... that I have the best Valentine?

Last Valentine's day, we had been married for exactly one month.  How romantic to celebrate your one month anniversary and Valentine's Day all in one, right?  WRONG.  I was sick, and there was basically no celebrating.  I think we went out to dinner.  I don't remember.  Actually, I think we went to Macaroni Grill because Cheesecake Factory was too crowded (but you better believe we drove back to CF after and got a piece of cheesecake to go) and then went home and went to bed.  The end.  Pretty non-epic.  Oh well.

This Valentine's day turned out to be a little touch and go as well, but we managed to salvage it in the end.  Mom and Dad were in town for Georgia's blessing, and I told them that we wanted to hang out with them before they left.  Mom said, "How about dinner on Thursday?" and I said, "Okay, I guess we can have a Valentine's Dinner together..."  So Valentine's Family Date it was.  Which meant that Matt and I also had to spend part of our night driving to and from Provo, since Kar can't go anywhere with Georgia (yes Kar, throwing you under the bus.  Don't worry, I only tease because I really DO know how difficult it is.)

By Thursday, I had already accumulated 2.5 hours of overtime at work and I was ready to get off at 4:00.  I headed home to wait for my Valentine to come home and drive to Provo with me.  And I waited.  And waited.  And waited.  Finally, at 5:15, I called my Mom and told her we would not be making our 5:30 dinner reservation.  To which she asked me, "You don't want to come down by yourself?"  Sorry Mom, but no, I do not want to drive down to Provo by myself on Valentine's Day and leave my husband at home.  So they went to dinner and I waited some more.  Finally I got a call from my Valentine, who was on his way home (at 6:00) and wanted me to meet him at the freeway so we could still rush down to Provo and spend time with my fam.  What a sweetie :)  And when I picked him up, he even had a little Valentine surprise for me: a giant, beautiful, white chocolate and cinnamon sugar caramel apple from Kneaders!  DELICIOUS!!!!!  I didn't even bring it into Kar's house cause I didn't want to share it at all.  My man knows how to make me happy!!!

Mom and Dad were nice enough to get some food to go for us, so we met everyone at Kar's place and Matt and I had a nice dinner with the fam after all.

On our way home, Matt decided that we needed one more Valentine's day treat: Tiger's Blood slushies from Holiday!  (Yes, the gas station)

This is what I get for trying to document our lives together.

I love my Valentine!