A Happy Day of Love

We had a good Valentine's Day.  It is nice remembering how much we love each other and how much we love our kids.

We planned a service Relief Society activity for right before Valentine's.  We wanted to heart attack and give cookies to some less active sisters in the ward.

The girls loved helping make the heart shape cookies.  They also liked licking the floury table clean.

After Family Home Evening, the kids each got to decorate one cookie for a treat.  Megan thought it was fun, but needed lots of help.

On Friday, we surprised Will at work by decorating his door.  We decorated his door last year and someone rudely took down our hearts one day that Will wasn't there.  He was upset about that.  We decided that he needed decorations again.

Will made Valentine's breakfast - some heart shape birds in nest (or whatever it is called).  I cannot remember the name, but it was delicious.  Thanks for cooking, Will.

We don't have any Valentine's wrapping paper, so this was the reddest gift bag I could find.  Opening presents was fun.

The girls especially liked opening presents.  They got some candy and some new princess shoes.

Megan wasn't too sure about her shoes.  I guess they were harder for her to walk in.  But she did smile for the camera.

And it wouldn't be a fun day without playing some live action SuperSmash Bros.  Will made it up and it is Whitney's favorite game.  Something about poking each other with swords is exciting.

There was a ward dinner that evening.  The high priests cooked delicious chicken cordon bleu and the youth helped serve and babysit.  It was a fun evening.

Will and I played in a couples see how well you know each other game.  We got second place and won a "dinner at home" date package.  It had two cans of ravioli, a water bottle, and some plastic cookware.  So that was kind of funny.  

Anyway, it was a great Valentine's.  I am glad Will and I are still very much in love after 7 1/2 years.  I hope everyone else had a great day also.

Our Climber

We have a climber in our house - a very short and very cute climbing machine.

Her name is Megan and she is almost 18 months old.  She is by far the most climbing child of all my children.  And she is persistent too.

Megan smiles for the camera after successfully getting on the box.

This position is funny because Megan climbs up, and then gets scared and goes back to the box.  And then collects her courage and climbs up again, and then down again.  It was funny to watch.

Finally tumbling headfirst into the crib.  At least that is a soft landing.  You cannot tell, but she was smiling for this picture.  She was quite pleased with herself.

The computer desk is another great spot to climb.  She gets on the chair and climbs all the way up.  Our heater control is up on the wall, so Megan climbs up and pushes the lever up and down.  The poor heater doesn't know if it should be doing fifty or ninety.

There are other spots that Megan likes to climb, but I don't take pictures of them because I am quickly trying to pull her down.  For example, Megan enjoys getting on the kitchen table, laying down on it, and then spinning while saying 'Whee'.  It would be really cute and funny if it didn't make me so nervous.  We have now placed all our chairs sideways and moved them away from table.

But then Megan gives me a cute smile (after stealing some lipstick) and all is forgiven.  Hopefully we can get through this stage without a concussion.