Last Saturday Lee was in his element playing the part of "Mr. Fix it". He was doing some
creative work up in the
VERY dark attic (changing out some light fixtures), so he shimmied into his favorite
camo shirt, strapped on his one headlamp and went to it. I just couldn't resist snapping a picture :)
Since tonight is the last Monday night (Family Home Evening) before Valentines Day we held what is becoming our traditional what I love about ______ (each member of our family) & cookie/valentine decorating night. Here is Scott with his cookie for a "special someone".
This was Sarah's first time - didn't she do a great job? She said nice things about everyone too so she gets an A+.
This is Chad's creation. He started out with a bare cookie, added 2 blobs of frosting for eyes, and sort of a curved blob for a smile . . . I was very pleased that he decided to put forth just a
wee bit more effort for his Valentine ") I'm sure she'll love it.
Miss Nellie (AFTER basketball practice)
UGH!
Here's
LOVER'S masterpiece
He added some wording at the last minute so I had to snap a close up - it reads "the love mound". He proudly announced that "whoever gets this cookie is going to gain about 9 pounds!!" . . . GREAT! Since I had
BETTER be his Valentine, I guess that means a little bit of
EXTRA exercise for me or something :).
Our finished product. Guess who's Nellie's Valentine is for?
All in all it was a fun night - a little challenging at times to control the male gender (they were throwing the heart gumdrops at each other - notice the half eaten one stuck to Scott's foil backing), but it was a great opportunity to think about what we love most about each other and say the things we don't say often enough. I
love Valentines Day - It's one of my favorite holidays. Happy early Valentines Day to you ;).
Last Saturday Lee was in his element playing the part of "Mr. Fix it". He was doing some creative work up in the VERY dark attic (changing out some light fixtures), so he shimmied into his favorite camo shirt, strapped on his one headlamp and went to it. I just couldn't resist snapping a picture :)
Since tonight is the last Monday night (Family Home Evening) before Valentines Day we held what is becoming our traditional what I love about ______ (each member of our family) & cookie/valentine decorating night. Here is Scott with his cookie for a "special someone".
This was Sarah's first time - didn't she do a great job? She said nice things about everyone too so she gets an A+.
This is Chad's creation. He started out with a bare cookie, added 2 blobs of frosting for eyes, and sort of a curved blob for a smile . . . I was very pleased that he decided to put forth just a wee bit more effort for his Valentine ") I'm sure she'll love it.
Miss Nellie (AFTER basketball practice)
UGH!
Here's LOVER'S masterpiece
He added some wording at the last minute so I had to snap a close up - it reads "the love mound". He proudly announced that "whoever gets this cookie is going to gain about 9 pounds!!" . . . GREAT! Since I had BETTER be his Valentine, I guess that means a little bit of EXTRA exercise for me or something :).
All in all it was a fun night - a little challenging at times to control the male gender (they were throwing the heart gumdrops at each other - notice the half eaten one stuck to Scott's foil backing), but it was a great opportunity to think about what we love most about each other and say the things we don't say often enough. I love Valentines Day - It's one of my favorite holidays. Happy early Valentines Day to you ;).
2 comments:
Oh Cleckner. That is an inspiration. I thought about doing that yesterday, but I couldn't gather up the energy to mix, roll out, bake, and frost a million sugar cookies. Good job Bobby. We are going to do Valentines popcorn I think...
yowza those are some DEEEEElectable looking valentines! Goodluck with your love mound - might want to pace yourself looks like some pretty rough terrain! You're such a fun mom to do all these things - and a fun aunt too!
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