Sunday, February 21, 2010

Valentine's Day

I love Valentine's Day!!
It is one of my favorite holidays, so even though it was a week ago, I wanted to share some of my favorite pictures from this Valentine's Day:

These are the pretty tulips that Bryan gave me for Valentine's Day - I loved them!
Bryan knows just what I like! :)
Grandma Henke sent a big, fluffy, PINK tutu to Grace for Valentine's Day, which she loved, of course! The pinker and the fluffier, the better, in her mind!
Yes - "pinker" is a word at this house! :)
Joshua was so excited for the little treats I gave him and Grace!
He got Toy Story Ring Pops and Grace got Tinker Bell - I love how they get so excited over something so simple!

SIDE NOTE: Wanna know one of my favorite memories from Valentine's Days in the past? Okay, here it is: for Valentine's Day my dad would buy each of the kids some fancy treat from the Alvey's chocolate shop in the mall - YUM! I always thought it was so special because it was the only time that my dad went and by himself picked out a gift for us kids. Usually mom just did the shopping for birthdays and Christmas and then when she wrapped the gifts she would just put dad's name on the tag. :) So always felt like this was an especially special gift. I guess that is why I like to get my kids a little something special for Valentine's Day!


Now this is true love:
Bryan in the kitchen making Valentine's Day/ My Birthday dinner.
He made fried chicken, mashed potatoes, corn and rolls - ALL by himself - he wouldn't let me help a bit!


And of course, this cute family that I LOVE to pieces!!
I'm so glad they are mine!

I hope you had a great day celebrating the people you love!

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Photo Therapy :)

It's been a couple of crazy days around here, so I thought it might be therapeutic to post a couple of pictures from a lovely, peaceful afternoon we had a couple of weeks ago. It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon, temperature in the mid 60's, and we were able to go to the park and play on the swings. The kids had a blast!! I was just editing these pics the other night to get them printed and I thought they were pretty cute! Maybe reliving the moment will bring good vibes for tomorrow! :)
Here's hoping!













Ahhhh.... I feel better already :)