Who loves Valentines Day? We DO!

What a great day! I've been reading "The five love languages" for book club this month, and even though I've read parts of it before, it was so good for me to read it all the way through. It sounds cheesy, but it really made me think about how I show love and how I receive it. According to Gary, my love language is "Acts of Service."

Well, Taylor planned the perfect valentines day for me, just in my love language. While he was watching the boys on Thursday (I had to work that day) he took them to pick out flowers and bring them to me at work. It made my work day a lot more fun -- how cute are my boys?

Then, when I got home the house was SPOTLESS -- cleaner than if I had done it, and there was a candle lit dinner. He went to a very yummy restaurant down the street (Figlio) and ordered what he "thought" I would want and then gave me the menu to chose anything. He lucked out that I picked exactly what he ordered. He knows me well.

During the day, my friends Nina and Amber made a "death by chocolate" layered cake and were kind enough to bring us some that we ate for dessert. It was a perfect day. Thanks Taylor!




I wasn't the only one with a sweet Valentine on thursday. Jake has a friend (Morgan) that he has been trying to woo for awhile now. They go to preschool together and he loves each week when he gets to have lunch at her house after school. He asks me each time he's gettign ready for school if "the plan for the day" is to go to Morgan's.

The pictures below were taken by Amber after she picked the kids up from school. ( on a side note, we love our preschool. The kids had such a fun V-day party at preschool. They ate cookies and handed out valentines and even got to paint their faces-- note the poka dots in the pictures). Jake was very excited to get a princess valentine from Morgan, and blushed a little during the valentine kiss. However, I hope he doesn't think the chase is over just yet... the truth, is that Morgan's had her heart set on Lukie. It's been set now for several months that she will be marrying Luke. Unfortunately, not even a spiderman valentine and heart cookie could change her mind. Luke is still top on her list. (I just noticed the picture with Jake Morgan and Luke at the water park. Scroll down to those pictures and notice Morgan only has eyes for Luke.)

I hope this isn't a precursor for how all dating is going to go on in our house during the high school years! I guess that's what I get for having 2 good looking sons so close in age. :)