The Lopez Family Blog: A fun week ending with snow and the circus!

Something went wrong with my camera last week and I was not able to upload pictures, but it's all fixed now! We had a great week last week. We started Monday morning off by doing some errands and then heading to the library. It had been too long since we had been there and we checked out a ton of books. The best part was the amount of reading that took place at home. We read books for hours that afternoon and Tuesday morning. My favorite days with the kids are days that we read and read and read!
On Tuesday we went to Monkey Joes with Megan and her boys (Luke and Henry). The kids had a blast and it was a great way to burn all their energy! It had been a long time since we had been there, so it was a special treat. In the evening we went to Tio Aldo's for dinner and the kids loved their time over there. They are attached to Cami and have such a blast playing with her. Ricardo met us over there after work and we all had a nice dinner together.
On Wednesday we went to bible study in the morning and then out to lunch with my small group to the Flying Biscuit which was great. One of the ladies is moving from our small group so we took her out to lunch for a send-off and we had a great time. Alexia was thrilled because she got to have pancakes for lunch!
On Thursday we met Kim and kids for a cookie at a fun bakery and then headed to a field trip to Trader Joes! Kim and I really wanted to hang out, but we had limited time slots due to the different schedules of our kids so we decided to combine grocery store with play date and it worked out great! Diego and Alexia love Zach's little sister, baby Ellie and were thrilled to talk to her and make her giggle.
On Friday morning we went over to Jessie's to decorate Valentine's cakes for daddies. We did this last year as well so it is a fun tradition. We decorated a delicious cake and Ricardo was thrilled to dig into it after dinner in the evening.

When I put the kids down for their naps in the afternoon, there were a few tiny snowflakes falling and when we woke up at 3:30, everything was completely white and beautiful. We had a quick snack, bundled up in layers of clothing and headed out to play. It was the first time Alexia was happy to play in the freezing cold. It was so fun to see her running and giggling in the snow. Diego was a nutcase of excitement and ran around like wild.
We came in to warm up with hot chocolate and then headed right back out again as soon as Ricardo got home. Our friends (and neighbors!), Jeff and Kylie came over to play with the kids in the snow and everyone had a blast. Kylie built a snowman with Diego and he was thrilled. I went out to pick up pizza and Jeff and Kylie stayed over for pizza/movie night and we had a fun time.
On Saturday we headed to the circus and it was awesome. Diego was absolutely mesmerized and sat through the entire show, without losing his attention. Alexia was a bit young for it, but still really enjoyed it.
OK, I have black beans in the crock pot so I need to go finish up the rest of dinner, but wanted to get this post wrapped up!