First day of winter

Today is not only my birthday, but also the first day of winter and BRRRR is it cold!!! It feels like we have already had at least a month of winter considering how much snow we've had. I'm pretty sure we will be having a white Christmas though!


My hubby treated me to an amazing birthday dinner at Oakley's. I decided I wanted to go somewhere I have never been and Oakley's was highly recommended to me by a couple of friends (thanks Dave & Meredith!!) Everything sounded so good, so we had multiple courses and left feeling more than satisfied. I am so glad we tried something new!


I have asked for a DSLR for my birthday so I can actually start posting pics!! I now just need to figure out which one! Any recommendations??? Canon vs. Nikon vs. ???


Let me know any suggestions.

Pottery Barn Kids Sing Along

Today we met up with Allison & Olivia and Emily, Taylor, & Madison and headed out to PBK for a sing along.

Chase was quite scared when we first arrived, but decided PBK had some pretty cool toys so he quickly adapted. He was not so interested in the music today and decided to spend his time playing with the toys. The guy performing did a great job and there were definitely some other little tots very into singing and dancing.

After the sing along was over we headed to Cheesecake Factory for lunch. God bless the guy that was our waiter! With four toddlers I'm sure he was not super excited to see us, but you would have never known! He came with sliced bread and bananas upon our arrival. He must have some experience in this area!! We found out later he has three at home and one on the way. (I knew he must have some experience!) After we were finished eating it was closing in on naptime, so we said our goodbyes and headed home. Chase had a fantastic day hanging with his lady friends!