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Valentine's Day

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I know what many people say about Valentine’s Day-it’s a made-up, superficial holiday. Or “I’m in the kind of relationship where every day is special,” or something of the like. Well allow me to take a stance. I like Valentine’s Day. It may help that I have a super wonderful sweetheart, who I love more than anyone! ;) And yes, Ethan is an amazing husband every day, but he still finds ways to be extra sweet on Valentine’s Day. And I think, why not? If a relationship truly was the same amount of special each day, you would never know just how special it is, right? See 2 Nephi 2 ;)

This year our Valentine’s Day was going to be a little different. John and Larisa had asked me to house sit for them, and I was more than happy to help! I hadn’t realized until a few weeks later that I would be at their house on V-day, while Ethan was alone in Ann Arbor. No matter, we frequently celebrate holidays on different dates when our schedules don’t work out.

A few days before I left, Ethan told me he had a few ideas for Valentine’s Day. Ethan is wonderful to be happy doing whatever ideas I come up with, but I love it when he plans things! My love language is quality time, and HIM making a plan to spend QUALITY TIME with me, well there’s nothing better! He suggested that we have a skype date and watch a movie together. We could also order take-out and eat the same dinner together. Sounded great to me!

Valentine’s Day rolled around, and we had set plans to start our date at 8 o’clock.  Ethan surprised me by sending me 10 texts throughout the day sharing his favorite memories of us. I knew I was in for a treat when the first one was about when we were dating and went scuba diving together in Utah. Of course he also remembers this is the first time he saw me without makeup on… LOL I looked forward to receiving a new memory each hour. It was such a sweet treat!

I had to do some preparation to get ready for our date. I needed to get Annie to bed (an hour earlier than usual), order a pizza, get the dogs outside so they wouldn’t wake Annie when said pizza arrived, and get to the delivery guy before he rang the doorbell (I really didn’t want Annie to wake up hehe). I am happy to say, everything went smoothly! Ethan let me choose the movie, and well, I choose terribly. We were going through Chick-flicks on Netflix and “Hope Floats” came up as an option. Neither of us had seen the movie, but with leads like Sandra Bullock and Harry Connick Jr. what could go wrong?! So much. So much could go wrong! I am sure everyone but me knew this was a hopelessly sad movie! At least we had fun commenting on the funny styles of the late 90's, how much Sandra Bullock has NOT changed AT ALL, and a heated discussion on whether Harry Connick Jr. was more handsome then or now. LOL For being 300 miles apart, it was a pretty good Valentine’s Date.

As promised, we are celebrating again now that we are reunited. Tonight I am making a special dinner – Parmesan Chicken with spaghetti, green salad, and another green vegetable that I know better than to name on this blog ;), and for dessert, Chocolate Chip Cheesecake. I’ve got two little presents waiting for Ethan (his love language is receiving gifts), and I have a feeling he’ll be coming home with a bouquet of flowers for me ;)


I sure love my beautiful little family, and I can’t wait to spend more Valentine’s Days celebrating them!

Here are some pictures I took of Annie on Valentine's Day because isn't everything just a little better with Baby in it!




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  1. LarisaFebruary 23, 2017 at 6:35 PM

    Oh my goodness, such a darling memory! You and Ethan are examples to us all of love. Thanks for giving us a cute little glimpse into your life <3

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