Happy day-after-Valentine's-Day to you! Also known as President's Day this year... but hey, potayto potahto.
We had a great Valentine's Day season this year. It always seems to go on and on. But this year it wasn't that bad. Like it didn't drag on and we didn't eat a million sugar cookies. Which I was very very grateful for. Last year we came out of the weekend on thee worst sugar high/sugar crash and it was not enjoyable. At all. So yeah this year was loads better.
Our festivities began with Peter's preschool party. We decided to have our kids pass out valentines pretty last second and luckily I had the exact amount of frozen cookie dough balls in our freezer are there are kids in the co-op. So we defrosted those babies, snagged a tag off of pinterest, and bam... his valentines were ready! He even did a spectacular job signing his name. Spelled PFW of course.
When I picked him up from preschool they were all chowing down on their valentines. There are times when I realize... oh, I have to teach my kid that? Like... how you don't have to eat every single valentine treat as a second breakfast haha. Other moments when this has happened include realizing I had to teach my children to sleep through the night and to not lick the booster seats at the theater.
Anyway.
On Thursday night Todd and I went out on a really fun date to Taste in Provo. Todd had gone on an MBA field trip there and apparently these guys are incredibly passionate about chocolate making. So we booked a little mini chocolate tasting and it's true... these guys know their stuff! The tasting was so fun. Like I would highly recommend doing one. We tried some amazing chocolate and some really cool vinegar and olive oil. Outside of tastings they sell desserts as well as fancy chocolate, balsamic vinegars, and olive oils. We'll definitely be going back for a treat pretty soon.
This is me about to "passionately suck" cherry balsamic vinegar out of my "snuff box." Haha seriously.
On Friday we went to Provo Rehab and made valentines cards with the residents. I didn't get any pictures of our buddies there but I did get a picture of Calvin's new friend, Annie B. It was a great time and we can't wait to go back for our next activity!
On Saturday evening we didn't have anything planned so we decided to make a valentines treat. Usually we'd just do heart-shaped sugar cookies but I'd been seeing so many valentines donuts on my instagram feed so we made some of our own! Turns out the spudnut dough fries up really nicely when there isn't a hole cut in the dough. And the maple glaze/frosting stuff... it smelled and tasted awesome when we made it but it didn't really hold up it's own flavor once on the doughnut. Either way it was a tasty treat and we had fun taking them to our friends.
Sunday morning we started off our Valentine's Day right with heart shaped pancakes! The boys devoured them and weren't hungry again until dinner haha.
After church we spent the evening with aunt Callie and her fiance, Spencer, then we dined on a super romantic dinner of ribs and mashed potatoes! Yum.
Do you like the flowers and vases Todd got me? I've been going through this phase where if something in our house bugs me I declare to everyone that it will not make it on our next move. My flower vase is one of those items. It's huge and the top of it flares out like crazy so bouquets always look goofy in it. Todd took notes and went and got me some cute smaller ones that take their flower-holding-responsibility a little more seriously. ;)
And here are my valentines! I had three this year! They were all so nice to me and looked so handsome in their Sunday best.
And that, my friends, was our Valentine's Day! We had a great time celebrating our love for each other. And a handful of our friends brought over some edible love... which we also loved. (:
Hope you're feeling especially loved this season too!
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