A Lotta Love Goin' On Valentine's Weekend

Sarah and I started off the love weekend by fixing a heart dinner for our sweethearts on date night. She was the expert at cutting potato chips in the shape of a heart. Impressive!

Not pictured is the strawberry shortcake for dessert.  We hadn't really worked on making anything "hearty" in that dish--until Jeff pointed out the strawberries were sliced in the shape of hearts. Good for us! Theme carried throughout the entire meal!

Klarissa had a big surprise for her sweetheart when she made plans to fly Abe in to watch a BYU basketball game. They wanted to show Jimmer Fredette some love. Glen had bought tickets to the game three different times because we didn't know who was coming when, so we were not all sitting together. I loved being able to sit next to my Dad during the game.

The one thing we didn't love all that much was having to wait forever and a day to get seated at Brick Oven for a meal after the game. Sarah wanted nothing to do with the hour plus wait and so she and Jeff went to In-N-Out for a quick meal instead.

Sunday is always a family love day. Eating homemade ice cream is a treat we all love and playing games together is another lovely activity we enjoyed doing as well.

Eli and Caroline loved playing toys together.

We absolutely loved having Abe and Klarissa here for their short, one-night stand.  Then, before we knew it, we were kissing them good-bye and sending them off on their way to catch their flight back to San Francisco.

But, don't think the loving stopped when they left...

Sarah spent the better portion of her entire Valentine's Day working on a special surprise dinner for the love of her life. Not only did she cook and bake...

but she also transformed our basement into a little French restaurant--with Eli's company as he was playing in the toy car nearby.

Jeff and Sarah got all dressed up for the evening and enjoyed their romantic dinner together.

What could be more romantic than sitting with your beloved, enjoying a delicious meal while looking out the window at the sunset and a perfect view of the Eiffel Tower?

Well, we couldn't top that, so we walked across the street and joined with 11 other couples for our Empty Nesters dinner and games at the Stewart's home. Ahhhh, the difference between young love and old love.

It's all love, just the same!