Valentine's Day with my loves.

Valentine's was just so much fun this year.  I'm not sure what made it so special, maybe just the children being older and understanding more or maybe just all of us being together.  At any rate, it was just so much fun! It sure didn't hurt that it fell on the Friday before an LONG weekend! 

Carter made this precious Valentine for us, definitely a keeper. 

All four children had Valentine parties in their classes at school, and they were so excited.  Lucky for me, I was able to pop in and check out the action in the parties of the big 3.  Here's Tilly with some of her sweet friends.  

Summer at her Valentine party.  

And Carter at his party.  They all had so much fun!  As did Story, even though I didn't get to pop in her class, it was so sweet to hear her tell about her fun day! 

My first Valentine definitely spoiled me with some pretties from one of my favorite shops in town.  

Last year for Valentine's Day, David took the girls on a date, and Carter took me on a date.  It was so much fun.  We were hoping to do that again this year, but for several reasons it just didn't work out, 

so. . . We all went out to the RODEO!  

My first and favorite Valentine.  

My little loves.  We are all wearing our cowboy boots, so fun!

This cute little bumble bee greeted us at the door.  Notice Story is missing from the picture.  Still not a fan of the characters!  

We got there plenty early, so we were able to walk around and check out everything before the big show.  

Tilly definitely took a nap halfway through.  

A selfie with Carter.  

This was our first time at the Rodeo, and we loved it!  The children had so much fun.  

Saturday, Summer had a painting party for one of her classmates.  Didn't she do such a great job?  I didn't help her a bit!  I was so proud!

The finished product!

Saturday night, David and I got to go on a Valentine's date.  We ate at our favorite sushi restaurant.  

And then we went shopping for some treats for our little ones.  Isn't the moon amazing?  Sunday after church, I took the children to the zoo for the afternoon (separate post), and Monday we took the children to see the Lego movie, so cute!  Loved our long weekend spent together!