Happy V-Day L-E-O

The LoveBirds

As always, I'm a little late...BUT this time with good reason. I wanted to give my Leo a shout out with this post...he deserves at least that right?

So...here is the lowdown on our crazy V-Day WEEK!

Last week Leo planned a snowmobiling trip with some friends in the neighborhood as a early Valentines gift. Have you ever had those kind of gifts? The ones that your husband gives you but it is clearly for him? Well, Leo loves to give gifts like that...ask me later what I got for my B-day...let's just say it was all from Victoria's Secret.

Anyway...we went snowmobiling all day last Saturday...it was a lot of fun. I think Leo would have had a lot funner without me there...he was driving the both of us and was always telling me when to lean to the side...I was off by a few seconds everytime because I was enjoying the view on top of the mountains. We only tipped over once and Leo has the sprained wrist to prove it...he thinks it's broken, but I told him to slap a wrist brace on and tough it up..give it a couple of weeks and you'll be fine. (I really just said that because our insurance sucks and it would probably cost $1000 just to go to the doctor).

So, after all day snowmobiling and the guys talking about their "favorite" subject both up and back in the car, we headed to our friends house to hot tub. After that we got ready and went to dinner and the movie Fool's Gold. If you haven't seen it, it is well worth the $7...not because it had a good storyline, but because Matthew Mc? is shirtless almost the whole movie. And I LOVE the chemistry between him and Kate Hudson. I was expecting more out of the movie and was hoping it would be as good as "How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days"...but it didn't even come close. Oh well, it is still worth seeing.

So that was LAST weekend....fast forward now to last night....VALENTINE'S DAY.

Part of my gift to Leo was painting our room and decorating it different...here is a pic of the wall...I LOVE the color...I want to paint my kitchen this as well.

The color is called "Burlap"

We went to dinner with BFF's #1 & #2 to Carvers...it was super good and fun. We love hanging out with the Summerhays' and Bushs'....we love them all so much. They are all from our last ward and they have always been friends we can count on no matter what. That is why we have rated them as #1 & #2 although we are probably #24 & #25 on their list!

Jaime & Danny

Lorraine & Joe

After din-din we headed over to the movies and watched "Step-it-Up 2"....just kidding...that was for you Jaime! We saw "Jumper" which was pretty good...another movie with some eye-candy...especially needed on Valentines Day!

Afterwards we came home for a little R & R....and that was it!

Cute Little Bumma Leaves for Russia

Elder CLB & Elder Gonzo

Beezer giving his Cunado one last hug

"Cheez....it's my birthday today and no one seems to care because Erik is leaving...."

Beezer pulling one of the suitcases...note his jacket...more to come on that!

So, as my previous post mentioned, we dropped Erik off at the MTC/chapel on January 16th...it was a really fun experience to have with him. Brandon wanted to go see his Cunado off, so we told him to get dressed and ready. As we were leaving, I told him to grab his coat...well Tia Sandra had just given him a decked out Harley Davidson leather jacket (with tassels on the sleeves) the night before...the picture above doesn't do it justice. The back of the jacket has the huge Harley emblem and name all over the place. So, Brandon comes out of his room with his new jacket on, I told him he couldn't wear that to the MTC, it wasn't appropriate. But, he REALLY REALLY wanted to wear it. Needless to say, everyone who he walked passed at the chapel cracked up at the sight of this little 4 year old with this bold jacket on. It was pretty funny!

Barb and Erik came over to our house before we left so Erik could say goodbye to the kiddies...as mentioned before, it was Mason's birthday and we wanted some pics of the 2 of them together. They said their goodbyes and we headed on down to Provo...we told Erik we would take him out to lunch anywhere he wanted to go...so he chose Wendy's for his "last supper/lunch"....he ordered chicken nuggets and a WATER...now was his chance to splurge and have something good and that was what he chose?

Then we headed off to the chapel...it was a madhouse to say the least. Brandon helped Erik take his luggage in and we waited in the Chapel for Erik and Leo. The devotional was good, Tio Leo was emotional as usual and instead of consolling the Missionary, Erik was consolling Leo and holding and rubbing his back. It was cute...they really love each other a lot...Erik is Leo's white little brother he never had.

After the service, we headed our way and Erik walked out the other way. It was pretty quick, only about 30 minutes and the Gonzo's and Barb were on our way back home.

We love our Cute Little Bumma Erik and hope he is safe and has a really good time in Russia!