Holiday Happenings: Valentine's Day

            

            I haven’t yet had a chance to tell you about our Valentine’s Day celebration last week. It was one of the best ones we’ve ever had, I think, and I’m excited to share it with you today.

            Both of us had to work, of course, but in the afternoon, we had an extra special treat. I took some time off work and went to meet Ryan to participate in the Swiss Village Not So Newlywed Game! The Activities Department had done a fantastic job of making the day special for the residents, and when I arrived, I found everyone gathered in the auditorium to watch a slide show of resident/employee wedding pictures. They could guess the people in the pictures, and they even had prizes for the most guessed correctly!

            Some residents and employees had shared their actual wedding dresses to be on display, and it was so fun to see the different styles from a variety of years (decades, actually).

            Then they played the Not So Newlywed Game where we faced off against a resident couple – and we won! The questions were fun, and the residents seemed to have a really good time laughing at our answers.

            We finished our afternoon by helping to serve cupcakes and punch to the residents who had attended. I had the best time getting to be part of Ryan’s work-world for a while. It was almost like the Kokomo days all over again, when I used to attend parties at his work!

            Valentine’s Day was beautiful, though cold, and after work, we put Miss Lexi in a Valentine bandana and took her for a walk. She was in her happiest place!

            We decided (as we do most years) to stay in and make our own special dinner. Ryan grilled tilapia, and I steamed some broccoli and sauteed mushrooms, and we set a fancy little table for the two of us.

            After dinner, we exchanged our gifts. I had gotten Ryan some swim goggles he wants for swimming laps at the gym. He was so excited to get them and had fun posing with them.

            He got me way too much. My first gift, which he claimed later was “not really a gift” since it was something I needed and would have had to get for myself anyway, was a new day planner. My planners run from June-May, so the one I’m in is in its final months and I’m already scheduling things for the months that will be reflected in the next one. Prayerful Planner, the company I buy them from, was running a warehouse sale on retiring covers, so they were on super sale! It’s possible I sent him the link, just in case, and he took the hint! 😊Funny story: I forgot to tell him they don't ship in unmarked boxes, and it was delivered while I was home and Ryan was gone, so I knew what I was getting!

            My other gift was so adorable. The Flower Patch that I love so much did a special Valentine’s Day bundle! They actually had several tiered versions of it, and this is the one I received! There was a cupcake that was decorated to look like a flower tucked inside a coffee mug that looked like a flower pot! Isn’t that adorable?? The gift also came with a gift certificate for a bouquet of flowers from the Flower Patch once it blooms this summer. I’m so excited. I love picking flowers out there!

            We ate our dessert (mine was the cupcake!) and then headed to the living room to watch a movie.

            It was the most perfect, restful evening, and we adored it.

            Thanks, Ryan, for making our Valentine’s Day extra special this year!