Heart Day

I usually try to give the kids a valentine card and some treats for Valentines Day as a surprise when they get home from school (and to get me off the hook of having to do something with them later that night ;))

 

I also had them help me make a candy gram for Frank...

 

 

Then we invited Stacy and Cade over for a nice Valentine's Dinner...

And Frank brought me some gorgeous long-stemmed roses, which I cut down (it makes Frank crazy that I do that) to fit nice and snug in a short vase :)

We got this in the bag...I mean box

I've been working on a wedding for this spring, and Carly loves me to tell her all about it.  Decorations, what the bride is wearing, the food, the cake...all of it!  So, when it was time to make a valentine box (which schools rarely do anymore...they usually just decorate a bag at school) it seemed fitting to make it a cake.  So we went to work, and here was the result....

 

 

And she won "THE HEARTIEST" award...go figure!!

St. George

We love this trip and are so glad that Julie puts up with our shenanigans...and even participates!!  We were glad that Julie had us step out our comfort zone of restaurants and movie nights to try out biking...no better place than St. George to do it!  It was so beautiful, and peaceful, and FUN!!

 

We also toured the St. George Parade of Homes and dreamt about having a place with a view like this...

 

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And no St. George trip would be complete without a visist with this lovely lady :)  On our final night we all went to sushi (Julie, her sister, Stacy, Me and Steph).  The funniest was when Stacy got brave and decided to try out sushi for the first time.  She took a bite and literally started gagging.  She had a panicked look on her face and we all thought for sure she would barf.  Luckily she spit it out just in time.  Funny for us...not so funny for her!!  Wish we got a pic, or better yet, a video! 

 

Julie has a vacation journal on her coffee table at her condo that she asks everyone to write down what they did while they were there.  Me and Stacy decided this is the perfect time for "St. George Selfies"! :)

 

Friends with Benefits

Thanks to Natalie for giving Carly a "grown up" haircut!  Carly LOVES it :)