Valentine's 2012

My Valentine's Day was very eventful this year! I think for sure though, next year, I'm taking the day of and the day after off. It's like a whole other birthday :)~
It began with having to go to work...followed by getting roses, chocolate and a teddy bear at work :D

My husband is adorable. Ya know, it took a few years of deciding how we both felt regarding Valentine's Day to really feel like we had a plan of what we do. I questioned myself....am I the kind of girl that really enjoys flowers and chocolates?....Every year??......Yes. Yes I am. It's not about expectation or outdoing another person's boyfriend story or anything like that. It's just about lavishing upon one's partner and feeling like, as the partner, you have been lavished upon :). I know some girls that obsess about "topping" the year before, or they expect it from their partner. Not me. I am very happy with some romantic flowers, a nice dinner date, and of course, some alone time later. I think it's important to always push for the alone time, even when you have kids and busy schedules. Scratch that, ESPECIALLY when you have kids and busy schedules. Blowing it off only leads to one or the other feeling not important, or that your relationship can always be the thing that gets tossed aside. Not for me. We are the glue. If we are happy, the kids are happy, the family is happy and somehow life just feels more bearable.
So to follow up work, which never should have happened that day I might add, I scrambled with my girlfriends in a fun scheme to enjoy the evening old school style with our guys. Every once in a while, something fun and crazy has to be on the menu!
We decided on a scavenger hunt! It began at our homes. Each of us girls left a verse for our guys and a change of clothes. The instructions said to put on the clothes and meet at Ashley's house no later than 5:40 pm.
of course...they were late. :(
However! We then sent all three on the HUNT!!!!
The first clue was for Owen. It led him to our reception center Chateau Faire for a surprise. In my attempt to get a picture of him opening it, my camera was turned the wrong way and my retardedness got captured...so here you go....

We hid behind a Dumpster to see if we could capture them getting the first clue!... People thought we were a bit odd...

We then RACED to the second destination to prepare for the guys!

This time it was where Ashley and Jake held their reception...we got caught!!

On to where Kevin and Natalie did their dancin!

 We were the Valentine Babe Bandits!!!

Next, it took them to Laser Tag! We figured since we bossed them around a bit, they could get out their anger by shooting at us :) The guys loved it!

In the end, we ended up at the Five Alls. It's old and the motif is Medieval. It was really cool with a beautiful room. It was a little pricey for a steak, but it was yummy and I had a great time :)

I loved this Valentine's Day. And I love my Owen.