Valentine's Day Candy Making

In February of this year Kyle was in Korea on a mini deployment.  This meant that it was just me and the kids on Valentine's Day.  I thought it would be the perfect time for us to finally make the candy that Kyle had gotten them the Valentine's Day a year earlier.  It's about time right?  So we cleared the counter and set out the candy molds, making sure to divvy it all up evenly between the two of them.

The kids really enjoyed decorating their candy molds with different colored chocolate.  I think that more chocolate would have been better but thats just me :)  They were both being little hams for the camera that day.

Little Diva

His candies were much more detailed than Hailey's...he's a perfectionist

The kids and I had a great time making the chocolates.  The only thing missing was Kyle.

Pro Bowl Madness Take Two

Although we had a great time at Pro Bowl last year, we didn't intend on getting tickets for this year's game.  One of Kyle's coworkers entered a contest to win tickets and passes to a pre game party.  She decided not to go and offered the tickets to Kyle.  We figured out a babysitter and headed to Aloha Stadium the morning of the Pro Bowl.  The pre game party was sponsored by Bud Light Lime and featured live music, free drinks and food, and a meet and greet with some of the cheerleaders and football players.

The inside of the VIP tent

Kyle and the Eagles and Buccaneers Cheerleaders

Me and the Eagles Cheerleader

Kyle and one of the Pro Football Players

During the Pre Game Party they had groups of Hawaiian dancers come out to perform.  After they did their own dance they came into the crowd and collected partners to dance with and Kyle quickly volunteered me to dance with a man that was a doppleganger for The Rock.  I got up and danced with everyone but afterwards I was thoroughly embarrassed since I am not a fan of getting in front of people.  Embarrassed or not I am glad I did it.

Me and the Rock look alike

Once it got closer to kickoff we headed back across the street to Aloha Stadium.  We caught up with some friends of ours and managed to all sit together to watch the game.  The game was actually pretty exciting since it went back and forth quite a bit.  We were pulling for the NFC and our friends were pulling for the AFC.  It made the competition that much more exciting.  The halftime show consisted of members of every branch of the military taking the field in formations.  It was quite a display.

In the end, the AFC beat the NFC 59-41.  It is just an exhibition game after all.  It was a fun unexpected time at our second and probably last Pro Bowl.