Valentine's Day 2013

This is a photo of Mommy and Daddy at the new church facility this morning.  We went to Free Chapel's newest extension, scheduled to open in just a few short months.  It was great to tour the building and see the future, and watch everyone dreaming about what could be.  We're seated on the KidPak stage at the Suwanee Campus - it was very nice to be there!

Afterwards, Mommy and Daddy took advantage of not needing a babysitter, and had ourselves a date!  It was Valentine's Day after all, so we went to Outback in Suwanee, which was pretty busy.  The employees there were surprised that it was so busy, which was strange - I mean, it is Valentine's Day, isn't it?  Regardless, we had a very nice meal - made nicer by the fact that we had a gift card that we'd been holding on to since last June, and the whole meal was free!

But it sure was tasty!  Earlier in the day, we had a follow-up visit to the doctor's, where Daddy had his blood work sort of explained.  It's all in the genetics, so he's going to have to start taking a few pills each night, and make another visit in a short time.  The good news is that the pancreas is not the source of the recent icky feelings he's had lately.  The bad news is that I'm not entirely sure what's causing that - unless it's this reflux thing they keep suggesting.  

Okay, enough about Mommy and Daddy.  How was Madison's day?

Here's our princess, on a perfectly lovely day.  She brought her Valentine's Day box into school yesterday, and today, it was absolutely filled.  How delightful!  She came home with so much loot, it was like Halloween!

Candy and cards all over the table, and then there were the little things that Mommy and Daddy got her as well:  we got her a few Explorer games - Jake and the Neverland Pirates, and a game featuring a guy named Mr. Pencil.  That game has been the love of Madison:  she's telling us the things she's learning in this artistic game.  She's telling us what warm colors and cool colors are, and what the horizon line is - things like that.

She got lots of candy, of course.  But it was nice seeing all the cards from her classmates as well.  She had a great day, and it was a lot of fun when she got home too!  We played Cooties, and watched "The Princess and the Frog," and munched on candy hearts.

Daddy got Mommy a heart-shaped earring tree, which a few months ago I had never heard of before.  This is a bronze tree that you can actually hang your earrings on, which is ornamental and functional as well.  She likes it - of course Mommy asked for one a few months ago!

Back to Madison:  we did one more thing today.  We made cookies!  Mommy prepared the dough and the oven, while Daddy and Madison got to add sprinkles to the heart-shaped cookies.  We decorated about three pans worth of cookies, nibbling a little along the way.  It was really fun!  And tasty!

All in all, everyone had a great day.  We were so thrilled to see Madison have a good Valentine's Day.  She's been doing crafts and having all kinds of fun this week, and it was nice to see it all wrap up in such a wonderful way.  She really is loved!