Snowboarding!

For Zak's birthday in 2012 he got snowboarding clothes (coat, pants, gloves, socks) in anticipation of going on the snowboarding trip that is offered through our school.  It is every Friday night from December through the first week of February to Bear Mountain that is about 40 minutes north of here.  He never made it last winter and this winter he and Meesa have attempted to go on the trip several times but it was cancelled each time due to either low attendance or poor weather.

Well this week Meesa suggested they go on their own and mentioned that Spring Mountain is only about 25 minutes east of here, so we took them last night.  We got there at about 4:00pm and they were geared up and ready to go at 4:45pm.  The slope is open until 9:00pm but we thought for sure they wouldn't last that long.  Well they did and Zak came off the slope with a huge smile on his face!

Geared up and ready to go!

Getting his bindings on proved to be a bit difficult at first.

First ride on the chair lift, he got on with no troubles.

Meesa sent me this from the chair lift.

I'm so glad he was finally able to go snowboarding.  Of course his first words when he saw us after they came off the slope were, "I want to get my own board."  Houston, we have a new obsession.  Haha! :-)

Super Bowl Sunday Hurt This Year

This year for Super Bowl Sunday we thought we were going to have a quiet, uneventful evening...boy were we wrong!

We had a hockey game in Hackensack, NJ, and got home at 6:15pm, just in time to settle in for kick-off.  Chad built a roaring fire for us, we ordered dinner in, and kicked back with a couple of beers.

Well, as he was putting wood on the fire one time, the fire popped and a hot coal shot out and hit Chad in the EYE!  Thank goodness he got his eye closed before it hit so his eyeball was not injured, but the corner of his eye nearest his nose took the brunt of the burn.  I tried to talk him into going to the hospital to get it flushed and ensure there was no injury to the eyeball, however, he refused..."The Super Bowl is on and I leave for Las Vegas tomorrow, I'm not going to the hospital."  So we did the best we could flushing it out and I used a wet Q-tip to remove the charcoal that was spreading through his eye.

He left Monday morning for Las Vegas for work, and at that point his eye was just red.  Wednesday evening I asked him how his eye was feeling and he sent me a pic:

It had completely scabbed over, and every time he woke in the morning it had crusted over and started oozing after he got his eye open.  I felt so bad for him!

I'm happy to report that it has completely healed and he looks just as handsome as always. :-)

My Sweet Valentine

After 25 Valentine's Days together, Chad still finds a way to make me feel extra special and extra loved every time.  This year we went to lunch at our favorite diner, The Jukebox Cafe.  Shortly after we returned from lunch, there was a delivery for me...Shari's Berries!

They are gourmet chocolate covered strawberries...

Not only are the coatings delicious, they use the freshest, sweetest berries!

And it was accompanied by the simplest but sweetest card...

I loved the instructions on the outside of the shipping box, too.

I hope your valentine was as good to you as mine was to me!