Celebrating our Valentines.

 February 7

Grandpa headed to CO, so V and NJ got their Valentines from us early. He's so lucky that he gets to see those cute girls and their parents fairly frequently.

February 8

NJ was in bed fast asleep when Grandpa arrived the night before, so she got her Valentine the next day.

She's not sure what to think about it ;-)

February 14

I got the rest of the grandkid's Valentines together and we planned to drop them off that evening.

Mar came over to spend her V day with us... so sweet.

I had found some beautiful strawberries the day before, so tried to sharpen my skills at dipping them. I'm not sure how fabulous they looked, but they tasted delish.

We dropped off Scarlett, Ellis, and Reese's Valentines.

Emmett and Brielle weren't home, so we left their Valentines on their doorstep before heading to The Smoked Taco for dinner.

February 15

Lex sent pics of Brielle and Emmet with their Valentines.

That day I also took Cal B's Valentine to him, but he was napping, darn it. Shi sent me a pic later that day with a text that said, "Cal was VERY happy to wake up to some treats. He says, "thanks Gigi!!"

I love my funny Valentines ♥

Mar's first Sunday home.

 This was the first week we attended our new ward. It was a Fast Sunday, and missionary-heart Mar bore her testimony to our new ward. After the meeting, she told me she was going over to chat with the Elders serving in the ward. When we connected with her again, she told us that while she was talking to the Elders, another young man from the ward came up and told her he had also served in Brazil, and they should "practice Portuguese" sometime - and he asked for her number. We teased her a little that she already had someone checking her out.*

Then we made a stop by our house so Mar could see it.

Bill and Mar pulled a weed or two. I snapped a pic or two ;-)

I'm so excited about living here! Look at that beautiful temple ♥

It was fun to see the progress of the house and to show it to Mar.

And because I love to take pictures of beautiful flowers, I snapped this one of the roses we had on the table for Mar's homecoming dinner. So pretty!

*Interesting note: Mar went on numerous dates with several different young men since returning home, but is currently "in a relationship" with that young man she met from our ward on her first Sunday after being released as a missionary. Hmmm....