Valentine's Day

We had a great Valentine's Day. Joe had to work, so during the day I took the kids shopping and then we came home and cut out cookies and cooked them. They also made candy necklaces again. When Joe got home we got ready to go to our Stake Valentine's Dinner and Dance. We had Lauren Dynes come watch our kids while their Aunt Rachel was on her way from work. While we were gone the kids decorated the cookies we had made earlier. For our dinner they had everyone reserve their seat. They then gave the lists of who was at each table to a hostess that they chose for each table. I was the hostess for our table so I got to decorate the table, bring place settings, and give assignments to each couple for dinner. They had each table provide dinner for their table and they already had a menu set up. I gave each couple the recipe of what to bring and they cooked it and brought it. Everything was delicious. We had Pork Roast, Honey Glazed Carrots, Spinach Salad, Baked Potatoes, Rolls, and Chocolate Eclair Cake. We were stuffed when we were all done. After dinner we all cleaned up our tables and put them away. I was amazed at how fast everything was taken down. Then, they had a live band come and play music for the dance. We stayed for about an hour and had a lot of fun. I haven't danced much since high school. After we left the dance we were going to go shopping, but the store closed at 9 pm and we got there at 5 after. So we decided to go downtown and walk around. We used to do this all the time when we lived downtown, before we had kids. It brought back a lot of fun memories from when we were Newlyweds. Then we came home and watched part of a movie with Rachel and her friend that had come over to watch movies after the kids went to bed.