Love Like That

Earlier, I told you how much I loved Valentine’s day and this year solidified those amorous sentiments even more.  My valentine is soooooo incredibly sweet (and handsome!) and he went out of his way to make the day extra special for me.  He’s good at showing love like that…

Good lookin' rascal!
Good lookin’ rascal!

Wrexy has to leave early on Fridays for his Wyoming sale, so on Thursday morning, we celebrated a little early with heart pancakes.

Yum yum!
Yum yum!

Sawyer thought these were fantastic!  I thought they turned out cute, too.  I ended up putting my batter into a condiment bottle and squeezing it out onto the griddle that way – super easy!

I woke up Friday morning to these beauties…

Gorgeous, right?!
Gorgeous, right?!

Our neighbor is a {fabulously creative} florist and she put this together for him in a vintage flout sifter, no less!  EEP!  I was THRILLED!  I absolutely LOVE fresh flowers and these are still going strong.  Every time I see them on the table I just feel joyful – love them!

The night before, I threw up a little curtain and some hearts and put everyone’s little gifts out.  I like to show love like that…

Love is in the air...
Love is in the air…
Little expressions of love...
Little expressions of love…

The day before, Sawyer wanted to make cards, so I made one for her and Wryder and I’m happy to report that it was his favorite gift.  Probably because it was the most edible, but hey – I’ll take it.

We got daddy off to work and we whipped up some cupcakes for the neighbors.  Little miss likes to share the love like that…

Red velvet, of course!
Red velvet, of course!

Cubbie bear is at our house again this week, so he got to help!  Sawyer is a great batter mixer AND sprinkler – check out the finished products…

She did great, yes?!
She did great, yes?!

She was feeling pretty rotten by the end of the day, but she had energy enough to put on her fancy dress for our V-day dinner.  Daddy was home by supper so we made steak, potatoes, squash/zucchini and garlic bread – four of his favorites!

They are so sweet...
They are so sweet…

It was just a lovely day!  I love my husband and I really, really want him to know that.  I don’t really buy into this “I don’t need a certain day to make sure my spouse knows that I love them” stuff.  You should absolutely make sure they know they are loved every day, but there is definitely nothing wrong with taking a specific time to refresh and renew those sentiments by putting that love into action, ya know?  Wrex does a great job of showing me love on a daily basis and he did especially so on Valentine’s day, making my love for him grow all the more. Everyone should want a love like that…

I hope you all had special days with your loves and more than that, I hope that you know the One who loves you more than all the rest.  The Lord’s love is so pure and so perfect…He never hurts our feelings…He’s always present and available…He doesn’t disappoint…He doesn’t love us only when we’re at our best…He loves us no matter where we go or what we do or who we’re with…

We’ve (obviously) been talking a lot about this love thing and talking to Sawyer about how God loves us.  Our family prayer has been to love like thatLord, help me to love like that…

Sexy Wrexy

Happy, happy Valentine’s Day…

…to the man who is the reason I have an intimate relationship with the Lord, all because he lived his out in a very real way…

58760_10152146456430335_1679723280_n…to the man who has loved me so truly and wholly and without question…

39362_10150249456610335_5701739_n…to the man who is so utterly committed to our marriage and our family…

228322_7419785334_950_n…to the man who works tirelessly to ensure we are provided for…

224212_7419780334_5847_n…to the man who tells me I’m beautiful and believes what he’s saying…

278162_10151880940565335_37085273_o…to the man who never took his eyes off of mine during our wedding vows…

230752_7419755334_6809_n…to the man who gave me two beautiful, intelligent, compassionate kiddos (and more to come, we pray)…35129_10150232529445335_4635961_n…to the man who honors me with his actions and his speech, at home and in public…

9321_277988285334_6197626_n…to the man who protects us and prays for us and makes our home a safe place…

526732_10151793831595335_1001119118_n…to the man who opens doors and buys surprises and spoils me rotten…

6452_262424455334_4255933_n…to the man who changes diapers and wipes tears and feeds babies and never complains…

392193_10151070895870335_501629141_n…to the man who takes out the trash and loads the kids in the car and who doesn’t say a word, only shakes his head when he sees how I’ve loaded the dishwasher…

268982_10150683637290335_2233521_n…to the man who helps me with projects and decorates and hangs bunting after bunting after bunting…

35590_10150372121820335_1178234_n…to the man who is the most selfless, patient, gracious, merciful person I know…

1945_112266995334_2015_n…to the man who has loved me for better or worse…a lot worse…

333983_10151226255130335_382993972_o…to the man who is my teammate and partner and best friend and lover…

13637_359305330334_2253352_n…to the man who I have spent 13 other Valentine’s days with, yet I love him more today than I did then…

kissingeditedYou are my heart, my world, my voice of reason, my safe place…

I love you so……..so glad you’re MINE.

Hogs and Kisses

It’s confession time…

I am a sucker for Valentine’s day.

I love Jesus, so Christmas and Easter are givens for me, but Valentine’s is, hands down, my next favorite.  Maybe it’s because I am head-over-heels in love with husband and that I feel so incredibly and wholly loved by him.  Whatever the reason, I am in!  I love all of the pinks and reds…I love all the girly prints and designs and patterns…I love flowers and chocolate and romantic dates and sparkly things…I love it all!

We always take Valentine goodies to our neighbors and to Sawyer’s sale barn buddies and this year, she wanted to take a little something to her friends at Cubbies – how could I say no?!  🙂

I wanted to do something a little more than just a paper valentine or a piece of candy so we came up with this:

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We found little piggy banks at the dollar store; pink for girls and blue for boys of course!

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I added a little tag that says, “Hogs and Kisses” and I pic-monkeyed that little kissable piggy…

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I am so completely happy with how they turned out, as was little miss; we can’t wait to give them to all of the cute Cubbies we know!

XOXO