I hope you all had a wonderful Valentines Day! I hope you it
was peaceful, fun, and full of love & laughter. I have to say; this was one
of the best Valentines ever. The Mr. got us a babysitter and we celebrated
last week with just the two of us. Although I missed our babies, it was nice to
have the alone time and eat dinner without any interruptions from the kiddos.
We still didn’t want to leave them out of the festivities so yesterday the hubby gave
our daughter a sweet Valentines Day bear and a large size greeting card. The
words written on the card by her dad brought tears to my heart…”From the first
man to love you in the purest way, I love you! Daddy”. Awe. How sweet! She
loved her bear and although she didn’t fully understand the card, one day she
will so I plan to save it for her.
After the hubs passed out our V-Day gifts,
we sat down and feasted on homemade chocolate hearts and strawberries dipped in
chocolate I made earlier. I am not a big sweets eater so I was pretty amped off
of the sugar after two pieces. After the chocolates we ate a late lunch…tacos!!
We love tacos. During our early years of marriage, before I expanded my recipe
repertoire tacos were a weekly meal in our home. Sometimes we ate tacos twice a
week. Nowadays we don’t eat them as
much. J
After eating our lunch, I decided to pull out the Canon to
practice and what better way to practice than having a photo-shoot with our
babies. The photos turned out great! The more I practice the better my shots
are and my babies are the most beautiful people to practice on. It’s so hard
choosing which pictures to delete because my babies are just so beautiful to
me. I have been learning a lot about angles, aperture,
lighting, and the setting on the camera that make my shots even better. I put
some of what I learned to use today and the Mr. even took a few shots of our babies
himself to show me the difference in angles and etc. The pictures came out
beautiful & it was soo sweet being all together as a family.
The Mr. & I sat down together to choose the photos we liked the best
and started editing them. There were almost 200 shots! Seeing my babies in the
photos inspired me to plan another photo shoot. I immediately thought about
having beautiful ivy and rose garland as a backdrop. I found a blog with
instructions on how to create the backdrop I envisioned in my mind so I am
ready to create something really special for our next photo shoot. Here is an idea of what I am thinking about...I probably won't have as many roses on top. Well, I know I won't have that many roses on top but the hanging garland is really what I have in mind.
Later that evening we ate dinner prepared by the Mr.
Ravioli filled with shrimp and crab and sautéed shrimp and spinach served in a
white wine cream sauce. Talk about delicious!!! Every time I eat his food it
makes me even more excited about having our food truck. His recipes are just
too good not to share.
Anyways, I hope you guys created some sweet memories
yesterday. I hope you continue to show people love everyday of the year. Love
is so beautiful and powerful. It is like a light that shines through the
darkest of nights & will light our path as we walk through places of
uncertainty. NO matter what, we have to continue to choose LOVE.
Cards we made & passed out to loved ones
