Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Post Valentine's Day

The night of Valentine's Day we went to the 10th Anniversary show of Cheap Date Improv at the high school. Fina's been a part of this troupe for a couple years now. It's a great cheap date show ($5)! The next morning Jamie set up a home version of our set at Springs Ensemble Theatre for Lovesong. Josie came over for a couple pick-up run-throughs. And tonight (Wednesday), Lynn and Jamie went to Ambli Global Cuisine for dinner. They'd been there once before but didn't have time for their full prix fixe approach, but tonight they did. Wow! They don't remember half the names of what was in each dish. The food was uniquely fantastic! Not pictured was a curry lobster shooter for a starter. OMG.

Cheap Date Improv celebrated their 10th Anniversary
at their Valentine's Night show.

LoveSong set up at home for a pick-up rehearsal.

I lost most of this description. But very yummy.

Tiger shrimp on the left, risotto fritters on the right.

Beet and cheese salad.
With Sequentis (a new merlot release) from Daou!

Lamb pops with a Lebanese wine.

Best baba ganoush since Tucson's Olive Tree decades ago.
We asked if they ever made it, and out it comes!


A Pim's digestif

Next time... Chef's Table


Monday, February 14, 2022

Approaching Valentine's Day

The lead-up to Valentine's Day was pretty big, starting with the opening of Jamie's and Fina's show, Lovesong at Springs Ensemble Theatre. And Super Bowl LVI! And finally Valentine's Day...

Jamie's gift from our Lovesong director, Dan Robbins. Perfect!

Fina's show gift. Perfect.

Buttermilk!


Lynn and Jamie went on a walk...

At church...


AJ and Griffen were quite the helpers in preschool.



SuperBowl prep (there was lots more...)




Pink, heart-shaped pancakes!




Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Birthday Breakfast

Birthday breakfasts are a pretty big deal around our house, whether on the right day or not.

But first, an update on the butterflies the twins are raising.
They were let go later today and we missed the pic.

Portable eating.

Hurts Donuts was the choice this time!
No worries, they had ice cream cake for dinner.


Quite the sunrise.


Legos and Beyblades!

Getting the length right for Lovesong.
At Springs Ensemble Theatre.

Another square is done.

The twins several years ago holding their birth pictures.


Kabocha Squash. Made a great soup!


Saturday, February 5, 2022

As Valentine's Day Approaches

Lots of forces at work as we approach Valentine's Day. 

Fire, sun, and lots of snow joined forces to
create this natural little ice sculpture

Even Tracy got in on the shoveling

Can you tell the girl box from the boy boxes?




Lovesong began tech week today at Springs Ensemble Theatre


Thursday, February 3, 2022

Snow!

We finally got a real snow. 8-10 inches in 24 hours. Two snow days from school.

Lexi's snowman






Caspian Cafe (I-25 & Garden of the Gods)
Great recommendation from our church small group.




Snow shoveling reward...