Fun Week

Well, I hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day. While some of you have stated that you think the holiday is silly, when we should be celebrating our relationships all year long, I do have to say that I love special days like Valentine's. :-) It's great to have different opinions. It keeps life more interesting. Ha ha I do agree that love should be celebrated and cherished all the time, and I sure do like to be surprised and romanced unexpectedly, but I do make a big deal out of these special days during the year. Even Sweetest's Day (if you're from the North, you know what I mean) has been an important one to me. I just grew up watching my dad going overboard at these times, and I thought it was awesome. Guess it has stuck with me. :-) I am a hopeless romantic like my dad. Look what he did for my mom recently when they had a little wintry weather:



She didn't know he was outside "drawing" this message with his feet. He took her upstairs and told her to look out the window. I think that's pretty cool. No pun intended. :-) I also found out that for Valentine's Day, he stopped by their church on his way to work, and went to my mom's Bible study table that she would be at that morning. He left quite the display: Huge balloon, roses, a big chocolate "I Love You," and a card. He also got on the local talk radio station that was asking people to call in with special Valentine's stories or messages, and he proclaimed His love for her their too.

Okay, so anyway, in case you couldn't tell, I love all that kind of stuff, but I must say that I am so thankful for a husband that never lets me forget that he loves me and makes our relationship special all the time. We got to sing together ("All I Ask of You" from Phantom of the Opera and "O Wondrous Love" about God's love for us) on Valentine's Day for a women's Christian organization that was meeting at the Midland Country Club. That was fun but a bit awkward for Kris. ha ha Later that day, he brought me flowers and surprised me with one of the Willow Tree figures that I am collecting. It's the couple called "Together." I was so excited to add it to my collection. He found a really special card for me, and this weekend we went to a Japanese steakhouse that we love and had a great time! I surprised him with a professionally done picture of me and the girls I had done in Dec. I framed it for his office. Well, I hope you all had fun celebrating with your significant others and even your kids. Ours had parties at school and AWANA, so we have plenty of candy around that I need to stay away from! Don't forget to tell and show the people in your life how much you love and care for them everyday.