Valentines Day always brings back such sweet memories for me of school parties, and heart candies, and handing out valentines, and big chocolate filled hearts.
I want all that for my little ones too.
So I always throw a Valentine Party for the ward so that all the little ones who aren't in school just yet don't miss out. It was as fun as ever and a friend hosted this year since the church wasn't available. We decorated cookies, and bags, handed out valentines, played games and more!
When everyone got home they broke into their Valentine treats and I didn't take any pictures because I imagined we'd do a Valentine Photo Shoot (but was too sick to do it and finally gave up). We had our annual waffle dinner with valentine toppings and each represented a family member so when they added it to their waffle they had to say something they love about one of their family members.
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As you can tell Shea wasn't really into it and was patiently
waiting to pick up our valentine Outback dinner. |
Then we watched PRINCESS BRIDE with the kids and Shea gave them each a valentine heart just to make sure they would end their night on a sugar high.
Shea picked up our food while I put kids to bed and then we watched Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
It is always fun to reminisce about all our valentines days in the past and remind each other what made us fall in love with each other way back when and what we are in love with now.
We got a sign above our bed not too long ago, that I love. It reads:
I LOVE
BEING YOURS
It is funny how as years pass and we discover all these things that annoy us about each other and we go through these roller coasters of highs and lows we consistently want nothing more than each other. I hate fighting but fights are inevitable in any marriage and as we get older our kids notice more and will ask "are you going to get divorced?" or something to that effect. And honestly my first answer is always about the temple and how we are sealed forever no matter what, but really it is the fact that we are best friends and even when everything gets hard and we are at our lowest we just want to figure it all out with each other. It is a choice, it is trust, it is loyally wanting only one person, it is wanting make it work even when it is hard, it is compromise, it is sacrifice, it is a battle in communication, it is failing and forgiving, but ultimately it is making those choices daily (but maybe not perfectly). It is a dying art and the world wants us to believe that it isn't worth striving for. But one thing Shea and I have never fought about is how important that loyalty is,
choosing each other over and over again.
