McQuay Memories: February 2013

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

{Valentine's Day}

It was a beautiful day so we headed outside to snap some photos

and took some selfies to share with Daddy.

We made chocolate covered strawberries as a surprise for Daddy. Evette helped with the white chocolate drizzles - she had a lot of fun doing it!

Once upon a time we went to Europe. It was amazing. Our last stop on our European tour was a tiny coastal village near Barcellona, Spain, called Tossa de Mar. One beautiful thing we discovered there was Chocolate con Churros. It's a beautiful marriage between a thick dark chocolate drink and deliciously fried churros. We would sit for hours and eat churros dipped in the chocolate drink - ordering more and more churros. So good.

For Valentine's Day Sean found this special chocolate drink and so we made it with churros! so happy. What a fun, happy, nostalgic treat! Loved it. muchos.

YUM!

xoxo

Saturday, February 23, 2013

{Friday Five}

Sorry this is a day late, but we are traveling, so...oops.

For my Friday Fives I don't include the weekends because that's when the husband is home and if I did include the weekends then I probably wouldn't post very much about the week. My Friday Five include Monday - Friday afternoon - times when Daddy is not home.

Luckily for us this week, he was actually home! So he made it into a couple of these this week.

1. I love watching my Baby explore the world with her Daddy

2. We traveled to Houston this week so Evette got to learn how to play the guitar with her very talented Auntie Rachel

3. I got to hear Rachel and her friends perform at her New Beginnings program

4. Evette loves Grandma's dog, Georgie. I love watching them play together. He's such a patient dog.

5. I love it when the husband enjoys toys more than Evette

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

{Half Marathon}

After I ran my first half marathon back in October, the husband decided that he wanted to do one with me!

We trained off and on together and separately. Sean's lucky as in that he travels and has access to a gym inside everywhere he goes and doesn't have to push a stroller in the frozen winter months. But, he does have an intense work schedule that does/did interfere with his training. So pros and cons for both of us in our training - either way, we did not prepare as well as we should have.

Our race was down in Huntsville State park and was a fundraiser for an orphanage - great cause.

On Friday Feb 8 we left Evette in the capable hands of our dear friends the Hasslers and the husband and I drove the 3 hrs down to Huntsville and spent the night at a nearby hotel and got ready for the race the next morning.

It was much different from my last race - it was much smaller, maybe 200-300 people as opposed to 900ish. Also, it was a trail run, so we raced through the trails in Huntsville state park - it was beautiful!!

We had so much fun running together. We started off pushing a little too hard, but we quickly found our rhythm and enjoyed our race. It was seriously one of the funnest "dates" we've had in a long long time - loved it.

None of these photos are mine - I copied them from this website

We finished the race holding hands - so cute lol

After the race they had a grill with hamburgers so we scarfed those down, drank tons of water, jumped in the car, and drove the 3 hrs back to Dallas

So much fun. So proud of my husband.

Friday, February 15, 2013

{Friday Five}

1. Evette and I pretty much have lived in this fort all week.

2. My little sister makes me laugh

3. Watching my Forget-me-nots grow :)

4. Story time and cookie decorating

5. Having dinner dates with dear friends

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

{Clean Freak}

I've ruined her. I've turned her into a clean freak like me.

Remember this post about helping to clean up? Well, there's more to it. She doesn't like messes.

Here she is wiping up her tray which is she does everyday.

Here's all the napkins that we went through in one meal - just the 2 of us. If her hands get too messy while eating she cries for a napkin so she can clean her hands off.

She hates having a runny nose. She'll gingerly point to her upper lip with a concerned look if she has snot running until I come with a tissue so she can blow her nose and clean it up.

Here she is begging me to wash her hands. When we go tour houses on our home hunt Evette must wash her hands at every kitchen and bathroom sink. She MUST.