I married a romantic...and it's so much fun!
Our lives don't really allow for a ton of times like this but
when they happen they are sweet times!
This is the first year that our girls have been old enough to really
understand what Valentines is...a day to show those that you love
just how much you love them.
Trav has always had the philosophy that Valentine's Day is a holiday
for girls...meaning the guy is the one to buy the gifts, plan the date,
bring breakfast in bed, etc.
I don't think that's fully fair because I want to do stuff for him too,
so we have also instituted a "Boy" Valentine's Day that happens
sometime after Valentine's Day.
This year we celebrated a day early because Ellie had school on
the day of and those mornings are always early and rushed.
So here is what we all walked to (the girls and I) once they were up...
We followed a trail of rose pedals to this!
Candles, a roaring fire, presents, a balloon and a yummy cookie cake!
A breakfast of bagels from Paradise (our favorite...he had gotten them the
night before) and fruit also awaited us!
The girls loved it!
My present:
I've had the same Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner since we got married
(8 1/2 years ago) and it hasn't worked great for maybe 3 years!
I have borrowed other friends good vacuums a lot!
(thank you Shelly and Emily!)
But he surprised me with this! He'd been watching it and got the floor model on
an unbelievable sale. So exciting!
And it's even red for Valentine's Day!
He had the girls first each bring me out a red rose.
Then he had me close my eyes and gave me three clues:
it's red
it makes the room smell better
it has pedals
I was shocked when I opened my eyes!!
Perfect present for me...something I wasn't dreaming of getting.
Forget the diamonds...give me a clean house! :)
The kids opened their presents too...
It was a Doc McStuffins kind of Valentine's Day.
Emmy got a Doc phone.
Gracie, a stuffed "Lambie"
And Ellie, Doc's "Big Book of BooBoos"
We also all got cards that he wrote to each of us...the girls
was complete with pictures describing things they love
and things we love about them.
A "sweet" morning.
We'll have a date soon just the two of us, but there's few things sweeter than seeing your girls loved so well by the most important man in their life.
Overwhelmed at God's kindness to me with what He's given me
in a husband and in three precious girls.
A fun early Valentine's for all!
The next day was a big day...
handing out Valentine's at preschool!
The girls and I had so much fun making them
(the day before of course, we like doing things last minute around here!)
We were really excited about how they turned out and there was lots to
do for them to help me with...like put the shovel in the bag,
fill the bags, help cut the tags out, and hold the bag while I tied the bow.
A group effort!
Here is the result!
And here were the teacher gifts for Ellie's preschool teachers and
Sarah Grace's Bible Study teachers.
We traced their hand and tape it to the lotion bottle...
a small little gift but fun for them to get to give them!
Two of my Valentines before we ran out the door...
the chalkboard behind did say "love" but never
got written again after the shower!
Emmy wasn't really into pictures that morning and I didn't push it...
(but she was dressed just like Gracie!)
We have loved this Valentine's season--it's been a little slower paced for us
and we've loved having more time together as a family.
Sad to take down the hearts!
Each heart had a scripture about love on it.
My intent was to read one before bed every night but
it ended up being more of a "read one when we are really needing
to love each other better" thing. It helped--changed the mood, got the Word
in their hearts, and shifted the atmosphere in our home...at least for a little while! :)
This was my other fun little project...
we don't really have many wedding pics around our house anymore,
mainly just kids! But I pulled some out and put them around for Valentines,
figured it was appropriate!
And then I did this board that hangs above our kitchen table with ALL the
our little loves!
The top row was our wedding,
then Ellie in the hospital,
followed by Sarah Grace, and Emmy.
The kids loved having it up for a while and had fun telling
people who came over which baby was which (since they all looked
exactly alike!)
Lots of love around here! :)
and we've loved having more time together as a family.
Sad to take down the hearts!
Each heart had a scripture about love on it.
My intent was to read one before bed every night but
it ended up being more of a "read one when we are really needing
to love each other better" thing. It helped--changed the mood, got the Word
in their hearts, and shifted the atmosphere in our home...at least for a little while! :)
This was my other fun little project...
we don't really have many wedding pics around our house anymore,
mainly just kids! But I pulled some out and put them around for Valentines,
figured it was appropriate!
And then I did this board that hangs above our kitchen table with ALL the
our little loves!
The top row was our wedding,
then Ellie in the hospital,
followed by Sarah Grace, and Emmy.
The kids loved having it up for a while and had fun telling
people who came over which baby was which (since they all looked
exactly alike!)
Lots of love around here! :)
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