Our Little Valentines Day

It's been our tradition the last few years to have a valentines scavenger hunt first thing in the morning. It starts at their valentines mailbox, where they get thier first clue. They each had 6 clues which led them to small treats and toys as they solved the clues and ran all around the house. Alan wrote the clues for the boys this year, they had a lot of fun.








































































After all that fun it was time for a special breakfast; purple heart shaped pancakes, sausages, fruit and chocolate fondue, and strawberry milk in a chocolate a sprinkle rimmed plastic goblet. :)

































we made some homemade valentines and decorated valentines cookies to deliver to our friend Lori and our babysitter Nicole.












































Starla was super excited about her Valentine's Party at school!







































After Starla got out of the school for the day, we met our sweet friend Lori at Pops and she treated us to lunch.







































after pops we went down the road a bit and went to the Round Barn, the historical Route 66 site.






































Much to my surprise the mailman delivered a big box to the house. When I opened it, there were 2 boxes of chocolate covered strawberries and a cheesecake trio from Shari's Barries, and a card that said "To my "berrie" sweet wife" Ahhhhhhh.....







































Before heading out for our date I helped the kids make heart shaped pizzas for them for dinner.
































































We got the sitter to come over at 4:30, so we could get out early and try to find somewhere to eat that wasn't too crowded, or crazy. We didn't have reservations of course, so we ended up eating at the bar of our 2nd choice (the first place we stopped at all but laughed at us when we said we didn't have a reservation, before turning us away, lol. We went to the Paseo Grill, and our dinner was fantastic. Plus they gave us a complimentary rose and chocolate covered strawberries for the holiday. :)