Valentine's Day 2009

The month of Febuary was a complete whirlwind! After my last birthday post, every weekend was filled with an activity.

Two weekends of work and one weekend of Winterfest with 14,000 other people, predominately teenagers, in Gatlinburg, TN. I did not get any pictures of Winterfest this year but had a lot of fun. My mom came with me as a fellow chaperone and we had a great time being together. We even got snow on Sunday and that was really pretty.

Hence, I have fallen behind in my "blogging", which I do not like to do. I miss seeing what is going on in other's lives and I don't like losing time documenting our lives since I make it into a book using Blurb.com (which I highly recommend!). I am working on our 2008 book now and am excited about it. It is so fun to see all our past memories and I know we will enjoy looking at it for years to come!

So, even though it is a little late here is Valentine's Day at the Griners 2009, which actually had to be done on the 15th because I had to work on the 14th, and by the time I got home it was time to have dinner with friends and then it was bedtime. So our Valentine's Day this year was actually on the 15th before church.

Then, Mike and the kids went to church and Samantha and I drove to Nashville to spend sometime with our sister-mom-to-be. It was a really nice day! We took her out to lunch and had fun visiting and shopping all afternoon!! Sam and I drove back that evening, so it was a busy day. It was a wonderful day though, and had been a long time that just the 3 of us (minus any little ones) had done anything together.

This Monday morning Samantha and I will be driving back to Nashville, but this time with all the kids as we welcome little Ellie Jane!! We are excited!

So, on to Valentine's Day...


Landon and Addi opening up their Valentine Bags from preschool!! Man, some of the parents go all out for Valentine's Day with the candy and treats! Landon and Addi had all kinds of stuff. I remember only giving Valentine's cards, not toys too. Oh well, times change and this mom is learning!


Addi taking one last picture in front of her Cinderella princess room. After her party we left the decorations up for a while because she loved her "castle" room!

*Valentine's Day Morning at the Griners on Feb. 15th, 2009*
It was a Sunday morning so everyone, except for John of course, is dressed for church. Addi's dress was given to her by G-Mama for her birthday. Her preschool teacher thinks she looks like a "little sprinkle" and I tend to agree! So cute!















This was a double doozie Valentine Cookie Mike got for me from the Great American Cookie Company! They make THE best cookies in the world, as far as I am concerned, and I enjoyed every bite. And yes, I did eat almost the entire thing by myself, although not at one sitting! I did try and share some of it though, since that is what I am trying to teach my kids :)


Addi giving me a big smile and some static electricity too!!