The Peaden Life: My Valentines

Sunday, February 14, 2021

My Valentines

My Valentines:

Lydia-

{notes on her door from mom and dad}

I love your sense of humor and the way you make me laugh.

You are kind to your siblings and you help me so much.

I love to hear about the things that are important to you. I like to hear your thoughts.

I love you. I love to hear you play the piano. I love spending time with you reading books and playing catch or playing outside. You are sweet, cheerful, and full of joy.

Austin-

{notes on his door from mom and dad}

I love to snuggle you and hear you say "You're important to me, too."

I like to play games with you. Sometimes I win, sometimes you win, but I always enjoy being with you.

I love when you come to snuggle with us every morning. I love playing games with you. You are kind and friendly and bring joy to our family.

Caleb-

{notes on his door from mom and dad}

I love to tell you stories of "you and I going on an adventure".

I love the way you express yourself. Especially when you show how full your tummy is.

I love when you come visit me at "work" and talk to me about your day. You are a great hummer.

Lucy-

{notes on her door from mom and dad}

I love when you hug me and lay your head on my shoulder.

I love that you learned how to say "cookie" and that you love chocolate.

I love your bright smile and hearing you say "again" when I do something you like.

For Valentines Day, Aunt Jenna came in clutch by watching the kids on Friday night so David and I could go out on a Valentines dinner. She kept them overnight so that I could go to Stake Baptisms and David could work. The kids made valentines, pink cinnamon rolls, and had a massive amount of fun. We had decided to go to The Charleston in Draper, and happened to run into our good friends Colin and Cassie Delahunty and ended up sitting at the same table together. It was so fun catching up and they surprised us by paying for the entire meal for us. It was extremely generous and very kind. We finished our date by making a stop at the temple (it's been a whole year since we've been able to attend the temple now) and then starting to plan our summer/fall family vacation.

Sunday morning, we let the kids open their valentines from each other/the Haderlies and gave them a small gift of our own to celebrate "We Love to be a Family Day". (We gave them notebooks to write down when and how they feel the Holy Ghost, to go along with our study of the Revelations found in the Doctrine and Covenants this year, plus some new pencils/pens, a can of playdoh and a chocolate.)

Then we had a Family Valentine Dinner with cookies from Sister Perkins for dessert. (My kids are seriously spoiled to have so many amazing treats from our good friend Amy Perkins.)