All Hail to the Chief

What a great holiday President's Day is. I'll be honest, I never really thought much of it before, but today has been great. Bill has the day off except for this evening when a special someone, whose name I will not disclose at this time, will be coming in to town, so we all got an extra day together. This morning Bill and I took turns going for a run around our community, which was great. There's a steady incline for just shy of a mile which was great for the ol' ticker... When I got back I told Bill, "It's so pretty here. There's snow on the mountains all around us and we don't have to deal with it! How great is that?!" After lunch we took a trip to the mall together. The kids had a great time playing in the play area and each got a new pair of tennies as well. It was so fun to watch them help pick out their new shoes. Of course you have to see how fast you run in them, and no way are you not going to wear them out of the mall! They were so gracious. Aaron, more so than Livi. Livi said thank you but Aaron always knows how to make you feel good. "Ooh, I 'ike geeze. Kank'u Mommy. Geeze are nik." (Translation: Ooh, I like theses. Thank you Mommy. These are nice.) What a sweetie. Best thing of it all is that now both kids are asleep. It definitely helps that it's a rainy afternoon and no sunshine is bursting through their drowsy lids. I'll take it any way I can.