Father's Day Weekend

So life has been a little stressful for Joe recently because he is trying to get as much of his research done as possible and get ready for a thermodynamics conference he is speaking at next week, but this weekend we had some fun.  

By Friday Joe was spent and needed some kind of change up from his daily schedule, so we went out to dinner at Terra Mia.  We have been thinking about going there for a while and had a coupon on the fridge to use.  It was good, we split a crab/lobster ravioli and pizza.  We loved the lobster sauce the ravioli was in, but the actual ravioli wasn't particularly exciting.  We both agreed that the pizza was better and Joe really liked their crust and bread.

On Saturday we went to the farmers market in the morning in search of fresh peaches but were disappointed to find out there were not really any "farmers" at the farmers market, but there were some pretty cool pictures we looked.  In the afternoon we went to 7 Peaks (water park) and met up with Sarah, Cameron and Sadie Pluim.  It was nice to have another couple there because we were able to take turns watching the babies.  So we have a tube rental and they have a tube rental, so we took turns taking off with the tubes to go down waterslides.  It was really nice to actually ride some of the slides they have instead of just walking around the baby pool with Kyra (which is what we normally do).  At the water park KYRA TOOK HER FIRST STEP!!!  We were on our towel and she just decided to go for a step!  It was really exciting and Joe was sitting right there to see her do it!  She still isn't a particularly confident stander but I think we may have a walker within the next month.

Kyra playing with another babies tube

After we left 7 Peaks we went to Kmart to get Kyra her own baby tube, because every time we go she always walks up the the other babies and hangs on their tubes (as seen above).  That night we went to Macey's grocery store for their soft serve ice cream and fixing for fathers day dinner.  we put our sleepy baby to bed when we got home and watched The Scarlet Pimpernel, 1982 version.  It was a good movie but a bit cheesy and the main character drove Joe and I crazy for the first part, but it was really good by the end (even if the acting wasn't amazing).

Sunday I got up early (well earlier than Joe) and made his requested fathers day breakfast, crepes with fresh fruit and whipped topping.  It was delicious!  We used fresh nectarines, strawberries, and bananas as well as fresh whipped topping and cottage cheese (which was a great add to the flavor).  after breakfast I made Joe open his father's day presents which consisted of a DVD containing three cartoon movies (An American Tale, Balto, and The Land Before Time), a knife sharpener (because he is always complaining about dull knives), a small charcoal grill, grilling utensils, and a mint chocolate truffle.

Kyra giving dad the present DVD from her

helping dad play with presents

So with all his new grilling equipment, we had delicious steaks, grilled zucchini, grilled pineapple, mashed potatoes and a salad.  We were both pretty full afterwards so we decided to not make a dessert and instead we had homemade kettle corn a few hours after dinner.