happy valentine's day!

we had a great valentine's day!  we don't usually make a big deal about having treats or dessert around here; if we do have something, it doesn't usually get consumed too quickly, so we go kind of wild on valentine's day.  we had cookies before breakfast, chocolate cereal for breakfast, and treats afterward!  i figure it's only once a year, and it makes some great memories and fun family traditions.  

we spent the morning exercising and swimming, which was fabulous.  i am still sore from the laps i swam - i love it! :)  it's been such a long time since i swam laps, and it felt good to use those muscles again.  i need to keep at it.  after that, we took the kids and went bowling.  it was the first time they had ever gone, and we all had a great time.  we didn't take any pictures.  i would much rather enjoy the event than take pictures of it, but i do need to do better at documenting our lives.  hopefully i can find a balance somewhere.  something i am always striving for is balance!  anyway, we all had a blast bowling.  dave won (of course!), next was naomi - with the bumpers and ramp - then chris (i think the only reason he was after naomi is because dave was helping naomi, and I was helping chris :D), then me!  christopher was pretty excited that he beat me.  i am absolutely HORRIBLE at bowling, so it wasn't too much of a surprise.  

I made sugar cookies during Naomi's nap, and tried royal icing this year.  i think they turned out pretty well, especially for my first attempt at the stuff, and more importantly, they were yummy!  they got to eat them after dinner.  we had our traditional fettucini alfredo.  i couldn't have asked for a better day.  family and fun is the best combination!

p.s. for some reason, the pictures are taking forever to upload, so i'll add them another time