More Valentines

So Valentines Day 2010 has come and gone
but with pictures the memories with linger on...
I had a great Valentines this year. Because it was on a Sunday we actually started celebrating it on Friday so it was three days long.
At work we decided to go back to grade school. They days when you made boxes and handed out Valentines to everyone. My team and the team that sit behind me decided to do this together. We also brought cookies and cakes to snack on during the day. I didn't get pictures though I should have. We had a blast.

Here are some pictures I did take of the events besides the ones in my previous post.

Since Gage is in the MTC I decided to make him a missionary Valentines card. I even attempted to write his information on the name tag but it was too hard.

The dogs wanted to send Gage a card as well so I put thin together. Gage told my that I am killing the dogs by dressing them up but the little dress was too cute not to. The picture of Chloe was taken right after we got her. She would never fit it in now.

I think Pixie is trying to say something in this picture

Here are the goodies and the card that I gave to Brian and Kollette.

The kids each got a card and a box of chocolates

Goodies for mom. I try to work Eeyore into all her cards

We also sent flowers to her on Saturday

Prezzie for Jared. He lost his wedding ring rings ago so I thought I would surprise him with a new one. (Got it at Overstock.com) It's really nice but it didn't fit so I had to send it back for a smaller size

Jared's Card

Jared a beautiful bouquet sent to my work on Friday

The card

There were so many flowers I had to split in two so they wouldn't crowd each other out.

I decorated the house (Pixie then undecorated most of it)

On Saturday I had this yummy surprise delivered to me

Oh so good

It was really nice to have a whole entire weekend to spend celebrating

Our Valentines

This year for Valentines Jared and I decided to go to the Megaplex at the District and do their special Valentines package. This is what you get

• Gourmet Dinner for Two
  •Stuffed Artichoke Chicken Breast with Sundried Tomato Cream Sauce
  •Penne Pasta with Meat Marinara Sauce
  •Rice Pilaf
  •Steamed Vegetables
  •Fresh Sliced Fruit
  •Garden Salad
  •Butterflake Rolls
  •New York Cheesecake with Strawberry Topping or Decadent Chocolate Cake Romantic Music
  Gourmet Chocolate from Utah Truffles
  Fresh Long-Stemmed Rose
  Red Carpet Movie Experience For Two
  •First Run Movie (Does not include IMAX features)
  •Preferred Theatre Seating
  •Popcorn and Soda Service
  

I took my camera but ended up just using Jared's iPhone to get pictures so as not to disturb anyone with my flash.

Nice romantic table for two

The food was really good

A rose and chocolates

Dessert

Popcorn and drinks for the movie

We chose to see Valentine's Day and we didn't have to stand in any lines. After we had eaten they took us the back way into the movie theater. Jared and I got really good seats too. It was so nice to have it all planned out like this and not have to worry about finding a place to eat on such a busy night. Jared had been gone out the truck for a little over a week so it was nice to have him home and to get to spend some time with him.

Cheyenne's 13th Birthday

My sweet little Annigator became a teenager on the 10th of February. I cannot believe it has been 13 years already. She is turning it to quite the young lady too. We all went to her house on her Birthday for cake and ice cream. I took way more pictures than these, mostly of her unwrapping every present and reading every card. I got a good one of her with all of her presents.

Here is the card I made for her. I think this is the 3rd Birthday card I have made her with some version of a Monkey on it. As I was making this one I had no end goal in sight and it just took on a life of it's own.

And here she is with all of her presents. She has the cutest smile.

The Cake

Make a wish!

Whatever you wished for Cheyenne I hope all your wishes come true.

Fun Facts for Valentine's Day

• About 1 billion Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged in the U.S. each year. That’s the largest seasonal card-sending occasion of the year, next to Christmas.
• Women purchase 85 percent of all valentines.
• In order of popularity, Valentine’s Day cards are given to teachers, children, mothers, wives, sweethearts and pets.
• Parents receive one out of every five valentines.
• About three percent of pet owners will give Valentine’s Day gifts to their pets.
• Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day are the biggest holidays for giving flowers.
• Worldwide, over 50 million roses are given for Valentine’s Day each year.
• California produces 60 percent of American roses, but the vast number sold on Valentine’s Day in the United States are imported, mostly from South America.
• Approximately 110 million roses, the majority red, will be sold and delivered within a three-day time period.
• 73 percent of people who buy flowers for Valentine’s Day are men, while only 27 percent are women.
• Men buy most of the millions of boxes of candy and bouquets of flowers given on Valentine’s Day.
• In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week. To wear your heart on your sleeve now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling.
• The Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare’s lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine’s Day.
• Richard Cadbury invented the first Valentine’s Day candy box in the late 1800s.
• Alexander Graham Bell applied for his patent on the telephone, an “Improvement in Telegraphy,” on Valentine’s Day, 1876

Happy Birthday Cheyenne!!!!!

Start being very awkward
Refuse to eat your greens
Turn your room into a trash pile (Council Tip)
It's the law, you've reached your teens

Throw several tantrums daily
Become a right stroppy toad
You've got no choice you must obey
The Teenage Behaviour Code

It's said you'll get all grumpy
And spend too long in bed
Say "it's not fair" an awful lot
In your teenage years ahead

But these can be exciting times
Energetic, full of beans
Don't rush to be an adult
Take your time, enjoy your teens

A very happy 13th birthday

Called to serve

Gage was called to serve in the Philippines Bacolod Mission. He entered the Missionary Training Center (MTC) an January 27th 2010 and will remain there until approximately March 29th 2010.

After attending his farewell here in Eagle Mountain 2 weeks later we traveled to Vernal to attend the other one.

This was the only picture I took of journey there and back. It is Gage and his Girlfriend Larissa.

On the day that he went into the MTC Gage wanted to go to the Provo Temple to get a picture of him will all of his siblings. In no particular order they are Abby, Kaitllyn, Cheyenne, Eryk, Zach and Brayden.

Here is with half of his siblings

Here he is with his mom and family

Here he is with his dad's family

After we got all the picture we wanted there was still an hour left before he was to report to the MTC. We all ended up at ShopKo in the furniture department visiting and enjoying out last minutes with Gage for 2 years. All too soon it was time for his parents to leave so that they could kick him to the curb.
They use to do a family program at the MTC but they sopped during the swine flu outbreak. Now they just let them out at the curb.

We did receive an email from Gage about a week ago. He gets 30 minutes on the computer a week during p-day. He wrote that he was doing well, learning the language and studying to prepare himself to go out into the field. He expressed great desire to get letters, and lots of letters. He stated that days that you don't get letters just make the days seem longer. I am thinking about cutting letters with my Cricut and just sending them throughout the week. Maybe eventually to spell out a verse from the Book of Mormon. If you would like to write Gage you can send letters to

Elder Gage Authnell Larsen
MTC Mailbox #167
PHI-BAC 0329
2006 N 900 E
Provo Utah 84604-1793

Another great way (and easy too) is to go to www.dearelder.com. You can write to him there and they will print it and deliver it as well for free. You will need to know that his box number is 167 and his estimated day of departure is 03/29/2010. I know he would greatly appreciate it.

We are all very proud of the decision Gage has made to serve the Lord and bring is word to those in other lands.

Kaitlyn's Birthday

We did celebrate Kaitlyn's Birthday on her actual birthday, January 7th. As aways I am behind on my blogging.

Make a wish

Present Time

Build a bear for DS

A dish made by her dad

Money

Polly Pockets

Her Birthday brownies

Playing the game