Grandma Comes to Visit

It was really fun having my mom come out to visit for a couple weeks at the end of January.  It was so nice to have the help around the house while Drew was in the field and it was nice to spend time with her.  The kids also love having her here so that is a bonus too.  We had fun going on a few outings and just playing around the house.  Grandma even got to be here to see Eliza take her first few steps which was really exciting!  We are so glad that Grandma could come spend time with us!

 Eliza was all smiles as we got ready for Grandma to show up.

 Yes, we go through lots of outfits!

 Anders holding Eliza's hand to calm her down on the car ride.  So sweet!

 Anders loved getting to take Grandma to soccer and show her everything that he does.

 We had a great time going to the zoo with Grandma and Anders even got to feed the giraffes.

 Anders had an awesome time at the zoo!

 Grandma introducing books to Eliza early on.

My mom even helped me make alfajores (a Peruvian cookie) while she was here.

 We went over to one of my friend's houses while my mom was here so that Anders could see the chickens and ride their pony.

 So many chickens.

 Anders loves riding their pony!  It makes him so happy and he has no desire to get off.

 Grandma tried to get Eliza to say hi to the pony too.

 Eliza loved all of the attention that she got while Grandma was here!

 So happy!

 Eliza loved figuring out how to walk and stand and was super happy about it!

 Grandma helping Eliza while she tried to walk.

Eliza and Grandma!  I hope my daughter learns so much from her Grandma because she is amazing and we are so grateful to have her.

Broadmoor Date Night

So, Drew has been talking about wanting to do a date night with me at the Broadmoor since we moved here but I kept putting it off because it was so pricey.  Little did I know that Drew had been stashing money away for the last six months and so he could finally take me.  It was so sweet of him!

It was an early Valentine's Day date because my mom was in town, so we had a babysitter and we had a night without other obligations that we could go.  We also figured it would be a lot less busy if we didn't actually go on Valentine's day.  He took me to the Penrose room and I can honestly say that it is the fanciest meal I have ever had.  The food was amazing and there were a ton of courses!  It was a wonderful night for the two of us and in addition to dinner we loved just walking the grounds of the hotel. 

 The hotel is gorgeous and I love all the lights!

 We loved walking the ground before dinner.  The lake there is beautiful.

 We also loved watching the geese.  It was really funny to watch them come land on the ice and then slide across it!

 Beautiful!

 It was really nice to have a night out for the two of us with no kids or work obligations.

 This was our view from the restaurant.

 They brought us all of these little samples between courses and they were all really good!

 This was Drew and my first course.

 The bread was really good!

 These were our main dishes.

 This was the taster between the main course and dessert.

 These were our desserts; creme brulee and black forest cake.

 Then they brought this tray of goodies out after dessert.

We were seated right next to the window looking out at the lake.  It was a great date night and it was wonderful to have time to the two of us.