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The Best Ever Valentines Date

Valentines Day this year was the best ever. In years past Kelly and I would always just exchange a small gift and I would usually get some flowers and that was about it. Just enough to say we celebrated it, but never went to the extreme.

Well this year was different. With Kelly working so much as of late, we weren't able to celebrate on the 14th. Instead we celebrated on the 16th, a Saturday, which I think made it even better. I was joking around with Kelly and telling him that he better plan something amazing this year because of all the time he's been at work. Never in a million years expecting anything at all. Not even really the usual, like in years past.

Well, Kelly told me a few days before Valentines Day that he had planned something, but that we would have to do it on Saturday. I was excited, but didn't really think anything of it. He didn't tell me what we were doing, and I didn't ask. The only thing he said was that I should wear a dress. I guess I figured that if he really had planned something big, that I wanted it to be a surprise.

So Friday night my cute friend Shauna and I had a little girls night out and had facials, and then shopped a little in the University Mall. I tried on a few dresses and Shauna was totally honest with her opinions, THANK YOU, and I found a really cute dress to wear.

Saturday came and I knew that I needed to be ready to go by 5. Well as it turns out, we were running late because we had my Aunt's College graduation that morning. Then we all went to lunch, and then Kelly had to go to work and try and catch up on a few things. The boys and I went with him and just walked around and waited while he finished up.

Needless to say, we were at the office longer than he had anticipated and therefore running late. By the time we got home and I got ready it was a little after 6 and he was a little panicked. My brother-in-law Greg was so nice and watched the boys for us that night, and we ran out the door.

I still had no clue where we were going or what we were doing. So as we were driving up to Salt Lake I kept guessing things. It was fun not knowing. Kelly got off the freeway at the 6th South exit and I started getting excited. I couldn't decide if we were going to Abravanel Hall or perhaps the Capital Theater, or somewhere totally different.

Once Kelly turned onto 200 South I knew where we were going... The Capital Theater. As he was finding a place to park I noticed signs up for Cinderella. Yes, that's right... he was taking me to see Ballet West's Cinderella. I was freaking out with excitement!!

The ballet was wonderful. The ugly step-sisters were played by men, Jason Linsley & Christopher Ruud. They were fabulous! The whole audience was roaring with laughter watching them. Needless to say it was not the Disney version. It was a lot more light hearted and comical, yet still had the fairy tale romance that we all love.

After the ballet we were both starving so we went over to the Gateway and had dinner at a great Italian restaurant called Biaggi's. The food was fabulous! If you haven't gone there, you need to. Our waiter was so great too. He even recognized Kelly from the bank, and he hasn't been there in over a year and a half. I was impressed.

Overall, it was a fabulous night. But that's not all. As a gift to me in addition to the ballet and dinner, Kelly took Tuesday and Wednesday off work. With Monday being a holiday we had 5 days with him. I couldn't have asked for more.

Thank you so much Kelly for the best Valentines Day ever. I love you so much and appreciate all the time you put into planning this great night.

A night with no power

Well last night we had quite the experience...

It all started yesterday afternoon. It started to snow and the winds were really blowing hard. We couldn't even see out any of our windows because they were completely covered in ice and snow. So the boys and I decided to watch a movie and shortly after we started it, the power went out. I didn't think anything of it, because it came right back on after a minute or two. Well then about 5 minutes or so after that, it went off again. I was a little frustrated because we had to restart the movie again, but still no big deal.

Well, it happened again, and again, and again, until finally the power went off and stayed off. I think it was around 5:30 pm when it went off for the last time. I figured it would just come back on again in a few minutes, and really didn't think much of it. Well about an hour passed and it was starting to get pretty dark, so I went around and gathered some candles and a couple of lanters that use liquid parafan, just in case.

Well, I am so grateful that I did that, because the power still wasn't on at 7:00 and it was dark. By this time the boys and I were starving and Kelly hadn't even left work yet. So luckily I had the brilliant idea to light our gas range with a lighter and I made a warm meal of Macaroni & Cheese for us to eat. Our house was getting a little cool, and I thought that might help warm us up. While I was cooking the boys had pulled a couple of baskets I had on a table in the kitchen and were climbing in and out of them. At least they were having some fun and keeping their selves entertained. Derek even came over and heated up some bottles on the stove top for Ian. What a blessing it was to have that gas range.

Kelly finally left work at 7:25 and knew that he was in for a long drive home. My phone was almost dead and so Shelley let me borrow hers so that I could stay in touch with Kelly as he was driving home.

At this point the boys were beyond ready for bed. The problem with putting them to bed was that Carter had been sick and throwing up all day. So all of his bedding was in the washer, and seems as how we had no power I had no way of drying it. So I decided to lay them both down in Landon's bed. Carter wasn't too excited about it at first, but settled down and fell asleep. Well after about 30 minutes, I was sitting in the kitchen and heard Carter start to wimper and then all of a sudden barf. It was everywhere! I couldn't believe it.

Needless to say, now neither of their cribs had any bedding. So at that point after cleaning up everything the best I could, I decided to lay them down in my bed and lay with them. After getting all their wiggles out they finally calmed down and fell asleep.

Kelly made it home last night at 10:50 pm. I was so happy to see him walk through the door. He came in and helped me get the rest of the house situated, because at this point the power was still off. He made himself a quesadilla on the stove top, because he refused to eat Mac N Cheese and then we went to bed in our bed with the boys. The boys slept pretty well, but Kelly and I didn't. I have no clue what time the power came back on, but I know it did sometime in the night.

I am so happy that last night is over and we have power. I totally take it for granted every day, and know now that I need to do a lot more to prepare for a night like that one. Because heaven knows there'll certainly be another one.

I'm A Blue Girl

You Are A Blue Girl

Relationships and feelings are the most important things to you. You are empathetic and accepting - and good at avoiding conflict. If someone close to you is in pain, it makes you hurt as well. You try to heal the ones you love with your kind and open heart.

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