February in Review

I know February is the shortest month of the year, but Cody and I managed to pack in a ton of fun in just one little month.  (That's mostly why I haven't blogged much)  So I thought I would catch you all up on all of our fun.

At the beginning of the month one of my very best and longest times friends came for a visit.  On Friday we went shopping to find Ale (Zaida) a bridesmaid dress for my wedding, then we watched Frozen and ate delicious pizza.  On Saturday we made breakfast, went and saw my wedding dress(!!) then headed to the Dallas zoo. We had such a fun day at the zoo. Haley loved seeing all the animals and getting to run around.  After the zoo we took the scenic route to dinner, on the bridge and through downtown Dallas.  We stopped at the Cupcake ATM for delicious cupcakes. And then had dinner at arguably my favorite restaurant Babe's Chicken.  They left early Sunday morning, but I had such a good time and hope they can visit again soon.  Have a look at some of the pictures we took on our adventures.

Haley loved the baby elephant.

I love these two so much!!

The giraffes didn't want our food.

But Haley got to feed a real life giraffe!!

We tried to get a pic in front of the giant "Dallas Zoo" we mostly just got Dall.

I've always wanted to go across this bridge and I finally got to!!

Zaida using the cupcake ATM for the first time.

The next adventure Cody and I had this month was Valentine's day.  We kept it mostly relaxed we gave each other some gifts and went out to dinner.  I love getting to spoil him and vice versa.  And can you believe this was our last valentine's as an unmarried couple?! I love this man of mine so very much and I enjoy every second I get to spend with him...beard and all.

My work had a valentine's day box competition so I made a Riddler version. ( By the way I was robbed of first prize)

This is what was awaiting me when I got off work for Valentine's.

After our Valentine's day date.

For one of my valentine's day gifts, Cody got me tickets to see one of my favorite artists "Lights".  So the weekend after Valentine's we headed down town to the Granada Theater, to go see an amazing concert.  The opening act was a band named "X Ambassadors", neither Cody or I had heard of them.  They blew us away.  The pianist was blind!!  He felt the music with his whole body and it was really neat to watch.  The lead singer had an amazing voice, played the saxophone and the guitar!!  The energy they brought was just so amazing, especially for just an opening band.  It set the tone perfectly for the headliner "Lights".  She was absolutely spectacular!!  Just as pretty as in her videos and her voice was beautifully on pitch.  I haven't been to concert in a while so I almost forgot how incredible they are.  Needless to say we had a great night!   On Saturday I got to Skype with my family and sing happy birthday to my wonderful mom.  And later that night we met up with Cody's parents for pizza and a movie.  It had been a while since we'd seen them because I was sick for basically forever. At dinner we caught up on life and wedding stuff. Then we saw the movie McFarland USA.  I highly recommend that movie.  (Watch for a post about that later in the week.)

X Ambassadors.  Seriously look at the guy on the keyboard.

I think Cody and I found our new favorite band.

Lights!!!

Everything was perfect.  She was amazing!

Concert selfie.  Also Comic book shirt selfie.

This week we got freezing rain, sleet and then snow.  And a lot of snow (for Texas that is) 3 inches that stuck to everything. It was beautiful, cold, amazing, and a little terrifying.  Texans hate snow.  They have no idea how to drive in it and they don't have any resources to clear it.  Everything turns into a giant ice skating rink and you just have to wait until it melts on it's own.  No snow plows, no salt or sand on the roads.  Nothing, it's every man for himself.  Still Cody and I ventured out. We bought him his wedding suit!!  Then saw the movie "The Lazarus effect".  Which I do not recommend.  And last, but certainly not least we hit up our February restaurant.

The view from the third floor patio at my work.

What did your February have in store?  Did you pack in all the fun in the shortest month?