either of my girls these days. I apologize for the blurriness of some of these pictures, but such is the life of both Lexi and Brooklynn.

This past week we had cousins in town, YAH! We were able to spend some time with Lisa and her two cuties, Steven and Rebecca, as well as her sister Trish and her kids. We met up at the outlet mall where the kids enjoyed the toys.
Brooklynn had enough shopping...
Lexi and Steven thought this hurricane simulator was the greatest.
Playing at the Lego table while the mom's shop, shop, shop.
Two cute girls, rockin' the stroller life.
We were able to meet up one other day at the children's museum. Sadly, I didn't get my camera out until we were at lunch. All the kiddos (minus Steven, who must have been behind the camera shot) at Jack-In-The-Box.
When it is cold, we head to the mall and play at the "jumping place" for a good time.

All-in-all we are holding up well with the January Blues, although I've already booked a trip to Cali/Utah for March...and we are all counting down the days till Spring.