Valentine's Day

Our Valentine's Day this year was perfect!  It started early in the morning with my intentions to wake up at 7:30 to make breakfast for Grant, but then his alarm went off at 7:00 to do the very same thing! I tried to make him stay in bed, and he tried to make me stay in bed, so we just decided to get up and make breakfast together. I also set up some of the decorations I had made for the day. A quick "Valentine's Day" banner and some paper flowers with dum-dum lollipops as the center.  It was a perfect way to start the day: heart-shaped pancakes, orange juice, and pink-frosted cookies.

Later that day, Grant came and picked me up from class at 5:30 and had a huge bouquet of roses for me! Then when we got home I noticed that he had sprinkled flower petals and red balloons all over the floor, which made a path to the dinner table which he had also set up. It was so cute!

For dinner he made me a salad for starters, home-made gnocchi with home-made tomato sauce for the main course, and chocolate mousse with strawberries for dessert! It both looked amazing and tasted delicious. Plus I know it took him hours to make, so I was really grateful to have such a sweet husband :)

We exchanged gifts after dinner. I got Grant a type of wallet that he's been wanting for a long time. Instead of opening up, it just has a slot for cards and a money clip. I then engraved the money clip to make it a little more personal. I also made him his card this year and gave it to him a long with a bag of candy.

He got me a gold necklace, tons of candy, and three movies. All the movies were chick flicks and he told me I could pick one to watch for the next part of our date. So I picked "Valentine's Day" (it seemed fitting) and we set up camp in our living room with the movie and all the chocolate and candy we had given each other.

It turned out to be a great movie! And it was so nice to be able to stay home and just relax and spend time together. Best Valentine's Day we've had yet!