I Heart You...

Ahhh... Valentines day. I love Valentines day! I don't know what it is... Maybe it's all of the little paper valentines that we get from Jeff's kids in his class-Spiderman, Barbie, Shrek, Princess, Cars, ect... Or the millions of home-made, heart shaped sugar cookies that circle around the neighborhood. Maybe it's just that it's one special day that I get to spend telling and showing my honey that I love him... (even though we tell each other multiple times a day anyway)... Usually, I plan out the whole day, and everything seems to go pretty well... This year... Um... Well... We kind of had something extra planned for us... Read on...

The day started off pretty great. I made Jeff waffles for breakfast. Mmm... Yummy. I even got out our "You are Special" plate that we always forget about...

In the afternoon, I went down to Jeff's Classroom and helped the kids made Big fun envelopes to hold their Valentines in. I love that Jeff lets me come do this with them. I love all of his kids, and he always has me come down for all of the holidays. I can't help but adore the excitement that flows from the kids. Remember those days when you would try to pick out that perfect Valentine for everyone- trying to find one that wasn't too lovey-dovey and embarrassing, but would get the point across to the kid that you had the biggest crush on? Then sign it with a little heart by your name or something? haha... It's fun to watch them figure out the flirting thing...

(This is Dallin with his "Dallin-tine" cookie from the school.)

I had something planned to do for Jeff for a surprise at the high school later that night, so after I got home, Dallin and I went to the little theater to set everything up. As I was leaving though, one of the neighbors came and found me and said,

"Um... Jeff was cutting wood outside and sliced himself open pretty bad... He was bleeding a lot so my dad took him to the clinic..."

Um.... Talk about freak out?!? Hello... You don't tell somebody like that... Sheesh... I booked it down to the clinic to find Jeff and our Bishop there. I found out it was only his finger. He needed three stitches... Still though- It bled a LOT and Jeff took a while to get his color back and so he wasn't dizzy. Talk about "Bloody Valentine"... (Speaking of... We don't have a very good track record... Our first Valentines Day, Jeff sliced his hand open on a broken Sparkling Cider bottle!)

Of course that threw us off for a little while, and I was so grateful that it was only his finger! But the rest of the night went great! Our friends watched Dallin for the evening, and we went out to eat and had a big steak dinner... (but I think the cook ate a little too much beer battered shrimp back there... if you know what I mean. A little nutso!). They messed up our order quite a bit... But the food was still good, and we had fun laughing.
After dinner, I told Jeff to drive to the high school. (I love having keys! muah-ha-ha!) He was nervous, since he had no idea what to expect, but when he walked into the little theater, he was surprised by a little table all decked out with Chocolate covered strawberries, and a walkway made with white twinkle lights and rose petals. I know... I know... It was really cheesy, but I wanted to do something for him, since I didn't get him a gift or anything, that told him I really was thinking of him. I also made a little movie slide show of our little life together so far and had it set up on a projector on the wall. I was pretty proud of myself for actually pulling it off, since I am SOOO not technology inclined!!

Anyway... Even with the Blood, and Business... Valentines day was a great day! I love Jeff so much, and I'm so grateful to be blessed enough to have such a great man in my life. In fact, I'm even MORE blessed to have TWO great men in my life. :) I love my little family, and I had a great Valentines Day (Or "Dallin-tine" day as Dallin called it)...