Staycation

For Valentine's weekend I had a great plan, we would stay in a hotel room on Valentine's night (with the kids) and then we would wake up the next morning and go to the zoo with some friends. My plan was botched completely. But, we still had fun!

First of all, we got about 6 inches of snow the Wednesday before Valentine's Day. This place shuts down when it snows, people were ditching their cars and walking home because the conditions were scary. The funny thing is that in Idaho/Utah people would rarely ditch their cars in a snowstorm because that's where you feel the safest and warmest. Corey was stuck in traffic for 3 hours trying to get home from work, but he refused to sleep at the hospital. He saw so many people walking, including a woman with an infant. It was crazy. If you want a good laugh, Casey (my brother in-law) said people were really struggling to drive up a hill on Glenwood Ave and he felt lucky his car got up it and he made it home. About an hour later the photo below went viral from that same location. People were making jokes about it looking like the Apocalypse. After a few days things settled down and we were MORE than ready to get out of the house! We packed up and went to a hotel in Mooresville (a ten minute drive from our house). The kids were SO excited to swim, and eat breakfast at the hotel. :)

The second reason my plan was unsuccessful was because the Zoo was closed due to the snow! I was super disappointed about this, but once I realized they didn't have the equipment to plow the walkways, I was more forgiving.
The third reason my plan was botched is because Corey came down with flu-like symptoms on Thursday night and was VERY sick all weekend. This is what he did while the kids and I hung out in the swimming pool, well this is actually what he did all weekend. I regret not being more sympathetic towards him because he was SO good to me when I got the flu. That's why he is the nurse in the family, he's very understanding.

So, we had a blast hanging out in the pool and just cuddling up to watch the Winter Olympics and eating ice cream.  OH, and I almost forgot, we did go to dinner at our favorite Chinese restaurant. We have lived in Raleigh for 2 1/2 years and never really found a Chinese Restaurant we could call home, but after we found Chopstix, there is no turning back. :)

 The love of my life.

 This girl would give her right leg for seafood!

 Corey's meal, I couldn't even begin to think about eating raw fish...

So blessed to have these 2 kiddos!

When we got home, I found this picture on the camera from Valentine's night:

Corey was so lucky to have me as his Valentine date!