Easter brunch

I wrote a post about Easter brunch, I made sure to save it throughout so if I got kicked out of the app I would still have my draft. Um... Ya, that doesn't help when the app is messed up when you start your draft so when. Thought I was saving it, it didn't. Now I get to attempt to write another one.


We were invited to an Easter egg hunt/brunch at a friend's house. Jason wasn't able to go (he stayed at home and continued to study for the USMLE he is taking on Monday), but we still had a lot of fun.

Brunch was delicious! Quiche, muffins, fruit, and cookies (because what's brunch without cookies!?) everything was fantastic. After brunch the kids went downstairs and played in the amazing playroom. They seriously have such a wonderful playroom!

I tried to take some pictures, then quickly became aware that I forgot my memory card! Duh! Luckily I was able to borrow one and took some pictures.

The egg hunt was so cute. Evie didn't really understand that she was supposed to collect lots of eggs. She would pick one up, open it, and then play with whatever was inside. She did pick up a couple on her own, the rest I had to encourage her to get. We did have fun walking around their backyard. It has a slope and Evie loved walking down it, and then walking up while saying, "up."

Anyways, here are some pictures.


















These kids are so cute!


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Romper

I made Evie this romper on Saturday. She seems to like it, and I think it looks so cute on her!!!








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Baby shower

My sister-in-law is having a baby. We weren't able to go up for the shower so we sent a gift.
I got a little carried away in making baby things for her and the new baby!





It's a good thing her shower was last week, because the baby was born on Thursday!

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Rosie's diner

We decided to go out for breakfast Saturday morning. There is a place really close by called, Rosie's diner. We've driven past a couple of times and thought of going, but never did until now. The food was delicious! Belgian waffles with fresh strawberries for me, and an omlette for Jason. Both were excellent! Our server was fantastic. The food came out really fast, and while we were waiting our server brought evie a balloon.












It only lasted a short amount of time, but Evie loved it! (until it popped, and we took it away)




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Events

I put Evie's hair in pigtails! Every week the ladies head to the mall and do some walking, then let the kids play in this fun play area there. This the least blurry picture I had.





Last Friday, after Jason had finished his last in class exam, we headed over to On the Border restaurant, in southeast aurora. The food was good, and afterward, since we were out there anyway, we went to babies r us and world market. Jason stayed in the car and studied (don't worry, he has step one coming up in April, so he will spend the month of March studying for it) while Evie and I went in.
We finished our shopping and went to drive home. The car wouldn't start. The engine wouldn't even turn over, and it made a clicking noise when I tried to start it. The light had just gone on E so we were going to get gas on the way home, we even turned the engine off while Jason waited. I started to get anxious. It was around 5 and I was so ready to go home, actually, we all were.
We looked up how far a gas station was, 4 miles, we figured there had to be one closer, but Jason was studying and I was not eager to go walking around in search for a gas station. We realized we had roadside assistance (yes, you can call me lazy. However, I like to think I'm resourceful). I had to download the app on my phone and then I called. I told them I thought we might just be out of gas. They sent someone out with enough gas to get us to a gas station. We poured the gas in and tried to start the car... No dice. Then I really started to get upset. It was 5:45. The rescue person checked our battery and said it was fine, until we tried to start the engine. So he gave us a jump and we finally got to go home...
I switched the car seat to the little car and we, I, will hopefully go get gas and a new battery tomorrow.
Oh, and I gave Evie little bites of this chocolate block I bought in world market while we were waiting, and them she stole the whole thing from me and started eating it. (that's what is going on in the picture)




We went to the park near our place the other day. The weather was lovely. Evie loves animals so she kept following this dog around, it was a very nice dog and Evie would follow him and pet him and talk to him.




She loves feeding herself and doesn't do too bad a job. She actually does get the spoon in her mouth.




I put her hair in a ponytail. Here she was reading while daddy was studying.


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Grr

A fuse blew in the laundry/craft/office today.

I was in the middle of a project.

It will just have to wait until someone comes to fix the fuse.

Luckily, Jason's cousin is in town so we are planning on spending the day with her tomorrow. So I don't have to sit here wanting to finish my project, but not being able.

Valentine's day

Just to document. I don't think I took any pictures. Yes, I'm a slacker, oh well.
Valentine's started off at 7 am. Thank you Evie for my first Valentine present of the day (sleeping in). Shortly thereafter we took Jason to school.
While at home we cleaned up, and of course we played, then eventually napped.
After we finally got Jason, later in the afternoon, he said we had to pick something up. So off we went on a little adventure... Aka turning into two different shopping centers before finally finding the right place. We drove past a spa but didn't stop there. A couple of shops down he found what he was looking for and came back out with a beautiful, and delicious, edible arrangement. When we got home we all partook of some chocolate covered strawberries before going out for dinner.

Side story:
Probably two weeks before Valentine's, Jason told me we could finally go to the melting pot. They had a lunch special going on for $45 for a couple including tax and tip. I was stoked. I called and made a reservation. Except the reservation was more than a reservation because I had to pay for it right then on the phone in order to "reserve" a table at that time for that price (which was at 11 am).  So I did! It was the last time left, I had to act. Unfortunately, I was really dumb and forgot to check Jason's schedule before purchasing. Oops. I found out Jason had a required class that he wouldn't be able to get out of and he wouldn't be finished until way later that afternoon.  Gah! I sent out an email and someone graciously (although they were pretty lucky being able to eat there for $45) bought the reservation from me. Although after that we didn't really have a place we were going to eat. Pesce Fresco was booked up and we decided the Crepe place we thought of going to would be better on a less important day (neither of us had been to it and we didn't want it to make us sick or have it turn out to be gross on Valentine's day).

We went to Olive Garden around 4. Good thing we did because as we were leaving around 5:30 the place was pretty packed. The food was delicious as usual.
When we got home Evie and I played for a little bit before bedtime and Jason went right back to studying.

It was a really nice and delicious way to spend the day.