Valentine's Day!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Oh, I just love holidays. They are fun and exciting. For some reason though I wasn't so psyched about Valentine's Day this year. I think it may have been because I knew it was the first day Justin would be back in the hospitals after his 3 weeks off and that he wouldn't be home until really late. Darn. He was on cardiac surgery though. Pretty cool place to be on Valentine's Day! Healing hearts...

Here's my Valentine. I think he is pretty cute, and yes I made him take this picture because he looked so good in his new sweater vest I bought him in Calgary. I love sweater vests. They just look manly and cozy and huggable. Too bad it doesn't match his suit. Grey vest with a blue suit? Whoops...I don't know men's fashion.

Justin planned ahead and bought me flowers the Wednesday before Valentine's Day! He went out to pick up some groceries since his family was coming up for Dallin's basketball tourney and came home with these beauties. I love them. Aren't they beautiful?!
Growing up we had several rose bushes right in my back yard that always seemed to be blooming. They smelled SO good. Mom would often cut and arrange them in vases on the table. I loved them. There is something amazing about fresh flowers. When we first got married I told him not to buy my flowers, that it was a waste of money. Well, I lied. I love them. Don't get rip off flowers is what I should have said I guess, but Costco always has beautiful flowers for beautiful prices. Good work hon! Keep it up.

On Valentine's Eve before we went to bed Justin said he had to go down stairs quickly and make me a card. Nice gesture I guess, but it was hilarious to have him tell me exactly what he was going to do. I sneakily started making him a valentine while he made mine downstairs and finished while he was sitting on the other couch talking to me. He thought I was writing in my journal which was open on my lap too, but really I was writing him the card he got the next morning. Gotcha!

The amazing card. I love his drawing on the front! And the contents were even better! 2 (fake) tickets to Hawaii!! Was I surprised? Nope. This actually really made me laugh. We've been talking about going to Hawaii since we got married and always thought we'd do it when he graduated from med school. I want to take him back to my old stomping grounds at BYU Hawaii and enjoy the sunshine and trade winds. Ahhh.... Anyway, the last year or so we've been deciding on a time to go and thought May would work for us. And then he gives me this card with fake tickets in it that say "P.S. This is not a real ticket. You have to go online and book one." HA! What an awesome gift hon. Tickets for a trip we've already been planning together and then the permission to go online and book them?? You make me laugh. And that is why I love you.

(I sound like a horrible ungrateful wife! I don't mean too! I am SOOOOO excited to go, ECSTATIC! I just thought it was hilarious that he would "give" me this trip that was already in the works and then go tell me to go book it online!)

One more funny Valentine's Day story...

Amelia: "Hey hon, 6 years ago today I had my last first kiss."

Justin: "You never know."

WHAT?! What kind of answer is that!! Here I am trying to be sappy and romantic and he says that?!

So here's what I gave to Justin for Valentine's Day. My sister Carrie heard on the radio that the best thing to give a man on Valentine's Day is a delicious sandwich. Weird eh? I thought so until I heard the explanation; you don't have to/can't really share a sandwich! If you get them chocolates or pizza or something they feel like they have to share with coworkers and such. But how often do you hear someone unrelated to you say "Wanna bite of my sandwich?" Yuck! We had some leftover roast beef so I made him a man sandwich with avocados and everything. Delish. I also woke up early and made him breakfast. I am sure something was pink or in a heart shape. I can't remember. It was too early. Now that is love.


Valentine's morning Papa and Bama were at our place so we made them heart shaped pancakes with strawberry sauce.

MY VALENTINIES!

I have no clue what she's eating, but she's still pretty cute, right?

Ignore the boogers...if you can.

Oh boy. :)

So the kids and I just basically hung out all day. I wanted to make Valentine cookies, but we had SOOO MUCH delicious junk here at the house from the weekend of fun with Papa and Bama I couldn't. SO MUCH...ferrero rochers, lindors, chocolate chip cookies, strawberry cheesecake, DQ ice cream cake, DQ buster bars, DQ ice cream sandwiches, valentine gummy candies, chocolate almonds...that's all I remember. Hence no cookies. :)

Zach took this shot of me in my awesome heart shirt while I was making our fancy dinner... of leftovers. :) And contrary to what this picture depicts...I'm not pregnant. MAYBE next Valentine's Day?
Justin wasn't home yet, so we ate our candle lit dinner without him! He didn't get home until 7:30. Lame, but pretty cool that he was watching heart surgeries all day.

The kids just tried to blow out the candles all throughout dinner. I had to relight all of them!

Happy Valentine's Day!! Hope yours was as "SWEET" as ours!!