Our Family Valentine's

In our family we make Valentine's Day a family ordeal.

We don't go crazy buying a bunch of chocolate's and flowers.

I do LOVE chocolate and like flowers, but on Valentine's I think these things are very over priced.

My hubby says,"It's just a Hallmark making money day". I would agree.

So we just hang out as a family and do a few fun things.

Now, with the comment I said above. This year I did support "Hallmark" and bought the kids these little bugs.  I thought they were very cute and I can reuse them through out the year to just leave a little something special.  I put a little bit of candy(which I just bought regular candy not valentine's candy) in each one, made them a valentine and clipped it onto the bug.

This is our Valentine's tree.  I LOVE Christmas so much it really depresses me to take down our tree.  So, a few years ago I decided to leave a small tree up and decorate it for VValentine's.  I bought the red lights last year at the after Christmas sale, then made heart shape ornaments out of foam sheets.  After Valentine's I am ready to take down the last tree until I put it back up in October.  HA! Just kidding!  I wait until November 1st.

Grace and I made some heart shape cookies while the boys were out side playing.  She always trys to eat the dough.  I have NO idea where that came from. LOL!

She is my little baker.  She loves it!  But, she informed me that she knew so much about cooking because Aunt Sheila taught her.  She has been telling me this A LOT about her Aunt Sheila lately.  I'm not sure what she is learning from me right now.

This was our dinner.  I always go get a heart shape pizza at Papa Murphy's.  It's only $6.  Can't beat that.  I bought some plate's, cups, napkins, and the table cloth all in the dollar spot.

Ready to dive in!  We set everything up downstairs so we could watch our movie while we ate.

With Daddy!

Me

Grace with her little bug.

Jonah with his.

And Caleb.

I love these family moments we have.  I hope that these are the things they will remember when they grow up and realize the importance of having family time and not just on a special occasion, but all the time. 

 "The family is one of God's masterpieces"