Our Snowy Valentine's!

On Friday, Evan had a special Valentine's party at his school. Mommy, of course, prepared his class Valentine's to hand out. She was a little disappointed that she didn't have time to do more than store bought Valentine's with suckers, but Evan had fun picking them out. He really wanted dinosaur Valentine's, but those could not be located so he settled for sports themed.


Here are a few pictures from his school fun:


Evan and his friends are ready for their treats!



Evan gets a pink cupcake!



Evan's favorite new friend, Jackson, is on his right.



The sweetest Valentine!


So Valentine's weekend started out with something very special...SNOW! As you can tell, we love snow. Of course, it helps that we don't get a ton of snow, and our snow storms are usually few and far between. This snow was 100% better than the last because it was so soft and fluffy! Perfect for snowman building and snow cream making! And if you Yanks or Westerners are not familiar with snow cream, you definitely don't know what you are missing! Yum-Yum! Google it!

Here are some pictures from our fun Valentine's adventures:


Starting to snow on Friday evening! It started to snow about 5:00 p.m., and by the time we went to dinner, it was already covering the ground and roads.



By the time we got home, our pot was full of snow so we made some snow cream!



Evan's first snow cream. So cold but so delicious!



Checking out the snow the next day.



"Cheeeeeeeese! The sun's in my eyes!"



He loved the soft snow!



A family shot


A Snowman's Tale


The beginning

Evan got scared off by a small blizzard that blew snow into his face!

Evan helped Mommy dress his snowman like a cowboy. We didn't have any carrots so we borrowed Mr. Potatohead's nose and eyes.

Evan holds up the snowman with his shotgun and then runs him out of town!

I love this picture! My baby looks so grown up! (*sniff*)

Our family snowman!

So cute helping to keep Mr. Snowman's nose on!

Evan with Mr. Snowman after he had taken a beatin' from the rising temperatures and the high winds that kept blowing his head off! :o)

Yeah, he was a little sad!

On Sunday, Mommy made Evan this Panther's football player snowman on our back deck where there was still plenty of snow!

Daddy and Evan check out Mommy's masterpiece. Evan actually wasn't too thrilled with sharing his helmet!

A SNOWY VALENTINE'S

I used one of my roses as a way to memorialize our snowy Valentine's!

Me with my beautiful bouquet of yellow roses my sweetie brought me at work! Thank goodness he just went to Harris Teeter for these and didn't spend a small fortune for flowers 'cause I seriously would have hated that!!!

Mommy's little Valentine!

We did our Valentine's ritual with Evan earlier in the week because he couldn't wait. He was at the store with me when we bought all our Valentine stuff! ;o)

Sweet kisses for Mommy!

Reading his sweet card from Mommy...

and Daddy!

Lots of love for Daddy!

Now this is what he was waiting for!

A Nerf gun!

Evan got lots of Valentine goodies from Aunt 'Omi and Grandma who came to stay with him while Mommy and Daddy went on their date!

Mommy and Daddy are ready to go out!

But first, a little romance and PDA!

On Sunday night, we watched my niece and nephews while Uncle Paul and Aunt Jessica went out. We had to make them pose for a picture before they left!

Gotta love some PDA!

I love feeding this little guy! This, of course, is my youngest nephew, Reade, and he is such a great eater. He ate two whole jars of his organic baby food and then ate a piece of pizza crust too.



Aunt Sherry taught him to use a spoon and feed himself!



Apparently, Aunt Jessica thought the same way I did about Valentine's gifts, but she bought bubble guns for them instead of Nerf guns!