Our LOVEly weekend

Ellie & Noah had a lil Valentines party at their preschool.
Ellie wanted to make her own cards for her teachers & friends... so we let her.
When she showed us her first card, she was trying to sound out & write:
"Happy Valentines Day"....
It said: "HB VLNTI...."
It was really cute, but when I showed her the right way to spell the words, she scribbled out hers.
Finally, Lance came & wrote on each card & Ellie signed her name.
(sometimes with dots on each letter)
Then they stapled on an AIRHEAD candy.

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On Friday night our ward & neighbors had a VALENTINES PARTY. FUN FUN!
My mom & I were in charge of games.
My mom kind of took charge of "The Newly-wed Game" & I did "Name That Love Tune".

The games were lots of fun - esp. getting to know the couples better- wink*wink...

At the end of the night, the couples danced to a song.... that's when Lance leaned over & whispered .......

"I love you Suzanne, you are the best wife ever. What would I do with out you" and he started crying.

OH WAIT- that didn't happen. BUT, he did whisper:

"Let's dance our way out of here." {I think he THOUGHT he was too cool for dancing}

The PARTY was a hit. Thanks to all those that made it happen!

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VALENTINES DAY (Saturday) was crazy busy!! We ran from gymnastics to the other side of town for a b-day party, then grocery shopping, exchanging our Valentines gifts, making the finally preps for that night- AND even getting Miss Ellie's hair cut from LaRee.

Ellie had been asking if LaRee could cut her hair really short for a while now- so we finally made it happen. I love it, & most importantly- SHE LOVES IT!

Then we headed to "Grandma Cheryl's store" to shop!

This is always a HIT! Ellie loves this (along with all the other grandkids). It really teaches them alot- like counting, budgeting, etc.!

This is Elle striking some poses with her gifts from mommy & daddy.

We both love cooking!

Now we even have matching aprons to add to our APRON COLLECTIONS!

(I loved the Target "hot/cheap spot"... so many things were only $2.50 each- such as our aprons & cute cooking accessories.. we really have loved the heart shaped silicone pans/trays...we've enjoyed making heart brownies twice already!)

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KNO @ USA

Lance & I chose to earn money instead of spend money this year for our romantic Valentines Day. We spent it playing with over 125 kids!!!!!

(Kids Night Out at Usa Youth Fitness Center- KNO is once a month)

We actually had a blast!

The kids made V-Day cards,

frosted, decorated & ate cookies,

played freeze dance,

ate pizza, watched Charlie Brown's Valentine,

played copy-cat,

played duck-duck-goose,

watched some great gymnast perform & SO MUCH MORE!

The kids had so much fun & were very worn out for their parents!

(goal accomplished)

{thanks Lance, Auburn, Shalae, Charlie, Dawn, Whitney, Ashley, Jackie, Danny, Nick, & James}

I hope everyone else had a great

VALENTINES DAY!!!