Love Is In the Air

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I have been dying to blog. Positively dying. So many things to say and pictures to post! Here's a little Valentine's Day recap.

Leah felt a little left out with all the big kids' school party plans, so when we got a package from Gramps and Grammie in the mail, it was just what the doctor ordered.

Bryn took cupcakes to school and had some leftovers. We saw to it that nothing went to waste. And the rings provided several minutes of entertainment.


This baby loved the cupcake.

Valentine's day is a little underwhelming having just finished up Christmas and all, but we tried to make it a little bit special. For example, I made pancakes with chocolate chips in them! People, this does not happen in our household. We're talking B.D. - Big Deal. And zero people, count 'em zero (well, except for me) liked them. What is wrong with this family? Anyway, we spent all day cleaning the house in preparation for a visit from our realtor (BIG NEWS: WE'RE GETTING READY TO SELL OUR HOUSE) to come and walk through and take a look at things. But around lunch time we stuffed homemade Valentines into brown paper bags for each other and had fun eating candy and looking at the notes. I had to include Nate's. They're just so funny and personalized.

To his wifey:

To the eldest:
Steve is the Minecraft guy.

Brynny's:
Frozen, odviously.

To Leah:
This math equation comes up at least once every other day or so. According to Leah, pretty much anything plus anything equals pickles.

And to Asa:
So true.

After the walk-through, Nate picked up a babysitter and we stole away for dinner at Rooster's, perusal of the D.I. book section, and the Home Depot paint counter. It was positively smashing.

Happy Valentine's Day!

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