Valentine's Party 2009

We had our annual Valentine's party last night and it was so much fun! We decided to do it a week after Valentine's Day since a lot of our friends were out of town last weekend. The nice thing was that all of the Valentine's stuff was on sale this week- we may do it after Valentine's Day every year from now on! Everyone helped bring food and it was all really good. I did all of the desserts since I love baking and I don't love cooking! The dessert table was complete with red, pink and white heart shaped dipped pretzel sticks, peanut butter cup cookies with heart shaped Reese's in the middle, heart shaped caramel brownies, pink heart shaped Rice Krispy Treats and black bottom cupcakes with pink frosting.

We had to move our kitchen table out to fit everyone in, but I think it turned out okay. We played a love songs game where everyone had to guess the title and artist of different love songs. We then played the Not So Newlywed Game and it was hilarious! Hopefully no one went home mad at their spouse after the game! Some of the answers were pretty funny!

The guests of the evening included:

Robyn and Dave (Party Dave was in full force last night!)

Matt and Erin

Josie and Eric

Sunny and Clay

Adam and Meagan

Josh and Rachel

Stacy and Tonya

Steven and Cortney

Bobby and Fawn

Claudia and Matt

Sebrina and Scott

For some reason I didn't get a picture of Jamie and her husband, but here she is on the right with the other pregnant mammas who were there!

Thanks everyone for bringing delicious food and for making the party so fun! Mark your calendars for next year!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We had fun celebrating Valentine's Day this year. Nathan was pretty excited about all of the candy and cards he got at his preschool party. Unfortunately, Jake got strep throat and had to miss his party. I'm sure he'll be pretty excited when he gets his Valentine's on Tuesday when he goes back to school!

The boys received so many fun Valentine's from family and friends this year. Aunt Heidi and Aunt Annie sent Valentine cards and sugar cookies complete with a can of frosting and sprinkles so the boys could decorate them. It's a tradition in our family to decorate sugar cookies for every holiday so it was nice to not have to make the cookies this year. Thanks Annie and Heidi!

On Valentine's Day the Valentine Fairy visited the boys rooms and left presents on their pillows. Jake got animals and candy and Nathan got a new game and candy. Max just got a box of candy to shake- he's pretty easy to please!

Please notice the crayon drawn all over their blinds- haven't even tried to tackle that mess yet.

That night Jon and I went out. Jon planned the whole night and it was so fun. We started out going to to new little Italian restaurant that Jon found. It was so good- we'll definitely be going back there. During dinner Jon kept handing me little gifts. He gave me a homemade card, a box of my favorite Rocky Mountain mint chocolates, a Golden Spoon t-shirt (LOVE IT!) and a poem with a $100 bill in it. The poem said that I had to spend the money on myself that night and that whatever was left over I had to give back so I better spend it all! Jon even said that he would act excited about whatever I was looking at or trying on and that he wouldn't complain at all! It was so cute of him, but I was feeling bad that Valentine's Day was supposed to be fun for both of us. So I gave him the option of going shopping or watching a movie about shopping! He chose the movie so we went and saw Confessions of a Shopaholic- it was really cute. Thanks, Jon for sitting through that with me! We ended the date off with a trip to Target which is always a treat when I don't have the kids with me. It was such a fun date and if you're wondering, I still have the $100 bill in my wallet! Don't worry, I'll be using it on diapers, wet wipes and formula at Costco tomorrow!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

Happy Birthday, Jon!

31 Things I love about Jon (in no particular order):

1. He's handsome
2. He's smart
3. He makes me laugh
4. He works hard to provide for us
5. He freely admits that I'm right in most situations!
6. He loves to learn
7. He's honest
8. He'll do anything to make me happy
9. He's a great dad
10. He finds joy in the simple things (Jon, do you realize that you're turning 31 on the 13th?!)
11. He loves to do things together as a family
12. He loves going on dates with me every week
13. He loves to travel
14. He loves that we have all boys (at least one of us does!)
15. His patients and staff love him
16. He loves living in California
17. He loves sports
18. He's a good son and a good brother
19. He loves candy and chocolate
20. He's a good cook
21. He plays the piano
22. He sews the buttons on when they fall off
23. He loves to throw the football with me even though I stink
24. He's just a good person
25. He's passionate about things
26. He appreciates that I stay home with the kids
27. He has never expected dinner when he gets home
28. He's a worthy Priesthood holder
29. He'll always say he's sorry
30. He'll wear whatever I tell him to
31. He loves me more than anything and tells me often

Happy Birthday, Jon! I love you!

Odometer Excitement

It's a tradition in Jon's family to get really excited about number patterns on things like clocks, dates and car odometers. When Jon was about 15 and vacationing in Illinois he remembers pulling off the side of the road and celebrating the fact that their odometer had hit 100,000 miles. They would celebrate at 4:56 on January 2, 2003 since it would be 01/02/03/04/05/06- you get the point.

So Jon was really excited when he noticed that his odometer was nearing one of these number patterns. He took pictures in anticipation of the big event and as soon as it happened he pulled over, took a picture and then called me to give me the big news! It doesn't take much to get him excited!!!