Valentine's Weekend Recap

You probably already know that in our house, holidays and celebrations never really last for just one day. We like to extend things out a bit - heh. And that was the same regarding Valentine's Day. 

{Before I get into posting about our Valentine's Day festivities, I need to say that Valentine's Day itself was melancholy. I had a loss in my family that day, so the day was very bittersweet. Doug, Bri and I managed to have happy moments that day, but there was an underlying sadness to the entire day.}

 Valentine's Day and CNY intersected this year, and my house was obviously decked out for CNY. I gave Valentine's Day its own little corner this year...

I spotted the retro Valentine's Day pillowcases online and fell in love with them. I just had to have them!

Saturday, Doug decided to make an early Valentine's Day feast for me and Bri. He and Bri made a red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting from scratch that day. Then he grilled steaks, poached lobster tails in butter, baked potatoes and made biscuits for dinner. Everything was so delish...

The next day was Superbowl day. Not very romantic but fun nonetheless. Doug air fried us up some wings and we watched football and the halftime show that evening. Bri wasn't interested in the halftime show at all, but Doug and I enjoyed it thoroughly...

Valentine's Day was on a Monday. Bri got up to go to school and put on a pink sweatshirt and jeans for her outfit...

It got me thinking about all her Valentine's Day outfits over the years and I put together a little collage...

Speaking of memories, this Valentine memory popped up for me (it was 11 years ago)...

Look how little she was! I remember her walking down that aisle filled with Valentine's Day stuffies like it was yesterday. I'm pretty sure she got a white and pink unicorn from that aisle on Valentine's Day that year!

Doug bought me some candy and a really cool laptop desk (I got him some candy too)...

I had some fun V-Day goodies for Bri when she got home from school...

We ordered a heart-shaped pizza for dinner...

Our whole weekend was very sweet and loving, but as I said earlier, included some sadness. Hope you all had some special moments on Valentine's Day as well.