Family Night

Every Monday night is Family Night.

Dan and I trade off who is in charge of planning family night.

We read the scriptures, listen to talks, talk about the gospel, 

and sometimes we just have fun.

This particular family night we went out for ice-cream!

Mitchell's has opened a shop down the street from our house.

We love Mitchell's ice-cream! 

We walked through the snow to get there.

It may seem odd to eat ice-cream in the middle of winter.

We don't care. We love it!

I love having a night designated to spend time with family

and talk about the things that matter most.

Florida

Dan went to Naples, Florida for an externship over spring break.

I followed him.

We traveled separately in order to save money and 

this quick little trip in the middle of winter was totally worth it!

We stayed with some friends who used to live in Cleveland.

They are living there now, and they were so kind to let us lounge 

for a few days and enjoy the sunshine! Thank you!

They took us to the pier one night to watch the sunset.

People crowded at the end of the pier to watch the sun go down.

The best part was once the sun slipped over the horizon,

everyone began cheering and clapping! Ha!

We couldn't stop laughing about that.

What a beautiful place!

We got to go the pool the last day we were there because 

Dan had a half day. We were in heaven.

It felt so good to be outside in the sun after being 

inside all winter!

Ya... we could live there.

Thank you, Chaffees, for taking care of us

and letting us spend time with your family!

We already miss Florida and you guys.

25

I am now 25! 

We celebrated with good food, friends, and a surprise trip!

Dan made me this delicious cake!

Baby William made it to the party. 

Our friends still want to hang with us even when we are 

crammed in our little apartment.

Dan surprised me with a trip to Chicago!

We have a list of places we want to visit, and we made

a very quick weekend trip to "the windy city".

This plate was in our hotel room when we arrived. Fun!

We ate Chicago style pizza at Pizzeria Due.

We walked around the city a little bit and got our bearings.

The next morning we were off to explore!

The river that runs through downtown Chicago is dyed green 

every year for St. Patrick's Day. 

Boy, was it a party!

We had never seen so many people wearing green and all 

were equally excited to celebrate this holiday.

It was crazy!

This little boat was being driven by a very old man. 

We loved that it looked just like a car on the water.

Chicago is one of the most beautiful cities I have ever seen.

All of the buildings are equally unique and interesting.

So neat to walk around and explore.

This is what the sidewalks were like around town that day.

It was so crowded. Everyone was either at the river 

or headed to the parade.

We were outside for a few hours, and then we 

were so cold we had to seek shelter.

I see why they call it the windy city!

We stopped in my favorite place to have some sweets.

Magnolia's Bakery makes the best Banana Pudding.

We stayed at the "W" downtown.

It was the perfect location and was close to everything! 

We loved the elevated train! So cool.

Unfortunately, the park was closed for the parade, so this was the 

closest we got to the famous bean!

We also went to the Lincoln Park Zoo for free.

It was so much fun!

I would love to visit there again in the summer time! 

I bet it is beautiful.

It was a quick trip but very fun!

Thanks Dan!

Valentine's Date

Dan is the best.

I always look forward to Valentine's Day because he 

always plans something so simple and sweet.

We went to this restaurant we have been wanting to go for 

a long time, over in Chagrin Falls.

It was delicious and our table looked straight out at the falls.

We went home for dessert and I made 

Molten Chocolate Lava Cakes.

Thanks, Dan.