Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope your day is filled with love.

I’ve always loved this day. 

It was on Valentine’s Day when Troy and I first said “I Love You.”

And he gave me a pair of sweet snowboarding pants.
I kind of missed the boat this year on decorations.
But we’ve been talking a lot about Love.
Loving others, serving others, loving ourselves.
Sometimes I think its the lessons our kids learn that sticks with them more than the decorations and frills.

I started reminiscing last night, and looked back at all my pictures from past Valentine’s.

Like this one from 2005.

It’s a picture of ZZTop Troy and his Dad playing some tunes for a church Valentines function.

One of my most memorable Valentine’s was in 2006.

I was in the hospital the whole day, awaiting the birth of our first baby.

She was born just after midnight. I was so happy that she wouldn’t have to share her birthday with Valentine’s Day for the rest of her life!

2007 was special too. I made a quilt for a dear friend who is loved by all. It was signed by all the children at our church.

2008 we had just welcomed baby #2 into our family. I took them to a little party with my neighbors. My little sister and my sister in law provided the cute outfits.

In 2009 I had the biggest surprise. Breakfast in bed, followed by…

a barbershop quartet serenading me!

My husband hired them. He’s so creative, and quite the romantic 🙂

(The funny thing was that one of the men is a lawyer who I used to work for during high school).

My best memory from 2010 was making Valentine’s with my babies.

 Last year, 2011 we had a little valentine exchange at our house.