I think this Valentine's Day takes the cake, or the candy! It was not elaborate or expensive. It was not the gifts or the place. It was the people!
We put our children to bed and then we cooked together. We cooked while we drank some rasperry sparkling cider and ate some appetizers and flirted. For dinner, we made crepes and filled them with an enchilada type filling and for dessert we filled them with chocolate! We ate on the floor and had great conversation. And at some point in the evening I realized that we had been talking and laughing and taking our sweet ol' time- and almost three hours had passed!
The two people who dined together last night are so different from almost 8 years ago. We are a product of so many marital and life lessons! I know time only has a purpose for this life of ours, but I am so grateful for its ability to heal. Time has allowed me to gage our growth and our personal "timeline" is wonderfully exciting to remember! I can only imagine what 10 more years will bring! And 50!
I love being married to Paul and I am so grateful for our family and our life!
I would love to know what you did to celebrate your love! Thanks to all of you for your examples of hard work and patience and perspective!
5 comments:
What a great idea cooking together. I will have to do that next year. We put the kids to be early and watched a movie and talked. It is fun to just stay home sometimes.
We are far less romantic than anyone. D slept all afternoon, woke up feeling "trashed," ate dinner, put the kids down, and fell asleep about 5 minutes into the chick-flick I rented. I could just feel the romance between you and Paul in your post. I am officially jealous!
That's such a great idea and a fun way to spend a night together without having to go out. We went out for dinner and then desert and hot chocolate at a coffee house where we played a game of 'romance scrabble' (triple points for romantic words)haha!
Well I was alone this Valentine's evening. Actually I went out to dinner with my other lonely sister-in-laws whose husbands are with Adam. But I would have much rather enjoyed a steamy night in the bedroom with my lover.
We had a semi-romantic night. I planned the entire surprise. I put the kids down early (that was the biggest sacrifice- not giving them naps all day) and asked my neighbor teenager to come over and sit with them. Then, I surprised Brian with a special key! His mind went dirty immediately, but I assured him it was not a room anywhere- he told me we couldn't spend money this year, so I didn't. I talked to our community manager and was able to score a key to the hot tub near our house that's usually locked up at night. Brian loves hot tubs, and he was actually pretty happy about the surprise. We drank sparkling cider and enjoyed the warm hot tub, which contrasted with the surprisingly chilly evening air. After about an hour, we were shriveled up and ready to go home, but I was STARVING, so I made Brian take me to Taco Bell (yes, I was craving it for some reason!) and then we ate and watched TeVo'd shows from the week. It was relaxing, cheap, and a surprise for Brian.
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