Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!!  We have had fun celebrating this year!  We made and decorated yummy sugar cookies, made Valentines to send to grandparents and cousins, and had a fun making projects!  Here are the boys with valentines they made for their grandparents and daddy! 

 We spent the morning going to a "cookie decorating party" with some friends from my mops group!  It's always kind of amusing though because the kids would really rather just play, and the moms are always trying to get the kids to do activities ;) 

We spent the afternoon making valentines for each other and daddy!  Nathan was really into it... Alex had fun making 2 or 3 and then was more interested in receiving Valentines than making any more ;)

Nathan is always so proud of his work and announces often "I did it!!" with the proudest smile!  He LOVES running his projects to daddy in the afternoons and telling him about how hard he worked :) 

Such a little ham!  He loves to say "CHEESE" and we've gotten to calling him a "little cheeser" when it comes to taking pictures! 

Here the boys are, working hard!

Valentine hearts, a pinterest idea! 

Gary got off work early, which was a nice surprise!  We made Valentine Sundaes after the kids ate dinner!  They enjoyed adding sprinkles, m&ms and chocolate syrup!  YUM! 

We gave the kids a couple of little Valentine's presents we picked up over the past week.  Nathan got this Toy Story Thermos!  He's been eyeing Alex's for the past month and we finally took pity on him and got him his own.  To say he was THRILLED would be an understatement!  He's been carrying it around ever since ;)  Maybe this will help him in drinking more milk! 

They love sitting on the bottom step... you'll often find them here giggling and playing :)

Gary and I were able to go on our Valentine's date this past Friday!  Our church had a parent's night out and we took full advantage!  We went out for dinner, got coffee, and walked around the mall kid-free!   And the kids got to enjoy a night of cookie decorating, crafts, movies, and playing at church :)  On Valentine's day he surprised me with soome beautiful flowers and we had a dinner and dessert "fondue night" after putting the kids to bed a little early!  I'm not huge into valentine's day really... it's mostly for kids in my mind, but it is a nice excuse to do something a little extra special ;)  I am so blessed to share my life with such a wonderful man and we had fun celebrating!  What a perfect day :)