Valentine's

I am usually so on top of things for the Holidays but this year I have just not been with it. I don't know if it is because time goes by so quickly or if I am just so dang tired all of the time. Something. Anyway I usually like to put something cute in some mail boxes that I made last year, just a note or a little treat each day until Valentine's Day. But this year they just got something on Valentine's Day. I sent them on a scavenger hunt in the morning and they found their secret presents. We keep losing our sports balls so Tyler got a soccer ball and Mackay got a basketball. I made a super cute card book for Justin which turned out really nice. I also made a nice dinner of pasta shells, cheesy broccoli, bread sticks, and lemonade with heart shaped ice cubes.
For my present Justin took me out for dinner on the Saturday before Valentine's Day. It was pretty good. We hadn't been to Bernadino's for awhile so we drove out there for our dinner.
I love my family very much so it is so fun for me to do fun creative things for them. I need to get back into a creative funk!

Hike to Indian Joe's Gardens

There is a place just northwest of the city of Trona which we decided to go hiking. It was a nice little hike for our little family. We hadn't been on a hike for sometime and the winter time here is the best time to go hiking because the weather is so great. This particular hike we actually took a couple of weeks ago. There were a lot of rocks to climb, which the kids loved. And it was actually pretty adventurous walking through tall grasses, trees, and rock formations. Unfortunately for me my ankle gave out and I took a tumble landing on both knees and got a good gash on one. Luckily I didn't break any bones and was still able to walk. We found the lower garden, but didn't quite make it to the upper garden because we needed to be back home by a certain time. At the upper garden there is suppose to be a spring called Indian Joe's Springs. It is pretty dry at the gardens but there are a lot of things that are growing. There are quite a few trees and plants which make it pretty in its on desert like way. We had a good time and it was a good family outing for us on this day.