valentine's day weekend!

We had a very fun and busy Valentine's Day weekend with family this year. (Par for the course!)

Friday started off with yummy dinner and the most beautiful red tulips from my husband. :)

And on Saturday we went to Waxahachie to hang out with mom and Tonya! Mumsie had been wanting to do a pub/antique crawl in the downtown area for ages, and we finally got it on the calendar (unfortunately, Stephen had to work... of course! ;P). We moved alot quicker than I expected, because mom had a "3 minute rule" in the antique shops - "I just wanted to see if it was a bunch of crap... and it was!"  

At our first stop, The College Street Pub - best fried green beans ever!

We even ran into Roxanne! :D

Although Stephen had to work, R, Tonya and I met up with him after we got back from Waxahachie to have a good ole Chipotle dinner back at the hill. We got home late and got up early to hang out with Tonya and Stephen again for some girl-time and boy-time! Tonya and I went shopping for President's Day sales, and Stephen and Richard hung out at home and cleaned car headlights (FUN TIME?! ;P). After we all met back up, we went to a FABULOUS Ethiopian restaurant, Desta. Meghan and Nick went on a date by themselves to Mumtaz, because we converted her!

Family Valentine's Days are the best Valentine's Days. :)

the BEST valentine's day :)

Valentine's Day this year was so special. Our beloved Tonya & Stephen moved to the area from Colorado this past week, and Valentine's Day was the first day we could all get together as a family and love on each other. The kiddos have been dying to hang out with their new cousins since meeting them at our family vacation in Colorado. Dying! Our sweet kittens are pretty sentimental in general, but I've never seen them react to anyone the way they glued on to T & S. It just makes my heart sing when the best comes out of our weird little blended family. :)

To make matters extra awesome, Darrah and the boys came over as well and the weather was absolutely beautiful. Oh, and burgers! We made burgers! And afternoon bubbles. And back-yard soccer. And Richard helped Darrah finish her taxes! Can you feel the magic? It was a pretty magical day (considering I had to work ;P).

Fair warning, I took alot of bubble pictures. Dumplings + bubbles!

Meghan had a date with Nick and got all dolled up. :) 

Just look at that hair!

Emily was parked right by the window, keeping us updated on Tonya & Stephen's arrival. :)

And at one point, R3 was singing "Wrecking Ball" while playing video games. It... was so hilarious. :)

These pictures are so blurry, but I don't care! They make me so happy. :)

My girls! :D

Stephen helped R3 build the catapult he was given for... Christmas. Slow and steady, guys!

A sweet moment on the couch with cousins. :)

And attacking Sully with the fully-actualized catapult!

I guess it's pretty succinct to say flowers and chocolates aren't really my thing on Valentine's Day. ;) With these sweet folks as company, who can blame me!

I don't think this holiday exists in neverland...

February 13, 2013

(Neverland Map print from here)

R and I both have weekly Thursday plans (he: roller-derby practice, me: ballet classes), so we did Valentine's Day early this year. On Wednesday, we exchanged presents, inadvertently matched outfits, went to a lovely dinner at Samar ("The food is so good we can't talk about anything else!") and it was all delightful enough to want to forget how tired Valentine's Day is and instead share on my blog for future smiles.

PS: Isn't that rubber ducky the best? R got me other amazing bath-y smell good stuff and beautiful flowers, and that ducky (THAT LIGHTS UP) still takes the cake! :P