Happy Valentines Day!

Last night I had planned to set up my surprise Valentine for AJ. He usually falls asleep before me and he is out. He does so much that he is exhausted when he hits the pillow. So I stayed awake till I thought he was out and then went and blew up a bunch of balloons and made a fun hanging bouquet of balloons. As I was attempting to hang them from the ceiling in the bathroom, to my dismay, they would not stay taped to the ceiling so I was a bit frustrated and was deciding what to do when I heard a little knock on the bathroom door. AJ wasn't asleep and he was wondering what I was doing. I told him nothing and to go back to bed. But of course, now he was curious. I told him it was a surprise and to go back to bed. He did and I finished setting up the balloons and then put some fun squishy Valentine hearts in the shower and his present and card. Off to bed I went. This morning I woke up at 6:45 thinking AJ should have been in the shower by now as he wasn't. I rolled over and asked him why he wasn't in the shower and he told me he always takes his shower after me. Well, that isn't what I remembered but oh well. I took my shower and then reset it up for AJ and he was pleasantly surprised and loved it.

I guess I am a hopeless romantic at heart and always have such lofty dreamy ideas of how I want it to turn out and then how it really turns out. All in all, AJ was surprised and said, "I thought we weren't doing anything for Valentine's Day." I shrugged my showers and thought, "How can I resist a reason to be a little creative." Such fun!

Then today after work I came home to get ready to go work out and AJ had already left for class in Corvallis. He had left his surprise gift for me in our room. It was a very touching heartfelt DVD that he had put together. I turned on my laptop and watched it alone and cried. I love my husband and how thoughtful he is. It is pretty creative for AJ and all that he put into it amazed me. What a man!

To everyone out there who reads our blog, HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! We love all our family and friends and wish there were more hours in the day to experience more of life. But know we think of all of you.