fav photo monday

Dad had the day off, big bro was at school, big sis on a retreat and baby girl said she wanted ham for lunch. everyone loves dad including this momma...I snagged this photo w my phone!

Heart day Ramblings

Yesterday was Valentines day. I have always loved Valentine's Day. I remember that Valentines Day was always the best in elementary school. BECAUSE we made those sweet little Valentine mail boxes, we had a valentine party at the end of the day and everyone would bring their teacher a valentine heart wrapped in red cellophane.

 AND we'd munch on those little candy hearts with the messages on them. I would lay awake the night before in anticipation for the Valentine's school party.

Then Junior high came and the fun was just zapped right out of the holiday...gone was the day of sweet little Valentines for everyone in the class...no it was time for student council to sell carnations, white for friendship, pink for secret admirer and red for love...and this went on thru high school..and then there were the serious couples, the guy would send huge floral arrangements with balloons to the school office for his girl...depressing, simply depressing for the rest of us girls..lol

So in my memory...elementary valentines were the bomb...upper school not so much.

But once I was in college and had a love interest....you know that guy sitting across from me in this living room, well,  Valentines Day finally became special again because I would get flowers and  mushy stuff like that, it was no longer the single awareness day that so many people call it today.

retro us

I remember once when we were first married, it was Valentines Day and my doorbell rang, I looked out the window and what did I see, a florist, standing on my stoop with a beautiful vase of roses...my heart skipped a beat...I couldn't believe he had sent roses, delivered flowers back then would have been way to extravangant...so I yanked open the door and would you believe it, he had the wrong house, he was asking for directions, yep those flowers were for my next door neighbor. LOL...talking about disappointing!

Anyway, little presents/gifts are really not my love language. I did tell my hubby though that even though little presents are not my love language there are a few times during the year, that a little something is nice, Valentines being one of them, and yesterday, actually the day before yesterday he surprised me with tulips, my favorite...and then yesterday with a card too..

My tulips

The kids got a variety of goodies and candy, and have enjoyed the abundance of chocolate in the house.

I hope everyone reading my heart day rambles had a very happy valentines day this year.

Sunday Snapshot~Karlie

Last week, when the sun was shining and it was still warm outside, Karlie and I grabbed the camera and took a few photos. Here's some of the photos we took just around the house.

Karlie my sweet 16 year old girl. Love you girlie!

An Arctic Blast

This winter has been a mild one. In fact, on Thursday, I walked outside in my bare feet, and short sleeves. I am not a fan of cold weather. This time last year, when we were in the middle of the coldest winter on my record, I was singing Rascal Flatt's song, Summer Nights, hoping that by singing it I could rush warmer weather my way. Anyway, today, the temperatures dropped to bitter cold reminding me that yes, this is really wintertime. So guess what we did on the coldest day of our winter so far?

We went to a new place called Berry Mango's, a frozen yogurt bar. Oodles of self serve frozen yogurt, and lots of toppings to add. I just like yogurt with no toppings, cheesecake and a dollop of praline yogurt was my choice.

yummy

 Shek wants a bite...

 

DAD was taking lots of photos with the iphone. 

I even had a little extra scoop in honor of my new friend who lives far away, but loves ice cream!

It was a coooooold day outside, but that yummy frozen yogurt hit the spot.