Bowling!

Here are some pictures from our Bowling night out to celebrate our Birthdays! Matt and I turn 24 within 8 days of eachother so it's a week of celebration every year :-) Here are some pictures to re-cap the night.

Matt & I before the competition began!

Mom & I enjoying the time together.

Dan & Bri enjoying a night out together.

Matt feeling all special because he began to perfect his curve-ball.

It was a great Birthday and thanks to everyone who came, it was a great time & we'll have to get a bigger group to go next time, especially since we hear Blair is becoming the next John Fowler!
For those that don't know, we have some really good bowlers in the family and John (our uncle) actually bowled a perfect 300 recently. It doesn't run in my blood however, I'm happy with breaking 100.

Our first Valentine's Day.

I'm beginning to see a trend here, as this year of blogging is proving to be a year for "firsts" for our family. With that being said, I thought I'd finally get back on here to post some pictures from our first Valentine's Day.

The day began with a trip to the Broadripple Bark Park, where Rufus got to play with his friends. It was so fun to see the little guy have a good time in the snow. Talk about someone who doesn't mind that the snow keeps coming, Rufus loves it! After we got back and slipped in a little grocery trip to stock up, Mom and Dad came over to have a Valentine's lunch. They brought 5 Guys burgers and fries and it was delicious!! So we had a nice little visit and watched the family favorite show which we had on our DVR. (Modern Family, Weds @ 9pm on ABC...I highly recommend it)

So that made for a really nice morning :)

That afternoon, Matt said that he wanted to venture our for a hike over at Eagle Creek. Despite the inches upon inches of snow that we've had...we all bundled up and headed over to check it out! That's where the pictures come in to play. We had a fantastic time and are both pretty sore from the hour+ trek in the snow and woods. Rufus was in heaven.

This is the best we could do for a family photo! It's hard when you're the only ones on the trail, but still turned out pretty good.

The big news in Rufus' life is that he's 1/2 way done with his obedience training. We were making him practice his sit-stays, come fronts and heel while we were on the hike. Poor thing had a lot of distractions with animals, trees and being outside but he did a really good job!! We're all a little happier with an obedient dog. However, we still have a long way to go.

Here were my two Valentines! It was hard to pick who was my favorite for the day, but I think Matt had to win by default of being my husband. :)

Rufus in true form. If you've heard that he points really well, but haven't seen him do it. Here's proof that he's a true hunter at heart.

Ending a long day of fun-loving, quality time together. Thanks to Matt for thinking of taking a hiking at Eagle Creek! It was tons of fun and we can't wait to do it again, maybe it will be a little warmer next time.