Valentines Day

I love Valentines day!

This year was so much fun because Brinley got to go to her first school Valentines party. She got to wear her p.j's and thought that was the neatest thing ever! When I picked her up she was beaming with excitement over all the little cards and candy she received from her friends and teachers.

Later in the day I took both the girls around the neighborhood to deliver their valentines to their friends. It was so cute.

Here is my attempt to get a sweet picture of the two of them in their Valentines shirts. It was a chore.

They say a picture's worth a thousand words, and this pretty much sums up my life perfectly right now.





That's as good as it got!

Then I made our favorite salmon with peach salsa for dinner! It was yummy as always!

Greg brought me home the prettiest pink tulips.

Whenever we go to Costco, we always have to stop and let the girls hold these teddy bears that they love. So, we surprised them and gave them each one! As if they don't already have enough stuffed animals.

More "lovely" pictures.

After putting the kids in bed, Greg and I enjoyed eating this amazingly good dessert given to us by my friend Lilly, from Brazil. It tasted as good as at looked!

It was a great day!

Still my Valentine!

A Big Catch Up

It's been awhile.....but I still want to backtrack and post some pictures of all our holiday fun!
We will start with Thanksgiving. I wish I had more pictures to give this trip justice, but it really was so much fun!
For the first time in 4 years my whole family was able to spend Thanksgiving together. All of us met at my brother's house in Mississippi. We did a lot of cooking and a lot of playing!
The kids had so much fun with their cousin Christian and their grandparents.
As for our Thanksgiving feast, it was out of this world GOOD! My brother has become quite the talented chef, and had us make everything from scratch. Seriously everything, all the way down to the cranberry sauce. It was a ton of work, but soooo worth it in the end!
We were so happy to be together!




After Thanksgiving, we started getting ready for Christmas! We baked and baked and the girls were a "Big" help!

We went to a fun Christmas parade in St Charles.



Then we headed to Utah! It was so much fun to see everyone again. The girls were beyond excited for Christmas! They got some fun gifts and loved getting to play with their cousins and grandparents.

We also got together with some old friends!

Then we came home and celebrated the new year!

A week later we celebrated my 27th birthday! I got the best gift of all, 70 degree weather! That's only happened one other time in my life, while we lived in Philadelphia.

So we took advantage went to the Zoo.

Then of course had some cake!

We are thankful for Grandparents!

During the past six months we've been blessed to have all the Grandparents come and visit. Even though we live far away, they always come as often as possiable. My girls are so lucky to have these special people in their lives and so are Greg and I.

Thanks for all you do for us! We love you.