Happy valentines day!

We've been pretty consumed with valentines day, which is just as it should be. On Sunday we had some valentines pasta that I found in California. 

As a treat, I also made meatballs, which i don't usually do. 

#toolazy

That night we all worked on Addie's valentine box for school. 

She chose a mailbox from a selection I had picked on Pinterest. Matt found a decal and then the lettering to write Addie's name like the post office lettering.

#nerdlove

It's not perfect, but I think it turned out pretty well. Ps - as we got going I realized we didn't have any blue construction paper, so I texted the ladies in the neighborhood and almost immediately miss Arden showed up at my door. 

#awesomeneighbors

She takes awkward pictures but she's really cute. 

#flawlessskin #onahashtagroll #sorry

Isn't that cool?!

On Tuesday we had our play date valentine party, so I worked on d-money's valentines until my hands cramped. But they turned out so cutely. (:

#pinterestobsessed

The kids got a lot of fun gifts for the 14 days of valentines.  It's such a fun tradition, they love checking their mailboxes each day. 

Also for our playgroup valentine party we made some valentine heart shaped carrots. 

#yuppinterestagain

Frankie loved them. Laney loved the ranchy and tolerated the carrots. (:

Frankie chose Twinkie minions for her valentines. 

We had fun assembling them and they were cute too. Armature'ish, but cute. 

We had our valentines dinner on Thursday night since Friday was date night. We had heart shaped potatoes, heart bacon, eggs (made from the eggs Lexi hollowed out for Ryan's v-day gift) and heart pancakes. On heart plates. (:

#pinterest #imeanttocropmyfeetbutiforgot

Friday morning we had our last day of valentines scavenger hunt. So fun!

They loved finding the clues and were actually pretty good at figuring them out. 

We went upstairs, downstairs, and all around. Their gifts were finally in the master bathroom. 

Paint by numbers art kit for Addie. 

And do-a-dots for Frankie. 

#poorgirlshavemyhair

Then it was the big kids turn. 

They laugh and make fun of my rhymes and clues, but they secretly love it. 

Chris is wearing his gift, this nice blue button up, and Lexi got a button up with pink bicycles all over it. It's cute, but she's still on the fence about it. 

Lexi headed to Ryan's for him to make her dinner at 3:30 and Chris to Jordan's at 5:30. He got her this ridiculously huge teddy bear. 

Matt brought me roses on Wednesday and today Addie asked me to take a picture of her with one. See, another awkward pic. 

#loveher

Friday night was the annual valentines dinner and fundraiser for the YW. it's always so fun. The food was good, Matt and I enjoyed dancing to several songs, and we "won" several fun auction items. Before we went home, Matt took a few minutes to dance with the girls. They loved it!

It's been a lovely valentine season. Busy, but so fun! Happy valentines day!!!