Santo Valentino

That's Valentines, but in Italian, right? I'm awesome.

So, we (Jeff and I) decided quite awhile back that we would celebrate our Valentine's Day on Tuesday instead of Monday, because who would want to babysit our kids on Vday right? Then we could be the Vday babysitters for all and then easily get one in exchange. As the day loomed nearer, we realized that every one we know was staying home because of celebrating another day or one half of the couple would be at work. Pretty cool. So we ended up not having anyone over for babysitting, but we already had reservations on Tues, so we went with it. We spent Monday just having a fun Vday family day. Jeff made the heart shaped strawberry pancakes that are tradition in his family for our breakfast. Then I got my (over budget!) gift of flowers and a beautiful necklace/earring set, and Jeff got his box of Nikki-made white chocolate peanut butter cups.


Grandma #2 stopped by with some candy boxes, balloons and cute kitty jammies for each adorable girl. (Grandma #1 gave them her gift of tall Vday mugs filled with assorted candy the night before.) The girls were delighted!


They were having a blast of a day, then we watched a little kid-time-love story, Alpha and Omega (courtesy of Redbox.) It was very fun to see them all so excited. Later, after nap and lunch and all that, we drove around a delivered a few valentines that they hand-colored the week before for FHE, then came home to some surprise valentines on the doorstep from doorbell ditchers! They had so much fun and got so much candy, we ended up not even giving them the little heart boxes we got them... (maybe in a few weeks when their blood sugar finally comes down.)

So, then Tuesday, we took the girls out to my parents' house in Eagle Mountain, as they graciously offered to sit (it's nice not to have to ask!) and then headed off to a movie. We went back and forth and back and forth on what to see that was lovey, and eventually settled on Gnomeo and Juliet because it was the best time for our dinner reservation. :) It wasn't Jeff's very favorite ever, but it was cute (and of course, a much happier ending than its inspiration.) From there, we headed over to.... none other than our favorite - Francks! Hello, amazing food! I was glad we ended up going Tues instead of Mon, as A. they said it was SO busy, but also B. they only had a set menu. I'm sure it was delicious, but... We both started with the soup, this time a hot smoky strawberry soup. Hello friends. Don't sneer, it was a-freaking-mazing. I ended up getting chicken with cheesy grits and vegetables, Jeff had the duck with ginger raspberry sauce, potatoes gratin, and veg. Both to die for. We shared the carrot cake that comes inside a 10 inch tall white/milk chocolate cylinder that's also dessert for your eyes! It was just as lovely as the last time we went, and considerably cheaper (and we left not quite so ridiculously over-full, which was great!)

All in all, it was a perfect few days for us!

PS-did you know Vday is the anniversary of Jeff's and my first kiss? Yeah, we weren't even dating. He just had the guts to go in for the kill.