V-Day

I know I am behind in posting, but hey better late than never. :) For those that don't know our anniversary is also next month, so I take over and am in charge of V-day and Joel has our anniversary. For 7 years it has been like this and not until this year have I really felt the pressure. The thing is that Joel can always out do me because he his second, and I am not much of a romantic or good at planning for things like this. Joel is really good and gets like a little kid in a candy store when it comes to surprises. Don't get me wrong I love give surprises, but the stress...ugh! Anyways, I finally figured out that I am just going to have traditional V-day every year and this what we will do. We will always go to the temple, have dinner, and I will always have a scavenger hunt planned for Joel and the kids. I did all of these things this year and it went well. The kids LOVED the scavenger hunt. Plus it was a little something that didn't break the bank. I lead them to chocolates ($1), gummy life savers ($1), conversational hearts (free..yes I re-gifted..the kids don't know ;), a puzzle for Brooklyn ($3), caps for Jacks gun ($1.50), and love letters to each of them (priceless). The kids really loved searching where the next gift was. Oh, and my gift for Joel..self-portraits. I know CHEESY...and I feel like it makes me look WAY too self-important. Joel has my wedding pic for me on his desk (7 years old) and figured he needed another one. So here are some of those pics...this post if for you mom (she begs me to get out from behind the camera) Thanks Steph for taking the pics!