Happy MLK Day!

What a great day to celebrate the freedom and peace we have! Martin Luther King was such a brilliant man, and excellent at speaking such true goodness. My most recent favorite quote is, "Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that." We are celebrating MLK today by eating a pancake puff for breakfast, going sledding on this beautiful new layer of snow we got last night, watch a movie from the library and have roast beef for dinner! Sounds like a good day to me, except Chris has to work. Always a bummer.

Chris and I went out to dinner last night for the first time in ages. We saw the movie It's Complicated which was laugh out loud hilarious! Until the end, which I won't spoil but we weren't thrilled about. Still a good movie. Then we went to Bellini's for dinner which was sooo good. Good wine, yummy salad, wood-fired pizza and we shared a piece of hazelnut chocolate cake. We groaned on the couch when we came home, we were so full! But we talked a lot about how we started dating 19 years ago, and we met when we were 19. So from now on, we will have lives where we have been together more than not. That's pretty cool! We have a great life. We're very grateful.

Chester seems like he is getting older and older. Of course, he is. He will be 10 in April. Lately his hips seem to be bothering him more, or maybe it's his paws--I'm not sure. I think arthritis is settling in. He may not be a mountain dog anymore. He spends a lot more time on the couch these days. But then there are other times that he's running around the backyard like a puppy again. So, he still has spurts of spunk. He's just the best, snuggly dog there is.

So we have a nice short week ahead of us this week. Thomas had the flu bug most of last week, so he's getting kicked back to school tomorrow. We continue with swim lessons and basketball. We're fighting the winter blues! I'll post pics soon.