Family Time

This last weekend was filled with lots of quality family time.  Ryan was asked by one of his professors to give a lecture for one of his classes, so he had Friday off to "prep" and then his presentation was Monday so he had most of the day off.  This gave the four of us a much needed long weekend together.  We had nothing we had to do and nowhere to travel to.  It was very cold and we didn't want to leave the house much with the kids.  By Sunday, we were feeling a little cooped up and decided to make a family trip to the Washington Pavillion.  The Pavillion has a science center in it with lots of room to run.  Our kids had a blast and it sure felt good to get out of the house.  Landon and Kadence spent a lot of time running back and fourth on this life size piano.  It always makes me want to watch the movie Big.  

They also have a water table which is a huge hit with both the kids if you can imagine.  It is very nice to live in a town with so many things to do with a young family.

Ryan and I also played a lot of Nerts (not too sure why he plays with me, he doesn't like to lose) and watched a movie every night!  I loved the extra snuggle time with my hubby and he actually stayed up past 9pm!

On a side note...this is the view we currently have in our upstairs living room

The drifts are so high it is crazy.  I actually had to put chairs in front of the windows so that the kids could stand on them and see out.  One of these warm days we need to scoop some snow away from the windows, it is kind of depressing to hardly be able to see out the window!  I am hoping for warmer days soon as I am getting tired of running in the closet!  We had originally had our treadmill in our downstairs family room.  I couldn't figure out why this house just didn't feel as cozy as our home in Fargo.  One night Arin and I had a brilliant idea to move the treadmill to the storage room.  Turns out having a treadmill in your family room doesn't make it very cozy.  We love the extra space in our family room now and the kids of course love the extra space to play.  On the down side, our treadmill is in the storage room.  The funny thing about it is that it is probably one of the most used home treadmills.  I usually try and run about 6 days a week and Ryan runs a few days a week as well.  Needless to say, I am getting a little bit tired of the scenery (or lack thereof) in the closet.  But I will just keep on keep on running...soon it will be warm enough to run outside (if we can ever get rid of all of this snow).  AND....SOMEDAY I will hopefully be able to have a nice workout room in my house.