The Bleess Family: Valentine's Day Weekend

One year ago, Ryan, Zac, and I moved from good ol' Peculiar, MO after 5 years and back closer to my family. When we chose our closing date, we chose Thursday, February 12th, because the next day was Friday the 13th! We moved over Valentine's Day weekend, haha! We've had a lot of changes since last year... Miss Vanessa Marie and Miss Valerie Ryan are here! I can't believe they'll be turning 1 next month! I'm also staying at home with the kids during the day, going back to school for nursing (taking a night class twice a week) and working part-time 3 nights a week. This year, we celebrated on Saturday. Ryan is one of the few workers who actually had to work on Monday, so we couldn't celebrate on Sunday. My mom watched the kiddos for us and we went out to dinner. We went to Texas Roadhouse, which was close to home. Surprisingly, we'd never eaten there before. Right now, it is just too hard taking all 3 kids anywhere in public! Zac with his temper tantrums, we never know if he's going to be sweet or not! With the girls, we still have to plan according to their feeding/nap schedule. We enjoyed a yummy dinner, Ryan got the biggest steak they had! Thank you Grandma Jane & Grandpa Bill! We got there right before the big rush. We'd like to go back again, but unfortunately Zac won't be able to come. He has a peanut allergy and part of the atmosphere at Texas Roadhouse is eating peanuts as you wait and trowing the shells onto the floor. Afterwards we did a little shopping, then headed back to Grandma's Beth's house. Sunday was a nice, relaxing day at home. Grandpa Mike & Grandma Linda came over to see the kiddos. It'd been almost a month, so they had to show off their new tricks!

Silly Zac

Val-in yellow and Nessa playing in the jungle of plants!