Valentine's Day

The year for Valentine's day my Mom and Lesley decided to have a "pink/red" dinner. So, they created a menu that was comprised of red food. We had BBQ Chicken, Mashed Potatoes (with red food coloring), red jello jigglers shaped in hearts, a red fruit salad (grapes, strawberries, apples), and pink lemonade. My Mom enjoys decorating and setting the stage so when we walked in everything looked great!

Kenan had a big role in helping to decorate. Here he is relaxing and waiting for everyone to come.

The main course was fun and delicious, but it had nothing on dessert. There was a whole array of desserts that were red and heart-shaped. They looked good and tasted delicious. Ethan particularly enjoyed the heart shaped, gluten-free cupcakes.

Entrepreneurialship -- Ice Sledding

Lesley, Joe, and Kenan came for a visit and one of the days that they we here we decided to go "ice sledding" Seriously the people who set this up are entrepreneurals. They took a rice field that wasn't currently being used to grow rice and every evening they cover it with water and make a large rink out of it.

They keep it nicely manicured and prep it every evening. They also have a little make-shift tent that they have put some heaters in and sell some snacks. The actual sledding occurs on a piece of wood set on two rails. You sit on this and you use two sticks with nails sticking out the bottom of them to push yourself around the rink. It was a lot of fun and everyone got the try it out. There were races, circles, and trains that had to be completed. I will say that was a unique experience, but a fun one!