Valentine’s Day this year was pretty memorable. I’ve learned that the more I invest in this little family of mine, the happier I am with life. Motherhood without regrets. Wife life # 1. The rest starts to fall away + I genuinely enjoy the way it feels at the end of the day. It’s more important for me to live a life that feels good on the inside, before it looks good on the outside!
For the most part, we went through the motions on Valentine’s Day this year. We bummed around in our jams until Pilate’s. And then in typical Ginger fashion — we waited until the day of to pick out Valentine’s for each other. Nothing like the suspense of being late before you kick it into gear. (eyeroll) We found a few little things here + there as we finished up or normal errands. We snagged a heart shape Papa Murphy’s pizza crust on the way home to DIY a homemade pizza for dinner.
I surprised Jon with a day date. If you know him, you know there is nothing he loves more than a good massage. Couple’s Massage it was!
Confession: we had three massages in one day while in Peru. It was fun to go back to The Sanctuary. I did hair at the Salon there before Jonah was born.
I haven’t always loved Papa Murphy’s pizza sauce, so we grabbed the pizza fix-ins at the grocery store (that I forgot earlier in the day) on our way home. But PM’s frosted cinnamon desert pizza thing? THE REAL DEAL! I’ll give you your money back if you go try it + don’t like it. HA! Drool worthy no doubt!
Bre came to play with the boys while we went on our date + she helped the boys heart attack our bedroom while we were gone. Of course she did.!! (tears!) Bre has been the greatest blessing in our life this year! It’s debatable if they love her more than us, but we are okay with her winning — because she is the most patient, kind, creative, entertaining, hilarious human we know!
Jonah draws our family on everything he makes. I love it so, so much!
A few more Valentines Day Activities I WANT TO REMEMBER: The boys stuffed animals Jon had on the table when they woke up + me trying to convince them not to cut off the bows. First thing he said when he called? “Did you cut off the bows yet?” Too girly for their liking | Jon’s Valentine Thank you card for Jack | the letters Jonah mailed from school going to the wrong address + getting to us a few days late | him “door ditching” valentines on his own | rocket launcher for jonah, bug cutting game for rigg | their obsession with polaroids | watching This is Us + almost finding out how Jack dies | thumbing through our dating scrapbook