Happy Valentines Day

For the last two years we have been sick on Valentines Day either the kids or Jon and I.  Well most people might think oh big deal its a stupid holiday anyway.  But I really like Valentines Day, not because I ever got a candy gram or cheap heart shaped box chocolates or cheesy stuffed animals, but because my Mom made it a special day.  Coming from a family that communicates love through service and not words or gifts it was special to get a card on my freshly made bed after I came home from school reminding me that hey they really do love me along with some sort of little treat on my bed.  I decided to make Valentines special in my home.  Also to be noted Jon and I had a special in home Valentines date on our first Valentines together he came home from his mission the first week of February.  Well because we usually have small babies or sick kids I started making a nice meal on Valentines to eat at home.  I usually do steak because its just something I'm good at, sometimes crab legs, sometimes fancy bread, often mashed potatoes, and always steamed/grilled veggies.  I always arrange my flowers on a vase at the table and put out my nicest dishes and I light my 3 candle sticks.  Then we eat as a family put the kids to bed and enjoy a movie and usually a rich treat.  I didn't take any pictures this year really but wanted to document that Jon brought the kids home some vases full of candy and a fake rose.  Maddie thought it was awesome :) although she wondered why mine were real and hers were not she was excited.  I was not quite on my game so after a busy day at the salon all by myself I ran around town trying to find Princess Celestia the one pony she does not have.  I had Dane with me and he picked himself out a bus that was missing packaging that I could not pry from his fingers so I took it to the cashier and asked "Is this even for sale?"  I couldn't figure out where he got it and there were no other little school buses.  The cashier asked a manager and gave it to me for $4 and I took it home and found out it lit up and drives there's no way that was under $10.  Anyway I had made strawberries that morning for an orders and made up the rest of my big strawberries incase I had a last minute request so we called some friends to help take some off our hands because I made way too many.  Here's a picture of my strawberries this year.

Not to be confused with the ones I made last year :)

Way too many strawberries.