Valentine's '09

One day before Valentine's we had another ice storm. So we decided to make Valentine cookies. It's fun to be trapped inside when you can stay in your jammies and make cookies! Mike told me to take off work the Tues. before Valentine's for our date night. He surprised me with a concert to see The Five Browns. They are amazing! For those of you who haven't heard of them (I didn't know about them before that night), they are 5 siblings in their twenties from Utah (yes, their mormon) who grew up playing piano and all went to Julliard together. Now they tour the world playing classical pieces that have been adapted to make 5 different parts. Sometimes it was just 2 or 3 together, sometimes all 5. We had such a great evening together. At one point I turned to Mike and said, "I almost forgot that fine arts existed!" I went from being an art history major in college and working for a sculptor after graduation, to reading short stories, cleaning bodily functions and washing dishes. But I do love my life, it's just nice to escape every now and then! Thanks Brenda and Brie for staying so late and watching the kids for us!!! We didn't do much of anything special on Valentine's Day except be together as a family. I actually had to work that night. Here is a close-up of each of the kids.