Zoo Days, Snow Days and Birthdays

Last weekend, Matt and I treated ourselves to a kid free weekend in Kalispell, MT. We started the weekend off with a family trip to the Calgary Zoo on Friday morning. It was a gorgeous day! The girls had a great time checking out all the animals and taking Sophie's new pink wagon for an inaugural spin. At 16 degrees C, it was the perfect day! 

  It's hard to tell form the picture, but Rory loved the penguins! 

 Sophie in her birthday wagon.

We then dropped the girls off at Grandma and Grandpa's in Cardston and took to the open road! We enjoyed two days in Kalispell; shopping and eating and seeing movies. Simple things that are much more difficult with two little ones in tow. We got some great deals and came home with a dyson vacuum(!!!!!) and two sets of bunk beds (one set for our friends). The bunk beds were originally $399.99 and we got them on sale for $189.99. I have been looking everywhere for white bunk beds that are made of solid wood and that have the option to be set up as two separate beds. I am so happy to have found them and can't believe we got them at such a good price! We only have one set up right now, but will set Sophie's up later this month. I also splurged and got them cute matching quilts. I was going to make them myself but these were really cute and cheaper than if I had tried to make them. (and having never quilted before, it's safe to say I saved myself quite the headache!)

On Sunday morning, we packed up and headed back up to Cardston only to encounter a rager of a spring storm in the mountains. We safely made it to Cardston to find that the highway back to Calgary was closed, so we hunkered in for the night eating stew and watching TV. Rory was thrilled to get to spend a bit more time with Grandma before having to go back home. The roads were clear by the next morning and we made it home safely. 

This past week was spent getting ready for Matt's birthday. On Friday, I took him out on a date. We had burgers and saw a movie and he didn't have to plan a thing. His favourite kind of date. Saturday, we gave him our presents, which consisted mostly of clothes (at his request), and spent the rest of the morning deep cleaning the church with our ward. In the afternoon, Matt and Rory decided to take advantage of the nice day to play in our newly acquired snow pile of a backyard. They built a huge snowman and a tobogganing ramp. It was a sunny day and the two of them had such a great time playing together!

 Love this kid!!

We ended the day by taking the girls out for dinner. We had some gift cards and coupons to Boston Pizza and ended up feeding the while family for $4.88 plus tip. The restaurant was full of families and we had a blast playing cards (provided by BPs) and colouring. It was a great way to end a great day!

Last night, we had friends over for pie, to visit and celebrate Matt's birthday. It was a weekend full of attention for someone who doesn't much care for birthdays. But birthdays are very important to me and I wanted him to feel loved and special too. Matt is such a hard worker and has done so much to provide for our little family and I am so proud of him! I just wanted to show him how much he means to me and the girls. And possibly, a little bit of me wanted to set the bar high...Three months until MY birthday and our trip to NYC!!!!!