"Love" Day

For Valentines Day my sweet husband took me on a trip...we went to Idaho Falls (hahah). Actually we went and stayed in the Destinations Inn theme suites motel. We stayed in the Thailand room and it was so beautiful!! It had a king size bed, chromatherapy champagne bubbler tub, aromatherapy steam shower, and stereo projection screen TV. It was beautiful, check it out here. We met up in Idaho Falls and picked up food from The Hong Kong. It was so yummy. When we got checked in we received sparkling cider and cheescake--yum! We enjoyed the night ALONE! :) The next morning we woke up to cinnomon rolls, yogurt parfaits and juice.

Thank you , thank you to My wonderful parents who came and stayed at our house overnight. I loved every minute of it, but I did miss my kids. It was the first time to ever go away and be alone in 3 years. We watched Fireproof (click here for the trailer). It was such a good show and made me appreciate so many things in my life, especially my husband.

Ben is such a wonderful man and I am so lucky to be is "bride". He always thinks of me and wants the best for our family. Not only did he take me overnight somewhere, but he also did everything for me all weekend long. He cleaned, took care of the kids, let me sleep in and take naps and so much more. He is so sweet and is everything I ever wanted....Love you babe! (sorry for the mush)

I had to throw these in because my mom made these cute hats and helped Emily decorate the cute cookies...what a great grandma!!

All canned out!

Oh my husband....period! Last weekend our local grocery store had a sale on strawberries. Well Ben decided to can strawberry jam. Although canning is not in season for everyone else, it is for Ben. We ended up canning 60 full pints and 23- 1/2 pints/. We will have jam for several years to come. The jam is delicious and well worth the 11 hours we put in. Here are some pictures.

And then....Ben decided we needed soup in our storage. Ben wanted to go to the cannery, but my Mom convinced me otherwise (thanks Mom!). Instead Ben decided to can our own soup. He chose Split Pea Soup (most likely the hardest and longest!) We spent over 8 hours canning. Luckily we had help from Ben's sister courtney (thank you!!! We love you Courtie!) We ended up with 23 quarts of Split Pea Soup and all together we had 3 sets of sore feet!

I had to throw in this picture of Caleb because his hair is out of this world!! He had it all spiked and cute for church and then came nap time!! This is how he woke up....crazy hair boy! Cute huh!!