Not too shabby

Just wanted to share that I did get to participate in the go-kart activities as described yesterday...I took Jacob in a two person car and away we went.  Unfortunately, we were too fast for Kristen to catch any pictures, so I thought I would share the Lap Times print out that they gave us as we finished.

We smoked everyone in our session and then, as you can see above, posted the 5th fastest lap time of the day.  Considering we only got to do one race and all the people on that list were going over and over and over again on a day pass kind of deal...I thought that was pretty respectable.

It was also a ton of fun.  I think we may have to go again...even if it was a 45 minute drive.

February Vacation Fun

Today we went to an indoor go-kart / arcade / mini golf / bowling facility.  The boys did not "do" a lot for their February break, so we wanted to have some fun on the one day that Kristen had off from clinical work and school.  The picture above is a pretty decent shot of 90% of the track.  Lots of turns, lots of fun!

Kristen and Jude rode together in a 2 person kart and Jaden was able to drive on his own.  All of them  went in the same wave together.  Jaden was really excited to lap them and was one of the fastest on the course at that time.

 This was the really neat little bowling lane that was part of the arcade area.  They used little balls...like the ones for candle pin bowling, but the pins were just mini versions of the regular bowling pins.  The most interesting part of the unit was the way the pins were held by strings to do the set up and clearing of the pins on all the shots.

Kristen was getting into all the games.  She took Jude for a skateboard ride and spent quite a few coins on the "Deal/No Deal" game where you could win tickets.  She also won the bowling game against the boys...so. overall, I think she had a good time.

Sweet Valentine

Kristen asked me to post something about Jaden's Valentine's Cards....so, here it is :)

Mom was certainly very appreciative of the thought and effort Jaden put into writing and drawing on his card for her:

He wrote how proud he was of her....

Note the drawing includes Kristen with the stethoscope around her neck!  A beautiful, skinny, nurse.  Now you see why she had such a smile on her face :)

Valentines Day

Had a great valentines day with the family today.  Above is a compilation of the valentines cards I received.  Jaden drew everyone individual cards with pictures on them, Jacob filled out his school valentines for us as well and Kristen gave me a very nice card as well.  It is neat to celebrate any and all times that we can together.

Kristen always does such a nice job of laying things out for everyone and making everyone feel special.  Cards for each of the boys and candy...all set up beautifully

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My honey loves me so....
She knows I love Snickers!
Of course, she does too...so she bought the giant one that has to big pieces in it so that I could share with her :)

The boys loved getting to open their cards.