David's and my own little valentine evening!

Besides being incharge of the ward valentine party on February 13th, we were asked to babysit our dear 2 neices and nephew (David's sister Rachel and her husband Alex's kids) on the 14th during the day; so they could attend a wedding/sealing in the Oakland Temple that was actually scheduled on Valentines Day. David had by mistake been scheduled that day, the 14th, off from work, which he never gets, so we jumped at the opportunity to spend time with our neices and nephew. We woke up in the morning on the 14th, and got a call first thing from David's parents saying they were coming over to bring us a valentine gift, and they arrived shortly after with a cute, creatively made chocolate heart cake done by my mother in law (see photo). I am constantly in awe of her talent!. We visited with them for a few minutes and then took off to Davis, Ca (about a half an hour away) to fullfill our babysitting assignment. The two girls (our neices) were picked up by a friend to go to a birthday party only 45 minutes after we started the babysitting, so a majority of the time we spent with our adorable nephew,2 year old Peter. He is one easy child to take care of (at least for the short time we were there), and we took him to a children's little interactive, explore center there in Davis called "exploreit." We enjoyed watching him explore the science activities. We kept being told he "would not take a nap, and that he doesn't take naps." by his parents. In the car on the way home we stopped for a snack and drink since we had skipped lunch, and I stayed in the car with Peter while David went in the store. In the car, I kept looking at Peter because he was being so quiet. After about 5 minutes waiting in the car for David, I looked back and he was out as a light bulb. We took him back to their apartment to nap, and then the girls arrived back from their friends and family and then their parents arrived back. They kept expressing they were thankful we were able to help, but any time we get to spend time with them is a treat.
After babysitting, we drove back to our home in Fair Oaks, and got ready for an evening of dinner and relaxing. David took me to Strings Italian Restraunt, which was yummy yummy, and then David bought me the most beautiful star lilies (see photo)on the way home. We went back home to a quiet evening of " Gone with the wind" and the delicious chocolate cake made for us by my in-laws. It had been so long since I have seen that movie, I forgot how well done it is and how much I love the romance of Scarlett and Rhett. I am so grateful I have the hottest, sweetest, and romantic hubby ever!

Our Valentines Party, 2009.

Back in November, 2008- David was called to be the activites chair and I, Amy was called to be on the committee. We were incharge of planning a Valentine Dance on Friday, February 13th.

Our committee was awesome- very creative and fullfilled assignments so willingly. We had people assigned in the ward to bring desserts and finger food. We hired a caller (square dance DJ) and had square dancing and slow dancing in between. We decorated the cultural hall with naturally pink, red and white balloons, crate papaer, and heart confetti on the table.

We were shocked how well the caller did, he is quite talented and very interactive with the instruction. David and I were also shocked the groups participated and enjoyed themseleves so much. Unfortunatly, we had a low turn out, however that night there was a major storm, and the dancing threw off alot of people that were disinterested in it. The people that did come, expressed alot of positive comments about the activity and kept expressing they were impressed with the dancing and decorations and food. After this activity, I decided I should be an event planner- I love it!

Been a long time!

I let this blog go for awhile since I joined facebook- but here goes- I will update!