Friday, January 31st—Steve and I had a “Chinese New Year” date night, which I planned (it’ll be his turn next time). We went over to Pei Wei for dinner and ordered some Chinese food. We then went home, got Nyles to bed, then made a heart origami. We then played a game kind of like Mad Lib. We were going to watch Kung Fu Panda after, but decided to watch some TV instead since it was later than we thought. It was fun having a planned date.
Nyles playing the chopsticks like drums
Sunday, February 2nd—we had our monthly McGrath Family get together. We normally get together every month and have dinner and celebrate birthdays, but we got a little off from the Holidays. Steve and I decided to get us organized again and get things going. We organized the dinner (cooked up one of our hams) then after dinner we divvied up who would be in charge of what month for the rest of the year. Everyone really enjoys getting together so we just needed to get them organized for the year.
Nyles helping me blow out the candle at our family celebration
Nyles loves stuffed animals! He had to give it a hug (at Lake's house).
I had a free RedRobin hamburger for my birthday so we went and had dinner there one night. We were also planning to go up to Idaho over that weekend so we could attend Riley’s baptism and Wade getting the Priesthood, but unfortunately the weather was horrible and the roads were bad, so we decided not to go. I had a free breakfast at IHOP as well, so since we were home we went there are Saturday and invite Dave/Joann to join us. Nyles was a little cranky by the time we got our food, so Steve ended up taking him home to nap while we finished our breakfast. We then went back to our place and visited a little while.
For my actual birthday on Monday the 10th since we weren’t driving home from Idaho I decided to get my hair done. We found a deal on Groupon for highlights, conditioner and a cut. I went over in the afternoon while Steve stayed home w/ Nyles while he napped. After I got back Steve went to class a little while after to take a test. When he got back home we invited Dave/Joann over and had pizza together. After dinner we put Nyles down to bed then visited for a while. I can’t believe I’m finally 30 now! When I look back to what I’ve accomplished in my 30 years I feel pretty good about things and definitely hopeful and optimistic of the future as well!
As I mentioned earlier, over Valentines/President’s weekend we went up to the cabin. It was a lot of fun, especially the sledding (in my opinion). Steve and I made Valentine Card’s for each other the night before going up to the cabin. It was fun to show our loves through words and not just by buying each other something.
Not the best pics of my hair, but you get the idea (yes Joann and Steve forced me to take pictures).
As I mentioned earlier, over Valentines/President’s weekend we went up to the cabin. It was a lot of fun, especially the sledding (in my opinion). Steve and I made Valentine Card’s for each other the night before going up to the cabin. It was fun to show our loves through words and not just by buying each other something.
Friday, February 21st—Rose came over after we put Nyles to bed so we could go celebrate (our anniversary and my birthday, both a little late but better late than never). We went and ate dinner at Texas Roadhouse. We haven’t eaten there since I was pregnant with Nyles. We obviously can’t eat there anytime Nyles is with us either, since they have peanuts EVERYWHERE! Steve got some ribs and I got a yummy chicken salad. After dinner we headed back to our hotel and hung out. We had a nice big King bed I couldn’t even kick Steve if I wanted;)
The next morning we had breakfast at the hotel. The breakfast was actually good. We got to make our own waffles and they had a
lot of other assortments of things: eggs, sausage, yogurt, cereal, juice, milk,
etc. We were impressed w/ their
assortment. After checking out we had
planned to go to the temple and do a session.
We were located right in between the Jordan River Temple and Draper and
since we went to Draper the month before we decided to go to the JR
Temple. Well, when we got there the
parking lot was PACKED! We couldn’t find
a parking spot anywhere! People were
parked in every little area possible and people were still circling the parking
lot like we were trying to find a spot to park.
We called the temple and asked if anything “special” was going on and they
said no, just that the Oquirrh Mountain and Bountiful Temples were both
closed. They weren’t sure how long it
would be for the wait so we decided we chance it and go to Draper. When we got there it was pretty busy too but
not in comparison to the JR Temple. We
were planning to do a session but since we were now short on time (since we
were supposed to be back at 1pm for lunch w/ Rose and Pauline) we decided to do
initiatories instead. The women’s side
was busy, it was about 45 minutes before I got in, but Steve got right in of
course. It was still a neat experience
which gave me time to read the scriptures and ponder. As we were heading out of the temple, the front desk got a call from the JR Temple saying they were turning people away and sending them their way. Talked about a busy day and a "nice" problem to have I guess.
After we got out of the temple we came back and talked w/
Rose briefly then Rose and I went to meet Pauline at The Cheesecake Factory for
lunch. Rose said Nyles was really good
for her. She said he slept in until
about 7:30am (usually it’s 6:45-7am). She
also said he was a sweetheart and played so cutely for her. Apparently he wasn’t shy or afraid of her,
which is excellent! He also went right
down and took a nap. This makes us
excited to know he’ll “behave” for others.
I’ll have to admit though, not seeing Nyles’ cute little smiling face in
the morning was killing me! I couldn’t
wait to get home and see him!
Pauline had a table for us so we were able to sit down
immediately and order our food. We
ordered some yummy lettuce wraps then got a couple cheesecakes to share. The food was great and so was the cheesecake. I saved most of it for Steve and Nyles
though. Pauline and Rose had gift cards so
we got it free per say ;) We had a
little time after lunch so we went back to my place and hung out for a
while.
Sunday, February
23rd—Nyles and I stayed home from church since neither of us were feeling very well. We had already committed weeks earlier to go to dinner so we figured we should keep it. We went over and visited w/ a couple who
used to be in our branch, Ashley and James Dunkelberger (she was my 2nd
counselor). They moved to Idaho and now
are back. Ironically they moved the day before Nyles was born. They bought a house in
Murray now and almost have 3 boys. They have a 3 year old boy, 16
month old boy and another boy due this month.
We had dinner then visited for a while.
It was good to see them again.
Monday, February 24th—Since I had the past 2 Monday's off, but more importantly since I wasn't feeling well, I took it off. I didn't get much sleep during the night so Steve let me "sleep in" until 11am. Nyles got up at 7am then back to sleep at 8:30am and didn't get up until I got up, so Steve had time for himself. We also took at nap in the afternoon for a couple hours; it was so nice. In the afternoon I was feeling better so we went to a park and let Nyles play. He LOVES being OUTSIDE and likes the water because he thinks fish are in them. I wonder whose son he is?
Loves the swings
And the slide
And exploring....
Back to the swings
He doesn't look enthusiastic but he liked this too ;)
His favorite was the water since the thought there were fish in it
Trying to see over
Pointing at the "fish" in the water (I don't think any fish were actually in it though)
Wednesday, February 26th—Steve took Nyles to the
Hogle Zoo. It was the last day of free
admissions and the weather was beautiful so why not? Well, of course everyone else thought the
same thing, so it was REALLY crowded!
Joann, Ryan and Lynsie also went.
They got to see some animals but it wasn’t the best experience since it
was so crowded. I guess we’ll have to go
back again, next time when I can go. We
also officially filed our taxes, can’t wait for our refund!
Nyles and Lynsie ready to go
Steve and Nyles
Steve/Nyles and Ryan/Lynsie at the Zoo
Look at the bears Grandma!
Love his cute little head ;)
Monkeys....
The crowd, yikes!
Precious ;)
Lynsie, Ryan and Joann
Joann, Nyles and Steve
Just relaxing w/ his dog (the one he got from our Hegerhorst White Elephant Exchange) He absolutely LOVES it, even if it only has one eye. Thanks to whoever gave it as a gift :)
Friday, February
28th—we had Matt and Jenny over again. We ordered pizza together, put Nyles to bed, and
then I helped them set up a budget.
Jenny has been stressed about how things will work once she has the baby
in August and isn’t working. I offered
to go over their budget with them and offer suggestions. I told them I’m not the best but I’m more
than willing to help. Jenny got tired
after a little while but Matt was really interested in the budget we set
up. We got it set up and then they
left. They want to meet again to look
for other ways to save them money.
Nyles trying to help Steve shave.
He thinks the tongue scrapper is a razor and likes to "help" Steve. So cute!
He's trying to shave his own face now....oh man not already ;)
Nyles has been loving playing in boxes and coloring on them w/ crayons
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