Our Valentine's Weekend

We had a low key, family fun Valentine's this year.  Friday night Dennis, Reed and I went out to dinner while the kids enjoyed a fun night.... a lock-in at the school gym for Jack (where he apparently played kick ball for 2 hours straight) and for Stella her dance studio where she learned the cutest dance to the the tune of "You are My Sunshine."  Saturday we hit up the local roller skating rink where the kids went roller skating......Stella spent most of her time in the jumpy playhouse, but at least she gave the roller skates a shot.  I felt like I was back in middle school again being at the rink, they still have the disco balls, colorful lights, and flashy carpet walls, just like I remember.  After skating, we went out for a family dinner and headed home open our Valentine's and watch "a movie about love"......Stella's request.  

This little cutie was just along for the ride, and was so good.....he spent the whole afternoon napping in his seat while at the skating rink, and stole the show at dinner all decked out in his Valentine's outfit.  Since we had all three kiddos and no dinner reservations, the pickings were slim for restaurant choices, so we chose a venue that frequents a lot of, ahem, blue hairs, and being the kids eat around 5:30....it was prime time for little old ladies to stop by and admire the baby.....Reed ate up all the attention and flashed his big smiles. 

our little Valentine

Last night we topped off the weekend of love with "breakfast for dinner".....heart shaped pancakes with red and pink sprinkles.  I'm thinking of making this meal our Sunday night tradition since we don't have time in the morning because we usually go to 8:30 church followed by Sunday school, but who doesn't love a meal of pancakes, bacon and eggs anytime?!

It was great to spend some time together as a family this weekend, it seems like we've had a busy 2015 so far and things don't show any sign of slowing down anytime soon, so gotta soak up precious family time when we can.  And speaking of this family of ours, Dennis and I started our journey towards building our family 10 years ago this month when he proposed!  How fast time the time has gone since then.  Happy Valentine's all!