Random Thoughts

So, after a long, long, long, long absence, I've finally updated our church's young families blog... twice! You can see the rest of our Christmas extravaganza here. And here's an announcement about an upcoming movie night.

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So, to get our Valentine's Day started with a bang, Don posted something to this effect on his status update on Facebook: Don thinks that if u show ur spouse how much u love them all year, u don't need a man made holiday. Wow, that caused an uproar on Facebook! :) We both had messages all day long!

The funny thing is that I don't mind NOT celebrating V-Day for a couple reasons: First of all, our anniversary was less than 2 weeks ago. That was celebration of our love. Secondly, I would rather spend the time/energy/effort on little special things for my kids. THAT'S what I remember about Valentine's Day when I was a kid, my parents making it special for us kids! So, we tend to make it more about them.

Although... Miss Cathy at church was nice enough to have a kids' night on Friday night. That gave us the opportunity to still have a "date night," it just wasn't a VALENTINE'S date night... 'cause we don't do that! :)

We did spend the evening with friends, though, on V-Day, and it was great fun! We had yummy food, and I'm sure the chocolate cherry cake and the chocolate fountain she had prepared was in NO way celebrating V-Day... it's just because she loves us!

I hope you enjoyed your weekend as well, whether or not YOU celebrate that man-made holiday!
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We are in the midst of planning our summer vacation! We are planning a road trip out west. We've got some preliminaries nailed down, but now we start planning the specifics. I can't tell you how fun I think it is to go to the library, check out travel books, and make a PLAN!!!