Valentine's Day

Valentine's in our house is a family holiday.  Matty and I aren't really big fans of the couple celebration side.  Why might you ask...we don't really have a huge reason, we just aren't big fans.  We celebrate our anniversary and our dating anniversary every year and those are way more special to me than Valentine's.  We do have some fun around here with our kiddos on Valentine's though.  Look at Jack's valentine's he gave out this year...isn't he so cool?!

We did our annual Valentine's morning treasure hunt which Jack made me promise was gonna be long and really good this year.  Twenty clues later ended with a little of this...

That night we had a Valentine's family dinner with red pepper tortellini bake and this brownie pudding cake which Jack made all by himself!  And Laura gave me this awesome idea about putting love verses out for each child at the table.  I wrote a verse for each boy and then a little note from Daddy and Mama about a way that they show love to our family.  And it ended with a little of this...

Apples (um, yes even after that big meal my boys still wanted a snack) while reading the latest in our  Little House series.  And that's me in the middle relishing this time when I have 4 valentines to celebrate my day with!