Happy St. Valentine's Day!

This year I was determined not to follow the crowd and soak up the commercialism of Valentine's Day. There is this sense of force upon us as a couple that if we don't do something our relationship isn't special! The evening before Valentine's Day I went into Kroger and was quite literally pushed over by the explosion of flowers, candy, chocolates and the like. Oh. My. Goodness. One of our new year's resolutions as a family was to do a family service project each month. This month we decided to go to the local nursing home and deliver valentines. There are so few ways, it seems, that we can serve considering we have a 20 month old and a 6 month old, but this provided us the perfect opportunity (to serve and show off our kids' cuteness)! Colette worked hard coloring almost 80 valentines!! I also found myself doing some research on the origins of this day, and Saint Valentine himself. Really eye-opening to the beauty of this day. On Valentine's Day itself we went and visited my 93 year old great aunt Helen and brought her a valentine as well. I couldn't resist the commercialism completely and surprised Adam by taking him out to dinner while my parents watched the ladies. All in all, it was a lovely and LOVING day.