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Showing posts with label Valentine's Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Valentine's Day. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

This is what it looks like in our house

Valentine's in our house this year was very low key. Jeremy worked so most of the day was spent with my little guys. That being the case, I mostly focused on spoiling them. We started the morning with gifts. I thought it would be difficult finding stuff for boys but we actually ended up putting together some fun stuff. They got monster truck chocolate boxes, Cars and Toy Story tops, magnifying glasses that double as bug holders and monsters that I made them out of old T-shirts. Don't they look excited?


We followed this with a lunch of pink pancakes and that was about the extent of the days celebrations. I did however want to have a nice dinner for Jeremy when he got home. I started out with a simple chicken, red pepper and broccoli that I was going to put on top of some brown rice:


 I knew that I wanted something special to go with it so decided on stuffed mushrooms because let's face it, anything stuffed is pretty much fabulous. I had bought a huge thing of mushrooms at Costco this weekend and knew I wanted to add some sausage but that was as far as I had gotten. Luckily The Pioneer Woman came to the rescue with her amazing recipe. I have loved her blog for sometime and know that her recipes always get rave reviews so I was excited to dig into these yummy morsels. It was hard to stare at these and wait for my husband to get home to share them!:


I pretty much stuck to her recipe but thought I would share some of the changes I made out of necessity and personal taste. I didn't have any cream cheese on hand so instead I used the Mozzarella Sun-dried Tomato and Basil Laughing Cow that I had in the fridge. I also sprinkled some red pepper flakes in with the garlic and onion to give it a slight kick. Lastly, I had no wine on hand so I just omitted that all together. They turned out amazing and Jeremy raved! Seriously, there were only 4 left at the end of dinner and that was because he wanted to take them to work for lunch.


It may not be fancy but at this stage in our life, but this is how we celebrate. Looks like most other days but that's okay because we like to think we make everyday about love!

Monday, February 14, 2011

I love

On this Valentine's Day I thought I would reflect on some of the things that I love, big and small. I hope you are all finding yourself loving and being loved today!

I love:
  * That first cup of coffee in the morning. Taking a moment to sit and relax while that warm piece of heaven starts to work it's magic.
  * Hearing the words "I love you" out of the mouths of my children. Especially in those random moments when you aren't expecting it and it is just the thing you needed to hear.
  * Baby laughs. Heart melting!
  * The man I am lucky enough to wake up next to every day. My best friend, amazing father to my children, hard-working provider and faithful man of God.
  * Craft stores. My idea of heaven includes endless aisles of things to create with. Oh...and a coffee stand in every aisle:)
  * Mom and Dad. How lucky am I to have parents who love each other, the Lord and their children with all their hearts?
  * True friends. The ones who know the real me and love me anyway.
  * My sweet niece...she is so uniquely her and I love being her aunt. Can't wait to meet my new niece next month!
   * Jesus through who I am saved!

My list could go on and on but these are the biggies. On this day of love I know that I am feeling extra blessed.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

HUGE Giveaway!!

Do you like free stuff? Do you like LOTS of free stuff? No...okay, never mind.

Wait, what's that? Oh, you DO love free stuff. Me too! So I just had to share this amazing giveaway from my friend and fellow blogger. Courtney is a photographer who recently started her own business, Small Beginnings Photography, and is doing a HUGE giveaway on her blog in honor of Valentine's Day. While the majority of the stuff being given away is only for those in the Spokane, WA area there is also a runner's up prize pack available to anyone so it is definitely worth checking out. There are tons of local vendors and small business participants so this is a great way find some new places to shop and support the small business owner.

Oh, did I mention that there is something by yours truly in the giveaway? I contributed a 10 pack of homemade all-occasion cards that are included in the grand prize.



So what are you waiting for, get on over there and check it out!

http://smallbeginningsphoto.blogspot.com/2011/02/its-here-big-valentines-day-giveaway.html
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