The Weekend

This last weekend was fun and pretty relaxing. Now that Ken is working on weekends, I pretty much have Saturday and Sunday to get caught up on things....you know, things like laundry, cleaning, scrapbooking, TiVo. ;)

Friday night was not really special. I usually save my Walmart trip for Sunday after church b/c its so quiet, but I went Friday night instead. Going to the store the day before Valentine's Day is one of my favorite things to do. I love seeing people scramble to find that perfect card and dig through all the left over flowers. Its pretty funny. And this year....I even saw women!!! It wasn't just men!! When I got home and got settled in, I sat down and knitted my niece a blanket for her birthday. I made her one when she was born and its become more of a keepsake in her hope chest...so I thought it would be fun to make her one that she could play with.

For Valentine's Day, Ken and I decided that neither of us like to make a big deal out of the holiday. We didn't buy each other gifts or anything....I did get him a card, but oddly enough I still haven't given it to him. I did however make a nice dinner. As long as I got to just spend time with him, I was happy. I made a cajun pasta with chicken and shrimp (thanks Michelle!!! It was YUMMY!) and a homemade cheesecake. It was really my first one I've made from scratch SO I was pretty excited about it.....well that's a lie....I was REALLY nervous that it wasn't going to turn out well. A friend of mine at work kept telling me that cheesecakes are really easy, but people don't make them b/c they sound intimidating....so I was trusting her with that. Saturday I was up and running errands and getting little gifts for Lexis, Ruger, Flip, and Frasier (and yes, those are all animals and YES they all got new toys)!!! The rest of the day I was cooking. The cheesecake turned out just fine. I think when I do it again, I will make it the day before. It seemed to set up much better by Sunday. Ken and I enjoyed a nice evening just hanging out and we watched a little tv. Nothing exciting, but for me it was perfect just getting to be with him.

Raspberry and Vanilly Cheesecake

Sunday, I met a girlfriend for lunch and we went to see "He's Just Not That In To You." It was a really cute movie. I think we laughed through the whole thing. When Ken got off work, we headed to Tulsa. My mom has a family lunch the third Sunday of every month. Since Ken's birthday was this month, my mom changed it from lunch to dinner so he could be there. We had so much fun! It was fun just sitting around talking and laughing with my family. We had BBQ and my mom got this AMAZING cake from Nibble's in Tulsa. Its a German Chocolate cake with a layer of vanilla cheesecake in the middle. Its AMAZING!!!! They have THE best cakes and cupcakes in Tulsa!!!! My favorite story of the night was when I was telling my nephew that if he would come to Stillwater, Ken would take him for a ride in the police car. Caleb got so excited and looked at me and asked, "Will he dress up like one too?" HAHAHA!!! He didn't quite understand that Ken is a REAL police officer....Caleb thought he was just dressing up for fun. He then told Ken that he would dress up like "Lightening" (from "Cars") and bring his "Lightening" car too. Then they could drive together. It was too cute!

Celebrating Mark, Kim and Ken's Birthday's!Kenny and Me This was taken after MANY pictures....and Ken was done! :)

All in all the weekend was really great!