Lovey-Dovey

First off, I must tell you that OP and I do not celebrate Valentines Day. Not in the "day for lovers" kind of way.

As Orrin said, "I don't need a day on the calender to tell me to love my wife."

He's a real romantic, I know.

But our objection against this commercialism-driven love day doesn't extend to our children. There is nothing wrong with a special day to celebrate familial-love, as long as we aren't buying expensive gifts.



About a month before V-Day, I got these awesomely-inexpensive mailboxes from Target's $1 section (what will I do if they ever stop making these?). I also got the sparkly stickers from there too.

Then the kiddos are set free to glitter-up their mailboxes as much as they want. And they also made mine, OP's and Wyatt's.



Piper used about 80% of the hearts on her mailbox alone.

I started a tradition a few years back of making home-made cinnamon rolls for breakfast on Valentines. This year, I was not up to it. At all.

So I made some Rhodes 35 minute Cinnamon Rolls. Awesome.



Except the fam thought they were gross. So, next year I guess I'll be rolling out the homemade kind.

Sunday night after dinner, I pulled out all of the glitter, glue, stickers, pink and red paper, feathers, heart shaped brads and everything else fun I could find and we made cards for everyone in the family to go inside (or next to) the mailboxes.

It was epically fun, but impossible to clean up (I am still cleaning up glitter).



That night we had Jessie & Chad and Hyrum & (his new fiance) Stephanie over for dinner. And I didn't take a single pic.

And I still haven't taken down all of my heart decorations. Maybe I'll get around to that today...