Happy Valentines Day!

This has been a wonderful weekend to celebrate love! Chad and I agreed long before this weekend that for us this year, we wanted to focus on our love for each other and how it's an everyday thing. We didn't feel the need to bask in all the commercial-ness of it. In fact, there weren't even any Hallmark cards at our home! (I did make Valentine goodie bags for Nathan's friends and classmates, but that's part of the fun, right!!!). Chad's love for me is enormous, and one weekend isn't nearly enough to contain it all! We spent all weekend focused on our love for each other, for our family, our friends, and the love the Father has lavished on us. Saturday, Chad fixed us breakfast and then he and Nathan played in the snow while I organized inside. Then we headed to the circus to celebrate Izzy's bday! Our evening was made complete by some delicious dinner at Moose Cafe followed by rejoicing with Matt and Emily when they told us of their engagement! Sunday morning we worshiped with our church body, enjoyed a family lunch, a long 3 hour nap, and then headed to dinner to officially celebrate with Matt and Em. Chad even wrote me a love letter... 2 pages of hand written goodness... just for me! Thank you baby! Lots of love to everyone!!! Happy Valentines Day!