Visits and Valentines

Last week we had a wonderful visit with Shannon and Chad. They first went to Lake Tahoe and Grass Valley and then came to see us for the second half of their trip. They spent 4 days at our house. We did lots of visiting and catching up.
(Side note- I was just helping Alyssa go potty. I sat her on the potty and she said, "We don't touch the water because there's germs and crocodiles and snakes." After sitting there for a couple of minutes she changed her mind and said, "There's no crocodiles or snakes, just germs." Oh, the imaginations of 2 year olds!)
Back to Shan and Chad's visit... the most exciting part was that Chad got to meet his dad who he hasn't seen since he was 1 year old. His dad, stepmom, brother and his family all drove from Las Vegas to see them. Chad's dad is a born again Christian and sells supplies for homeschooling. Chad and his brother had quite a bit in common and Chad looks a lot like his dad. Shan and Chad have been married for 5 years and before this she had only met one of Chad's brothers.
I took Shan to yoga with me. She almost passed out because she got too hot. Poor girl! We had fun though. We went shopping one day at the outlet malls and Shan convinced me to buy a Coach purse. I'm moving up in the world!
Brianna finishes school on Friday and then she is out until the end of March. We are getting ready for our cruise in less than 2 weeks. There are 30 of us going to celebrate Sheri's Big 5-0!
We had a nice Valentine's day. Bill had a dozen red roses delivered to the house and I had bought him some too. Then on Friday night, we dropped the girls off at the new church we've been going to. They have a big multipurpose room and they had music playing and a bounce house and games set up. There were kids of all ages. The girls had a great time. They even fed them dinner. Bill and I went to one of our favorite restaurants, Wood Ranch BBQ. We had a great conversation. It had been awhile since we had such a meaningful and deep discussion. It was really good.
Bill's mom called him today and said that his grandpa isn't doing very well and could we come out to see them in Arkansas. We are going to try to work something out without taking too much time off work.
I just got a really good book called, "Eat this, Not that". It tells you lots of ways to save calories, fat, sugar, etc. by eating different things when you go out to eat. It also says there are 8 foods you should eat every day.. Spinich, Carrots, Tomatoes, Black Beans, Yogurt, Walnuts, Oats and Blueberries. It also says America's 20 worst foods. I'm trying to be healthy lately. I just wish I didn't like chocolate so much. All in moderation right? One piece a day won't kill me. I got the book at Walmart.com for around $10. Well spent money! I've attached some pictures of when Shan and Chad were here. Enjoy!