I LOVE Valentine's Day! What better reason to celebrate life than to have a specific reason to tell all the people you love, just HOW MUCH you love them!!! :)
(I mean honestly, Clint always says that we don't need Valentine's day because we show that kind of love in our family everyday. He just thinks that's the way it should be! And I agree. ;) But it's still fun to have another reason to celebrate and have fun! So, we started our celebrating last Friday morning when there was no school for the kids and we took them out to brunch at a place called Sunday's Best. The vibe there was like a So Cal beachy, movie star type feel, honestly. The food was delicious, and the girls LOVED it. (Gavin was also supposed to be there, but ended up missing the reservation because him and his friends were doing baptisms at the temple, but it took a lot longer than they anticipated.)
We also took the kids (and our friend Paige since Grandpa was in Florida still) to the Hale Center theater on Monday night for the comedy "See How They Run." ~ Another fun night with people we love. :)
Then yesterday, I spent the day making candy bar wrappers for a King sized Hershey bar, with a note inside of them for all of the young single and young married adults in our ward. Kambriella and Kesslyn helped me deliver them to everyone as soon as they got home from school.
Then, the girls wanted to exchange Valentine's, and it was so sweet watching them share their words and their feelings and gifts with each other...
Kesslyn had made everyone in the family their own special Valentine, and Kambriella had begged me to buy a stuffed animal for her to give to Kesslyn, and it made her SO happy! I really think for how happy Kesslyn was yesterday, that Valentine's Day might be her new favorite holiday! She was just SO thrilled to give everyone in her class a treat, and she spent a good amount of time when she got home going through every single Valentine that she had received, one by one, and telling us all about it. It really was so cute to watch how happy she was. I think she really felt loved.
I also gave each of the kids a Valentine, too!
A gift card, soda and treats for Gavin, some treats and art supplies for Kambriella, and a treat and puppy for Kesslyn. They loved them and they were so grateful.
Gavin won first prize for the family in dressing up for the special day of love...but mostly because the basketball game at the high school was a "pink out" for Valentine's Day! (Yes, those are MY jeans, and Kambriella's sunglasses...;)
And my good friend Laura made me some yummy chocolate dipped, heart-shaped strawbeberries for a treat..."From one Wonder Woman to Another"
I love that girl!
And finally, Clint and I had a dinner date at the Red Rock Brewery, which has such YUMMY food!
I had the Sweet Potato Cannelloni which I had never tried before and it was literally AMAZING. I cannot wait to go back and have it again!
This lover's holiday was definitely a special day, but Clint and I will REALLY get to celebrate each other this coming weekend when we leave on our trip to the Dominican Republic!
We specifically tried to spend time with all of the people we love so that we could focus the time on our trip as "OUR" time. We look forward to a little getaway like this every February, and the timing is never better. We NEED this time away to shut out the rest of the world and focus on each other for a minute, and we can't wait to go! Just 3 more days until we leave!
Happy Valentine's Day my love! Today, in the Dominican Republic, and EVERYDAY!
