Valentine's Day and fun in the snow

 

Toby is grouchy sometimes. Especially when he knows I'm taking a picture.

Paul and I have never found a box of chocolates that has better stuff in it than a bag of snickers bars. So this is the hand-picked box of chocolates he got me for Valentine's Day - he knows me:)

We've been seeing chickadees at our homemade bird feeders lately.

Rocky road brownie face.

Grace's Hawaiian haystack for class.

Just reading with Daddy.

Cooking the Hawaiian haystack sauce.

"Weegos", as Toby calls legos.

At Farmington Bay today.

I taught Grace how to play The Game.

Looking at great-grandpa Cox's rocks with Grandpa Gabe.

Toby finally was willing to try out the leash backpack!

12 days of Valentines from Paul.

Snow fort the kids built.

French onion soup at The Prairie Schooner.

Cool decor!

Open fire in the middle of the room.

Raccoons playing poker.

Icicles on the bird feeders at the Ogden Nature Center.

The kids sent us these pics while we were on our Valentine's date.

I helped the girls deep clean their room, and the next day I was so happy to see it was still clean!

The girls made a detailed plan for when Paul and I went on our long date on Tuesday.

This baby loved his lumpia!

Dinner at home on actual Valentine's Day for Paul and me. Sous vide lamb chops, carrots, and warm goat cheese salad.

My valentine searing the lamp chops.

We served the kids heart-shaped pizzas for their dinner.

I have so many sweet valentines!

Watching the leadership session of stake conference in our bed.

Alice got new glasses!

Pelicans flying.

Grandpa Gabe and rocks.

Grace made chocolate sandwich cookies for her cooking class.

Paul took the kids sledding at the church hill on the day it snowed 6 inches.

They slid down without sleds "like penguins" some of the time.

Chicken fried chicken at the Prairie Schooner.

Huge onion rings to go with his ribs.

Ogden Nature Center.

Great-grandpa Cox's rocks. A very small portion of them.

Playing dominoes with the boys.

Cuddling with Charlie.

Cool pressed tin stairs at the Prairie Schooner.

Eating in a covered wagon.