Valentine's Love 2015

I love Valentine's Day!  It's so fun to spoil those we love as well as get extra love from others.  We can't ever give or get too much love, can we??

I got lucky and got to go on TWO Valentine dates with my handsome man!  We scheduled a sitter so we could go out to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory the Wednesday before 02-14 (just trying to avoid crowds).  That was so nice.  We ALWAYS miss our girls when they are not with us, but it was definitely nice to enjoy dinner without anyone crawling on the table, crawling under the table, dropping food all of the floor, and so-forth.  :)

Then, some of our good friends told us that they had extra tickets to a concert that weren't going to get used and invited us to go.  The concert was on Saturday, Feb. 13.  We couldn't pass that up.  So, we hired another sitter and went out on the town.  This particular night marked the 12th year since we first met.  Awe!!  The concert was so fun, so was dinner beforehand, and it was fun to double with our good friends!

Throughout the weekend the girls and I delivered Valentines to all of the grandparents and a few other lucky people.  We showed up unannounced to the homes so it would be a surprise.

Here is Grandma Ellie being so surprised and excited!  It was so fun.

Then, when Valentine's Day actually came . . . we were spoiled and adored.  All of the grandparents made their way over to our home to bear love, Valentines, and gifts.  We had aunts and uncles who sent their love and gifts too.

And, of course our mysterious Valentine Man dropped some surprises for us all on our doorstep.

The girls were thrilled.  Evie got an 8-horse portable horse stable that has 8 different horses in it.  Addie got a fun ABC toy that sticks on the fridge (it talks and sings and helps with letter identification and sounds).  Both girls got kitty slippers too.

They played with everything right away.  They even switched and played with one another's toys too.  They were both having loads of fun.

At the end of the day, Evie said, "We still haven't hid dad's Valentine!"  So, we hid Dad's Valentine and he had to search for it.  Daddy eventually found it, kissed both girls, and told them how much he loves them.

We hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day and that you felt loved too!