that time when we lost ross {valentine's day}

valentine's day.

when you invite over people you love,

and then you have your husbands 

screw all of your deadly 

armoires, bookshelves, and dressers 

to the wall.

now that's love:)

dear linsey, todd, and sean,

remember that time we lost ross under sean's desk?

yeah, that was almost really sucky;)

and then we talked about how 

cliche valentines things are not for us,

and how it's better to have husbands 

nailing things into the wall 

and eat heart shaped pizza,

and drink soda,

with friends and stuff like that instead?

that part was pretty great.

love,

em

...

other valentine's things that were fun:

 {i had so many treats on my counter it felt like christmas! it was awesome.}

i love with you.

dear sean,

i'm yours forever and for always.

happy valentine's day.

i love with you,

me

writing his 7 letter name 13 times

{brennan asked me to read every conversation heart in his entire box when i was making dinner last week. one by one as he ate them he would hold it up, i would read it, and then acted out each one i read. 

it was so SO cute. and then when he was going to bed he told me i was his valentine. i love that sweet boy.}

..........

yesterday i bribed brennan to power through writing his name 12 times in a row.

poor chap has 7 letters in his name.

and do you know what i bribed him with?

that he could make a valentine for himself at the end:)

i.e. writing his name for the 13th time.

don't judge,

it was at his request.

happy valentine's days!!!!!!!!

and happy birthday to valentine valerie

aka grandma gibson

born on valentine's day, in st. valentine's hopsital, and named valerie.

delivered by dr. love.

ok, that last part isn't true,

but everything else is.

always a vision in red!

it's her color;)

i hope your day is full of conversation hearts and smooches with the ones you love.

"c" is for cookie

the almost 4 year old read us the instructions to our

SUPER COMPLICATED

cookies.

thank goodness.

my favorite part was:

1. brennan still being in his underwear.

2. that they took bites out of several and then placed them on the cookie sheet.

and max's "Rapunzel braids."

named by brennan.

loved by all.

I SWEAR!!!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

from ME to YOU:)

you're welcome.

and happy birthday to my mother in law!

VALENTINE VALERIE:)

...

on the gammet for today will go as follows...

{if we are lucky}

1. find something festive to wear. kids included.

2. make premade valentine's cookies with the kids that i bought on saturday at ream's.

{there will be no actual baking.

and no actual clean up.

and no actual frosting.

but there WILL be actual eating.}

3. make last minute valentine's for brennan's preschool party.

{i used to do this stuff a week in advance.}

4. try to figure out something festive for dinner.

b/c i forgot that it was valentine's this week,

even though i knew that it was.

do you know what i mean???

or maybe we'll just have tacos.

like i planned.

with red sparkling something in our cups.

a fancy drink makes it festive,

right?

tomatoes are red.

that's festive.
they are in my tacos.

and really,

what else says LOVE like tacos?!

nothing else.

tacos

=

LOVE.

i swear!

"by the moon and the stars in the sky,

and i swear like the shadow that's by your side.

i'll be there!

for better or worse,

till death do us paaaaaaarrrrrrrt!!!

{insert forever here}

i'll love you with every beat of my heart!

and i swear!!!"

please tell me you loved that song as much as i did?

middle school dances.
sob!

did you plan ahead for the day of love?

i wish i had.

and yet,

it's still just as fun having not.

flying by the seat of our pants.

no expectations.

happy LOVE day!

...

I LOVE YOU
SEAN,

BRENNAN,

MAX,

AND BABY!