Heart Day '09

This year's Valentines Day was special because KC and I had a special sweetheart to share our love. I have to give credit to KC and his friends for the awesome surprise they pulled off (at least it was a surprise for Brittany, good job Jody). They started the planning weeks ago to head up to the Tait's cabin at Bear Lake on Friday night to have a very nice dinner and sleep over. The dinner was so good, complete with a very creative menu and super yummy dessert! All the details are below...with lots of pics!

The boys hard at work getting our dinner ready

The table set up...there was a rose by each of the ladies' plates with a note from their man! (click to enlarge)

I'm pretty proud of this "Lovers Dinner" menu...done by my husband. He is pretty creative, and funny too!! (Click on the menu to enlarge it....)

We arrived at the cabin and cranked up the heat thinking we would be warm and toasty in no time. However...close to an hour later as we sat down to eat, we were all still frozen. We looked a little silly eating in our winter coats, scarves and gloves. Thanks to poppa Tait, we got someone to come take a look at the furnace and he got the pilot light re-lit and the temperature inside started climbing. Thanks Bear Lake Heating and Air!!

Jeff trying to grip his fork with his huge snow gloves...cute scarf Jeff!!

The main course...Lemon Chicken with cheesey rissoto and grilled veggies on the side. It was so good! Yes, the boys cooked all of this!

Poor Maycee has been sick for the last week with her very first cold, snot constantly draining...this was the biggest blow! (sorry its a little gross, but I thought it was SO funny!)

After dinner and yummy lava cake for dessert we finally got the kids to bed (super late because of the heating issues). Then we shared our favorite stories about our spouse...this quickly turned into the most embarassing stories of our spouse. We still can't believe Jody and Brittany had no stories to tell!! By the end we were all sore from laughing so hard and decided since it was 2 am it was time for bed. We prepped some sticky buns for breakfast and headed for our warm beds.

This is what we found when we came downstairs in the morning. Guess it got a little TOO warm in the cabin...It was gooey goodness when we cleaned it up and cooked them!

The guys: K.C., Jody, Roomate Jeff, and Tall Jeff

The ladies: Natalie, Brittany, Sally, and Chiante

The babies: Maycee, Draden, Gracie

This is the best picture I could get of Maycee in her Valentines Day outfit. Love her!!

On our way out of town, we had some dinner at the local drive-in and snapped a little family photo with the bears...they are everywhere up there! This one looks like it might eat Maycee's head!

***I want to thank my husband for all the planning he did for this...not to take credit from the other guys, but I know he spent lots of time and I am so grateful. It shows me how much he really cares, that he would want to surprise me with something so creative and special. I just want him to know how much I love him and hope he knows that he means the world to me! Love you babe, things will turn soon!

Ski The Swiss Alps.......check!

K.C. was able to check another item off his bucket list this week when he finally got a chance to ski the Swiss Alps! K.C. works with a lady at the airport who is from Switzerland and has family that live in a small town in the Alps and run a hotel and restaurant. When K.C. told her that he has always wanted to ski the Alps, she set him up with a place to stay at her family's hotel if he took over 2 big bags of ski jackets for her family to sell at their hotel gift shop. K.C. jumped on the offer and a week later was on his way to Switzerland with his dad.

K.C.'s passport just expired so he had to fly to San Francisco a few days before they left to renew his passport at the passport office, then on Monday afternoon they flew 11 hours to Paris, then 2 more hours to Zurich, then a 3 hour train ride deep into the Alps, arriving into the town of Grindelwald at 9:00pm on Tuesday.....thats a long ways to go for one day of skiing!

The boys had a great trip and were taken well care of by the Brawand family (they let them stay and even eat at their restaurant for free!). K.C. had an amazing time skiing, and Chuck enjoyed just hanging out. On Thursday they took the train and flight back to Paris, and spent the night there. Chuck had never been to Paris, so K.C. took him to the Eiffel Tower for some delicious crepes.

On friday they flew home from Paris.....just another successful adventure for the Anderson boys!

K.C. brought some Swiss Beanies home for his two favorite girls!