Fun Valentine bags

I got this cute idea off of a blog this week and I had to make them. They are just big envelopes made out of felt. They were so easy all I did was cut out the size that I wanted and then did the cute trim with yarn. Then I cut out the white heart out of felt and glued in on with fabric glue. I didn't even have to use my sewing machine and it was easy enough that Kali did the yarn on her own. The idea is to put them on the back of the chairs the week of valentines and all week long you can make little valentines and write the things you love about a member of the family and place them in the bag and then put some goodies in to be opened on valentines morning. Since I made them just yesterday I just put them on the chairs and we put some fun things in them that the kids opened on valentines morning. They loved it!!

We had a great "love week" at our house. But the thing that I love the most about Valentines day is it gives you a chance to really think about the people that you love in your life and how grateful you are to have them there. I truely am so lucky to have married a man that I know will love me for me (faults and all). Thanks babe for being my valentine for the last 14 years.

Happy Valentines day to all!!

Valentine outfits

One of my favorite things about having girls is getting them all dolled up for the holidays. So this year I made these cute skirts and found these cute valentine shirts.

Let "love week" begin

We did this fun craft this week where we wrote things that we love about members of the family on these hearts and did a "heart attack" on the door.

Then one of our family traditions that goes way back is making these valentines cookie trains. It is one of my girls favorite things to do during valentines. I love getting into the festivities of the holidays. I think the kids love it to.

We have some "crazies' around here.

I had to do a post on the fun crazy things that happen around our house every day. Lexi came out with this fun little outfit put together this last week. She loves to be funny and get a little laugh out of everyone.( My favorite touch was the scriptures in hand.) There is never a dull moment around here and I love it!! Kids truely are the greatest.

Pirate Island Pizza

So last weekend we decided to take the kids to Pirate island pizza to have some fun. It was awesome! The kids had such a blast riding the rides and playing the games. Honestly we could have stayed there twice as long as we did. It is the perfect place to take a family since they have fun things for all ages. It is definetly something we will be doing again.

So grateful to have my girls!!

Last week I had a great gratitude moment. Last week Derek and I were laying in bed watching t.v and Derek was just flipping through the channels and he happened to stop on Oprah and we watched it for a minute. There was a mother on who was on a mission to stop texting while driving. She then shared her story of how her little 7 year old girl was riding her bike home from school when she was hit by someone who was texting that killed her. She shared her experiece of how aweful the sight was to see her daughters body laying there in the street and then she talked about the last night she had with her in the hospital. The doctors had told her that her daughter wouldn't make it through the night so she told how special that night was between her and her daughter. She said that she rocked her all night and sang to her and just memorized her face. Of course by the end I was just sobbing since of course it was easy for me to relate to the story with my two little girls about the same age. So I hope out of bed and went down to my daughters room and layed in bed with them and thought so much about my blessing and how much these two little angels meant to me. It was a special night and a special experince I had. I left with a new challenge that even though the days are so crazy and filled with what seems to be a million things to take care of. I am going to take time every day to spend one on one with those little girls I am so grateful to have with me.