Monday, February 23, 2009

Valentine's Day

I have so much to blog about, I am so behind! Here are a few pics from our Valentine's Day! It was a lot of fun having it on a Saturday. We used it as an excuse to spend the day together as a family and we had so much fun!

Olivia opening up her goodies. Some stuff for her Bitty Baby she had been wanting.
Denny and I had promised each other no gifts! We are trying to cut back and save our money! So when he and Liv brought out a box for me, I felt horrible I had stuck to our word and not gotten him a thing! Denny and Olivia (and Jack too) had gotten me some coffee mugs from Michael's that they had decorated. They were so cute! Here is one of Denny's masterpieces...
Bee my Valentine! :) It's an inside joke for us, so I loved it!

And here is one of Olivia's. This is a picture of her and Jack! She was disappointed there were only 4 markers that came with the mugs to do the drawing. So she had to have black hair! :)
I don't think I could have imagined a better gift! I love the time and thought that was put into it by both Denny and Liv! They were perfect!
We really just spent the day hanging out and taking it easy! It's so nice to have a laid back Saturday!
My little stud muffin! In his highchair yet again! I guess his highchair has replaced the infant carrier as my place to take his picture! :)

And another close-up... I just can't resist his sweet face!

Olivia playing with a balloon her grandma had brought ove earlier in the week. And her most cherished possession of the weekend, Sleeping Beauty. Mimi sent her $5 in her Valentine and of course, it just burnt a hole in her pocket until she could go and spend it at Target! This is what she came home with! Of course, we have already lost a shoe, those things are ridiculously small! I'm sure it's found a nice home in the vacuum cleaner bag!

Another fun balloon, a punching balloon. This was in a Valentine from someone at school.
And we have all had a blast playing with it!
The best part of my Valentine's Day was a dinner prepared and cooked by Denny! I got to select the menu and then he did all the work, grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning, and all!

While I was putting the kids down Denny was busy cooking. And when I came downstairs I saw this laying on the counter!
If you look closely you can see reminants of the butter on the measuring spoon! The recipe called for 2 tablespoons of butter, so he measured it out! Poor guy! It was so funny and so cute! I had to take a pic so I could look back one day and remember how hard I laughed!

Denny made us a spring salad (he even caramelized the almonds!), baked potatoes, and a YUMMY tenderloin fillet with gorganzola cream sauce! I have to say it was one of the BEST steaks I have ever had!
And it was one of the best Valentine's Days I have ever had as well!!!! Thank you to my sweet hubby for making it so very special from beginning to end!

3 comments:

Julie said...

Way to go Denny! Looks like he did VERY well! :-) I loved the butter and the measuring spoon!!!

Summer said...

Okay, I love this whole post. First of all, the mugs are such an adroable idea. That is so creative and such a timeless gift!
Then, the pics of Jack are too cute. He is growing by leaps and bounds. I love his cheeks!
Also, I am impressed with Denny's dinner. And the butter measuring is awesome. He put a lot of thought into the whole thing. Yeah Denny!

Anonymous said...

Whoa....was this Christmas or Valentine's Day? I guess we need to take notes from the Graneys. I am glad you all had a special day.