Valentines Weekend

This was a great weekend. David and I spent all of Saturday together. Went shopping early, shopping for a new bedspread, our present to each other for Valentines. Then we shared a meal at Cheddars. We did all this early so that we could babysit at night and let Nicole and Joe have a date. So Jenni was bored and we invited her over as well, since her honey is in Afghanistan. As we rode home from Peoria, my mind was swirling with ideas to give the grandkids a good memories at Nana and Papa's and help to celebrate Valentine's day to help them remember how very much we love them. So we decided to plan a scavenger hunt in the house. I ran to the dollar store and got some little prizes to be found, then we quickly started making the hunt. Of course, David was complaining the whole time that it was a lot of work, but guess who really got into it. In all reality David loves the organize games for the kids and he is definitely the creative one. I come up with the idea and then he runs with it. Anyway, Adrianna and Alaina had a blast and asked if we could do scavenger hunts for their birthdays and Easter. Of course, Nora was running around just following the "big girls", that was her hunt and Addison just chewed on her book and was perfectly satisfied. It was a fun night to have them all together and create a little memory for all of us.

It is unbelievable that the guy I met at college has loved me all these years and I think loves me even more. I can't imagine spending this life time without him. He is my best friend. We laughed last night as we crawled into bed, exhausted after having the grandkids. He said, "We're doing it" and I said "Doing what?" He said, "We are growing OLD together!!" THat is for sure, but it's fun all the same and nothing brings us more joy than to be with our kids and grandkids. No wait a minute, we do like to go on trips all by ourselves, that is in close competition with being with our kids. Usually we get on our trips and wish the kids were with us.

It was a great weekend. Lots of "Stuff" in the air, struggles some of us are having, no job for David, Justin in Afghanistan....however, God is present and in control. How I am so thankful for that. What would we do without that knowledge???