Valentine! Valentine!

Chuck was so cute and put a Valentine message for Leland, Lucy, and I in the Love Notes classified section of our Sunday paper. The girls thought it was so cool to see their names in the newspaper.

6 years and counting. Thanks for all the love and fun we have had together. You are a wonderful husband and father. You are level-headed and help me keep things in perspective. My life is so blessed and I'm lucky to have you.

Why Lucy loves her Daddy: he gives me hugs, plays dress-ups with me, go sleep in his bed.
Why Leland loves her Daddy: he cuddles with me, teaches me piano, he loves me.

It was fun to have the Dittbrenners visit for the weekend, so they were at our house for Valentine's Day. I'm not sure if there is a story behind why the Gates family does this (any sister wanna help me out?), but on Valentines someone leaves a gift on the doorstep, rings the bell, then runs and hides. Everyone inside the house runs to the door yelling, "Valentine! Valentine! Valentine!" to see who was left a gift. This happened several times all day long, it was fun.