Making Valentine's Day Special (for the whole family)

Making Valentine's Special
is fun & can be exciting for the whole family.
Yes, I know some might say, "Ummmm, isn't that for me & my sweetheart?"
And of course it is & should be, but I started to take a different view now that my kids are getting older.

our valentine spread 2012



Last year my husband & I decided to start a new tradition for Valentine's.
Already trying to model how a husband & wife "should be" we thought,

"Let's take all our girls out on a date!"

Since we don't promote "dating" as a way of getting to "know" somebody with our our girl's training up,
we thought it important to show a date with your sweetheart
 as husband & wife and how it is special enough to share with them.
Not only did they get to see how to act & be lady-like (for the younger of the 4),but
this also demonstrated how important it is to be treasured & valued by their
future husbands.

flatware

place settings trimmed with hand-made napkins

Daddy is their "Prince Charming" & should be until

Daddy gives them away in marriage.  It's such a blessing

to have a husband who truly loves the Lord so much

that he knows how to love me and give the girls a model

to compare any other young man down the road.

decorations

x's & o's & pink sugar rimmed glasses

This year for 2012, we put on a Valentine's Day Banquet!

A conglomeration of everyone's hard work and creativity went into this

special evening. "Sissi", the oldest of the 4 girls, came home from work around 5pm

to help put the finishing touches on before Dad came home from a hard day.

heart-shaped meatloaf, frosted with mashed potatoes

To top everything off, this fantastic dessert with a cup of coffee &

the younger girls had "pink" raspberry leaf tea was served while...

heart-shaped brownie triple chocolate supreme

opening our special hand-crafted cards & gifts!

(Oh yes, and the girls had Dad & Mom dance 1 slow-dance together after dinner in the living room :)

I have to give thanks to my Father in Heaven for a blessed & beautiful

Valentine's!

valentine cards, gifts, & pink lemonaid - from the heart