Lions and Tigers and Bears....Oh My!

Yesterday, we took our first trip to the San Diego Zoo. My mom came along and we went with Alisha, Madi and Bre too. It was a perfect zoo day, nice cool weather. First, the kids checked out the children's zoo. Then, we jumped on the bus tour so we could see the whole park. Carter's favorite was the elephants. He was pretty mad once the bus turned away from them. Of course, Carter's Grammy loves to spoil him so we also had to check out some stores. Carter got a book about elephants and a cute rubber frog - which of course has been in his mouth since we bought it. Breanna and Madi also scored some personalized mugs from Grammy! She LOVES spoiling kids and can never resist. I'm really looking forward to heading to the Wild Animal Park next - everyone tells me it's even better!

Valentine's Day!

Well, I never thought I'd say this but Valentine's Day wasn't so bad after all. I thought it would be pretty depressing with Dave being gone but Carter and I actually had a really nice day. Kristen brought her parents for a visit and Carter had a great time playing outside with them. Then Naomi and Scott came over that night. We made a great dinner and watched a movie! Even though I'm always missing Dave, I'm glad the day turned out so well. Of course the best part was getting the flowers that Dave sent me! This is my second V Day without Dave (last year he was on duty all night) so here's to hoping the next year, I'll get to finally spend that day with my hubby! :)


Trying to "drive" Daddy's car is his new favorite thing to do.


Carter reading some of his books.


Me and my Valentine!


Heartbreaker


Finally enjoying his quad!