Feeling the Love

David and I were not believers in Valentine's Day...until we had kids. The kids loved receiving ALL their cards & goodies from you, THANK YOU!!! We stayed at home on Saturday and enjoyed a Valentine themed dinner that Jackson and I planned. One of the menu items was sparkling grape juice which, as you know, comes in a wine bottle. I poured each of the kids some in a special glass. Addie exclaimed: "Oh! Beer!" and then when she was finished asked for "more beer, please!" I'm sure that's going to come up at an inconvenient time!!! David and I enjoyed a nice quiet dinner and outing to the book store on Wednesday to avoid the V-Day craze. It was nice and very appreciated.

Also on Saturday David and I ran 11 miles to close up week six of our marathon training. It was an awesome run for me...not because it was easy or even enjoyable, but because I went into the run battling some (three, to be exact) pain issues and had to concentrate on pushing thoughts of quitting out of my mind constantly. "IT DOESN'T MATTER!" And you know what? Around mile five, it didn't matter--I couldn't feel anything! I think it was a good experience for me to have a really challenging run where I felt like quitting, but didn't. On to week SEVEN.

Chocolate frog

waiting patiently for dinner

V-day gift sampling. Frogs seemed to be our theme this year. I made the patchwork frog for Addie (Jack got an OSU one)--she kept saying: "You made this for me, momma?!" Yep...those are GREEN M&Ms!

I feel ya, Gus! Man, I felt like this after our big weekend!!!