Valentine's Day

Well...this post is a little late.  But you know what they say...better late than never!  Cody and I have never really gone over the top crazy for Valentine's Day.  One reason is because our anniversary is March 1st which is just a couple of weeks after Valentine's anyways and we would rather just spend a relaxing evening at home and really celebrate our anniversary since they're so close to one another.  Another reason is because everything is so crazy busy and we really hate fighting an insane crowd just to go out and eat dinner somewhere.  So, when we were talking about what to do this year, we just decided to cook dinner together at home and spend the evening together with out three loves.  There have been previous years where we have ordered dinner to-go and gone and picked it up and ate at home...but cooking together just sounded more fun!  I planned the menu and then we headed to the grocery store the weekend before to get everything we needed...again so we wouldn't have to fight the crowds the closer it got to the actual day!  We love being around people...but too many people in one small confined area all going for the same thing and not being all that nice kinda gives both of us a little bit of social anxiety!  When we were talking about what to cook, we realized it had been awhile since we had done anything on the grill.  So, we each picked out the kind of meat we wanted...Cody got a steak and I got salmon.  I also made a salad with tons of yummy vegetables, a baked potato for Cody and a sweet potato for me, and oven baked "fried" okra.  Then, for dessert, I made a four layer chocolate dessert that had cream cheese, cool whip, chocolate pudding, and a walnut crust.  All fat-free and sugar-free of course...and the walnut crust was made with good for you nuts and light butter!  It doesn't get much better when your dessert is good for you!  Cody even liked it...so that was a major plus!  He always gives me a hard time because I make every bit of food that I can healthy...even desserts.  Sometimes he likes them and sometimes he doesn't...but this was definitely a hit!  This past weekend I actually made what he considers "real brownies."  They were definitely made with real sugar, real butter, eggs, and a frosting that was anything but healthy!  They're all gone...I'm pretty sure he ate 90% of them by himself...in one night!

Back to Valentine's Day.  Since this "holiday" is so close to our anniversary, we typically don't get each other anything.  Well...we get each other a little something...but nothing too big!  This year (thanks to Pinterest) I gave Cody a little something every day starting February 1st.  It was the "14 Days of Valentine's Day."  Every day there was a little saying that went along with a candy bar or some other type of little gift.  I left them on the counter for him so that they would be there when he woke up.  Of course, I was already long gone (since I leave the house at 5:00 am to go work out before work) by the time he got up...so it was a fun little surprise for him!  There were a few days that I was actually out of town for a technology conference and my parents had to deliver the gifts.  I had given my dad Cody's key lock combination that he types in on the outside of his truck so that my dad could put the presents in the driver's seat before Cody left for work.  So fun!  On the actual day of Valentine's I had found a little picture frame that said "Love is a Four-Legged Word" and then had a red bone underneath where the picture went that was made out of all kinds of words that pertained to dogs.  I had taken a picture of the three babies (thanks to some help from Bella...my mom!) and put that picture in the frame for him.  When I woke up that morning I had a little surprise myself!  Cody had gotten me the most beautiful arrangement of roses and the sweetest card.  What's funny is that he had spruced up the envelope of the card with pictures of the three pups.  He had found a picture of each of them and then typed up a little saying on the computer and taped their picture with their saying above their heads.  We had to laugh because both of us gave each other something on Valentine's day that related to the dogs.  Can you tell that we love them to pieces and they're completely rotten?!?!? Oh well...they are definitely our babies and they get treated like the spoiled rotten little toots that they are.  There have been many times when we will get up from sitting on the couch and they'll steal our seats.  Or...they'll each be taking up the chair, love seat, and couch and we wind up sitting on the floor cause we don't want to make them move.  And if we do make them move, we call them back up to crawl up and sit in our laps.  Yep...we love them a lot!  We had a great Valentine's with each other and our little family!!!



This is the picture that I put in the frame I gave to Cody...precious pups!!!




I love this!  This is typical of all three of their personalities...Sarge has a "duh" expression on his face, Trigger is being mischievous, and Faith is being a little prissy pot...and smiling big!




Sweet babies!!!




My beautiful roses with a sweet card!




Here's a close-up of the card and their little sayings.  If you've met our dogs...then you know they're personalities and that if they could talk...this would be pretty close to what they would say!




BEAUTIFUL!!!  I have the best husband in the whole world!!!