Feelin' the LOVE!

We celebrate Love EVERYDAY at our house :)  But, of course I love an excuse to do something special!  The Friday evening before Valentines LeGrand and I FINALLY made a trip to the Temple --it's kind of a big deal to drive an hour to the temple, it takes a bit more planning!  Before we moved to Idaho we were fairly good about attending the Temple once a month, now I understand what a blessing that was to have so many temples so close!  We had a fun night out together, the temple, dinner & dessert then headed back home!

I helped Laex make these valentines for his Pre-School!

For Valentines dinner we had heart shaped pizza's that we made, yummy pink smoothies & delicious layered dessert!  The kids were in heaven & LeGrand and I laughed at the change our Valentines dinners have taken over the years :)

LeGrand always spoils me!  He came carrying in this jewelry box, I thanked him & kissed him and Laex said, "Dad, did you go to Kay Jewelers?" LeGrand didn't skip a beat, he said, "Nope, I went to Jared!" - I was trying so hard not to laugh, I think these two watch too much TV :)  Lucky for me, he actually didn't go to either!!!  He was very thoughtful and got me this customized necklace which he ordered off Etsy {I'm so proud that's he shops on Etsy!}  I love, Love, LOVE thoughtful gifts, especially if they are handmade!

YaY! for familar faces :)

We had visitors, we had visitors, we had visitors!  And we were super excited about it, can you tell?
LeGrand's "brother-from-another-mother" Brad, his awesome wife Candace & handsome little man Broc came to visit for the weekend.  It is always SO nice to have friends visit!  We had a great weekend with good food, games, swimming, more games, relaxing,  and lots of catching up!  We loved every minute of it and are always sad to see it come to an end!

 {Took a drive to show the Belchers around Grace}

 {Kids ready for swimming!}

 {Swimming at the Lava indoor pool}

 {Ice Caves}

Family Fun!

I've been finding some fun ideas of ways to make family together time more exciting - and lets face it, out here in the sticks we need more excitement!  {have I ever mentioned, we can't even have pizza delivered!} 
So, a couple of weeks ago we spent our friday night like penguins :)  We ate fish & shrimp for dinner, in the form of salmon melts & popcorn shrimp.  We made penguin snacks and watched Mr. Poppers Penguins!  The kids loved it!