Valentines

Ian was very excited for Valentines this year! As was everyone. We had fun decorating the house and covering it in valentine's decor. I should have taken a few more pictures. All of the art work was done by Ian and Aaron (until Aaron tried drinking the red paint -then it was done just by Ian).

Ian cut out all of these hearts by himself! I would draw a heart on the paper and then he would cut it out. He made about 30 of them and decorated them with puffy heart glitter stickers. They go all the way up the wall. All of his teachers always comment that he is amazing at using his scissors.

My family came to visit the week before Valentine's and got a bouquet of balloons for the boys! They were amazing balloon (purchased at Pioneer Party in Lehi) with a special high float in them. This picture was taken two weeks later and they are still floating. A few balloons were missing they were floating elsewhere in the house. Even now, 3 weeks later, the McDonald farm balloon is still holding on. Plus that is with kids running around the throwing them in the air (we tie a small weight to the bottom of the string). They are amazing and now I am just going to have to keep getting them for the kids.

The weekend before Valentines my family came down. My mom had a few work conferences in SLC. It is always great when they come and the boys are beyond excited. Friday night they watched the boys while Tim and I attended our ward Valentines Dinner & Dance. The picture below was taken at the dance. They had all of the couples take their pictures when entering. Many people commented on our matching outfits and the fact that I must have dressed Tim :) Ha ha -not so much people, other way around! They really laughed when Tim pulled my pink phone out of his pocket :) He was going for the full affect people!

The Valentines Dinner and Dance was a blast! Words cannot describe how much fun we had. The gym was decorated like we were having a wedding it was beautiful. Tim and I were also involved in the newlywed game. A lot of information was learned about each of us that night which we will just keep between us and those in attendance :) Somehow we even managed to tie for first! After an amazing dinner (steak, chicken, potatoes, salad, veggies, deliciousness) and the newlywed game they cranked up the music and the dance began. This was not your average church dance. In fact it was nothing like it! Everyone was on their feet and dancing whether you were 20 or 80 years old. No need to worry about making a fool of yourself, just look to the left or the right and everyone is making a fool of themselves! It was a blast Tim even broke out some of his breakdancing skills with a windmill included! We are already looking forward to the party next year! Thanks to my family for watching the kids it was so nice to not have to worry about them and know that they were in good hands. Mostly it was nice to have a break from them :) Same time next year?!?

Saturday we headed up to Logan. Ian left early with my dad and brothers and was so excited! He was able to go and watch Hunter at his basketball game and be with grandpa and his uncles. Tim, Aaron, my mom, and I stayed back and ran a few errands around town before heading to Logan. When we got to Logan Ian was beyond excited to inform us that he had a backwards lunch with grandpa. What is a backwards lunch? Ice cream cone first then lunch. We decided to head back to Logan that night since Aaron seemed to have yet another ear infection and was not a happy camper (your own bed is always better when you don't feel good). Maybe Aaron was just sad because he got his first haircut (16 months) while in Logan :( Bye Bye baby mullet. Although he still has a little curl to his hair!

For Valentine's we made heart pancakes for breakfast, and heart shaped pizza for dinner!

Ian finished coloring and signing all of his valentines that weekend! He did an amazing job! I love his signature.

I was able to go and help with the valentine's party at Ian's preschool! Ian made his valentines bag in Art class that week. It is a good thing it was a big bag because it was stuffed to the top even with only 12 kids in his class!

Other than Valentines our week has been pretty normal. We have the trains upstairs this week (I alternate toys each week -cars, trains, animals, legos, etc). The boys have been having a blast "playing" together! It may not look like but Aaron is laughing histarically in both pictures. He thought it was funny to squish his face against the container.

We have been having way to much fun these past few weeks (thus why I have not had a chance to blog). We are looking forward to Tim's family arriving tomorrow (February 15th).

Tim took this picture from the deck the other night and I had to share. So beautiful!