Valentines Day

This year we had fun making Valentines to give to the grandparents and Dan. Jax and Addy made cards with their hands that had a heart shape in the middle. It was so cute and they had fun doing it. Jaxon kept telling me he loved me and he was excited for Valentines Day. Valentines morning, me, Jax, and Addy (Addy pulled out pots and pans while Jax and I cooked) make breakfast for Dan. We made French toast and cut them into heart shapes. Then Jax and Addy gave Dan their Valentines before we took him to school.

That night the missionaries stopped by and it was nice having a spiritual thought and we watched a short video clip about revelation. After they left our friend Lydia came over to sit at the house while the kids slept so we could go out.

I had gotten a free $20.00 gift card to a Mexican restaurant in DC that we decided to try on Valentine’s Day. We had never heard of it or been there before so we were hoping it would be good. We drove by and I'm not going to lie... I was pretty scared to try it. It was a total hole in the wall place. It looked like a house converted into a restaurant. They just had a little sign with the name of the restaurant on it and I kind of wanted to turn around and go somewhere safe like Olive Garden lol. But I was brave, we circled the block a few times trying to find parking (got to love DC) - found a spot we didn't think we would get towed from (thought it would have been better to take the metro), and walked to the restaurant. We went in and it was really small. There were probably a total of 12 small tables that people could sit at. We were lucky that there was a table open and we sat down. Lots of people were coming in and getting takeout orders so we knew it must be good. We ordered the food and I kid you not... it was the BEST Mexican I have ever had! AMAZING! After dinner we walked around DC and admired the old houses, got back in our car that didn't get towed THANK GOODNESS, gave each other our gifts which was just candy and cards this year since we are trying to be very frugal, and went home. It was fun to get to not just focus on Dan for Valentines, but also on our kids - I made Jax and Addy little Valentine and Jax still carries it around and wants me to give him treats with it all the time LOL.

Not only do I love my little family - but I love and am so grateful for our extended family. I was blessed to marry into and be born into amazing families. We have also been so blessed to have made some truly wonderful friends throughout our lives. A lot of people don't like Valentine’s Day because it makes them aware of their lack of relationship to a significant other - but Valentines is about the love that is in our lives in all different forms. Parents, siblings, friends, kids… I have been blessed with so many people and relationships to get to celebrate on Valentine’s Day! Yeah for Love!