As always we stretched out Valentines Day as much as possible. We love it!
We started on Friday afternoon with Sallie’s class party. We did ice cream with lots of different toppings and it worked well. We got half way to town and I realized I left my camera at home so no party pics. Actually, I had the camera but had taken the battery out to charge and forgot to put it back in.
Several years ago Elleigh and I made heart shaped rice krispy treats for her friends and I decided to those this year for Sallie’s class. This year they made strawberry flavored heart shaped marshmallows and the girls loved them. They have eaten them a lot for snack. So, I decided to try them in the rice krispy treats and they were really good.
On Friday night A cooked for as he always does each Valentine’s and we get out the fine china, etc. Since V-Day was on Monday which is therapy night for Sallie and Sunday nt was church and Sat nt was banquet at church that left Friday night.
Here he is getting the table ready (in MY apron!)
It is always so much fun to do a candlelit dinner with the girls. We are very big on eating together at the table each night but it adds a twist when we get the china out and eat by candle light! This is one of my most favorite traditions we have.
We normally dress up a little more but it had been a long day and we did not take the time to dress up quite as much. It was a come as you are formal dinner!
Each year we discuss changing the menu and Elleigh has a fit! I am SO glad we did not change it. A’s completely from scratch shrimp fettucine alfredo is wonderful but this years was especially wonderful! 
I am always in charge of dessert. I planned to make cheesecake and ran out of time so I got a Cheesecake Factory Cheesecake at Sam’s. Needless to say it was good! The girls always want Chocolate Covered Strawberries so we had those and I did make the strawberry sauce from fresh strawberries. It was really easy and delicious!
Since Valentine’s was on a school morning we decided to do our annual Valentine’s breakfast on Sat morning. YES, those are pink pancakes! ADORABLE!!!
I am sure I say this every year but this picture says it ALL! A did this! Think God knew what He was doing giving him 4 GIRLS?!?!?!
A continued the tradition of giving the girls a teacup and he is this year’s choice. It is one of the new Vera Bradley patterns. Very pretty!
I try to get pics of the girls drinking from them the first time so that they will have the pics to remember when they are adults and we give them their collection.
Ell tries to be a good sport about getting up early for the festivities!
Each year our church does a Widows/Widowers banquet near V-Day. I love it. The GA’s help to serve so Sallie loved doing that. Ell helped us out in the kitchen and Millie and Lizzie hung out with Melbie so all was good! I forgot to take my camera once again (what is wrong with me?) but I did take this one as we were headed out the door. I made the girl’s shirts but for some reason couldn’t convince Elleigh she needed one too!
The festivities continued at church on Sunday and then on to today so we have celebrated the LOVE a lot!
Lizzie and Millie posing in their heart shades from their Melbie!
Kinda sad to see it all come to an end. We look so forward to it all every year. The one thing we have not done is celebrate as a couple and have no idea when that will happen. Our February calendar looks like December and March is not much better. Maybe soon!
No comments:
Post a Comment