Love Day

Valentine's Day holds a special place in my heart, not only because it's a day to celebrate love, but also because it is the day that I first met my love. Exactly 3 years ago today, Jamie and I had our first date. We have basically been inseparable ever since. It's odd, because 3 years really isn't that long, but it feels like it's been this way forever. I think I was pretty lost before Jamie came along. It feels good to be found. Every year around this time I think back to our first meeting, and it always brings a smile to my face.

We got a great Valentine from Elise this morning - she slept until 8:30! :) We gave her a gift from us and all snuggled in bed for a few minutes this morning before Jamie had to head up to the school for the last day of the 100-Inning Game fundraiser. Elise and I had a more leisurely morning at home and arrived at the field a bit later. We were just in time to watch the last game before the lunch break and enjoy the BBQ. I chatted with Trish and Mary for a bit and Elise got to play with her friend Drew. It was nice to spend the day together enjoying one of Jamie's favorite livelihoods...baseball! I'm learning to love it, because I love him. ;) I brought my camera with the intention of getting some pictures to share, but the rain showed up before I took any and cut our day short. No worries, though - the season is just beginning and there will be plenty of time for pictures!

We are having a nice, quiet evening at home tonight. Mom and Dad are having Elise spend the night with them, so I am sure we will incorporate some candlelight into our evening. I got Jamie some golf balls to go with his new set of Callaway clubs and a cookie cake (I know, it's not romantic, but it's what he likes). He got me this teapot along with this tea in a decorative storage tin. It's a "blooming tea", which means as the tea steeps, it opens into beautiful flowers, which you can see through the glass teapot. I love it! I've had my eye on it for a while, and it's very sweet that he remembered. As it turns out, this is great weather for a nice cup of hot tea - thunderstorms and all. It's also great snuggling weather, and we are making the most of it!

Happy Love Day. I hope everyone finds the kind of love we have found in each other.

My Bailey is 2!

Today is Bailey's 2nd birthday. In just 2 short years he's gone from this:



To this!



It just so happens that Elise and I are baking cookies for her Valentine Party at school tomorrow, so we gave each of the dogs a cookie to celebrate. :)

National Signing Day

Well, a day late, but better late than never! 3 of the athletes from our football team signed college scholarship papers yesterday. Our QB is going to Texas Tech, one of our wide receivers is going to Rice, and another guy (I'm forgetting his position at the moment) is going to North Texas. Congrats to them all! It's exciting to have 3 players signed in one year.

Super Bowl Sunday

We had a nice evening watching the Super Bowl with lots of good food! Mom surprised us all with chocolate fondue! She had such a good time at The Melting Pot that she went out and got her own fondue set. It was delicious. We dipped marshmallows, strawberries, bananas, cheesecake, and rice krispy treats. YUM!



She also got 3D glasses for everyone so we could enjoy the 3D commercials during halftime. Elise thought that was pretty cool.



I wish the Cardinals had pulled out the win - it was an exciting ending! I thought the commercials were kind of disappointing this year, although I wasn't paying very close attention so I may have missed some neat ones.

Thanks for the food & fun, Mom & Dad! :)

Around the house

A few pictures we've taken recently at home. Some puppy love and Mario Kart - what more could we ask for??

Family Pictures

I think we got some nice ones.

I have no idea why, but when I embed the slide show in this post, it removes all the widgets from the side of the page...very odd. They are still there but just don't show up. So, anyway, I am moving the slide show to the top of the page until I can figure out what is up!