Homemade Valentines

Dale and I were super low key about the whole Valentine's Day thing this year.  Homemade was our theme...which meant no excruciatingly expensive roses (as much as I love getting them :), no fancy chocolates, no restaurants, etc.  I had all these great plans for our homemade Valentine's night...and then the reality of having a Valentine's Day party at school and achievement days right after hit and my plans went out the window.  I was super tired.  So, we dined on my Valentine's day treats from my kiddos at school and some delicious tomato soup and bread.  Low key.  Homemade.  My kind of Valentine's Day :).

Our homemade valentines :) 

Valentine's Day...better late than never!

For Valentine's Day this year Dale completely surprised me by bringing me flowers to school. He's never done that before, so of course I didn't expect it this year...that's his tactic. Sporadic = surprise :). I only wish I had gotten a picture of them! They were BEAUTIFUL!
For Valentine's Day this year we celebrated early. We had Dale's brother Paul and his girlfriend Danielle over for dinner Saturday night. We dined on delectable Papa Murphy Pizza (very fancy, I know :) and red Kool-aid/pink lemonade accompanied by a delicious salad. For dessert we pulled out the chocolate fountain...only it wasn't working so well, so it turned into a chocolate fondue pot. We had lots of fun with the fondue...
A picture is worth a thousand words...and I have 3 :).

Time for an update :)

The last few months have been crazy busy and I decided something had to go, so it ended up being my blog. But I'm feeling a little less frazzled now so I'm excited to get back to posting! Dale and I moved to a new deluxe 2 BEDROOM apartment in October and are glad to be here!!! We have a killer amount of cupboards and an extra bedroom that has now become the storage/piano/craft/computer room...gotta love it! We love our new ward and love being here together! It's been a great move for us. Hmmm...what else has happened in the last few months...Dale put on his first Christmas Concert in December and it was a great experience! He did an incredible job and I can't wait to see what's in store for him as he continues to work on his piano career. He has also started teaching piano lessons (after some pushing on my part :), and is a great teacher! I'm still teaching school and absolutely love it, though I am probably more excited than my kids to be going off-track on Friday. Dale and I are both loving life and are super happy where we're at right now. I am definitely blessed!

P.S. Today is Valentine's Day, and check out the BEAUTIFUL flowers and DELICIOUS chocolate my sweet hubby surprised me with this morning! He was gone when I woke up, and he returned with a smile on his face and these sweet treats! Then he took me out to P.F. Changs for a wonderful Valentine's Night Dinner :). Chocolate and a sweetheart husband...what more could a girl ask for?




B-E-A-U-TIFUL flowers and delicious chocolate! There was more chocolate, but I devoured it before we could get a pic :) That's how good it was!