Happy Valentines Day!

Valentines Day was all spread out for us this year since it fell on a Sunday. For our Valentines for each other this year we picked out a kitchen table and got tickets to see John Mayer. Both were simply beautiful. We have been using a kitchen table that we had borrowed since we've been married. We figured almost 2 years of marriage made us due a kitchen table that fit in with our house. We love it! In fact, we love it so much that we stayed up all night the day we got it to put it together. Sadly, I don't have pictures from it because it was, as I said, very late, and we were very determined to get it finished. There was no time for photographs! John Mayer was a blast! When he came several years ago, I had actually won tickets to see him. If you know me, you know that several years ago when he came I was on a van with Centri-Kid approaching Nashville. Not at the concert. John went with my sister instead! Too cute! So this year, we decided we should go together! It was a beautiful concert, and we were very thankful to be a part of it! Sadly, the only pictures I have from that night are on my phone. Geeze, what is with me! So those were our Valentines for our Valentine!
This weekend, mom and dad came over to make Valentine cookies for her Sunday school class. We got a bit carried away and decided to make ever MORE so we could share with everyone! It was so much fun cooking in my kitchen with them! I have so many wonderful memories growing up cooking back at home with my parents. The yellow cakes with chocolate icing that always crumbled because dad and I weren't patient enough to wait for the cake to cool, the fried okra that mom would have to explain to me several times, the pancakes, the brownies...well, the list could go on, but I'd prefer to not get sappy and start crying thinking back to the little girl days. So it was a definite treat to have them cooking in my kitchen with me! They all turned out so great!
This morning I made toast. Ha. Not exciting I know! Those were my thoughts exactly when I asked my husband what he wanted this morning for breakfast. So, knowing me, I got real creative! Heart shaped, powdered sugared, red sprinkled toast. It was complete with Hazelnut coffee with whipped cream and topped with a heart shaped pink marshmallow. This Valentines day was special is so many ways to us.
We were so excited to get to celebrate the ultimate love of Christ this morning together at church. What a more better way to celebrate the day of love then to worship our King! The Creator who loved us so much that He gave His only Son to die on the cross for our sins. What an amazing sacrifice. We loved praising His name, singing as loud as we could to Him, and learning even more about His greatness on this precious day of love.
From our home to yours, Happy Valentines Day!