Happy Valentine's Day!

This year's Valentine's Day was a little different than ever before. First, I'm the type of girl who likes to celebrate holidays on the actual day. However since it was on a Sunday, our busiest day of the week, that couldn't happen. Also, since we've moved away from family babysitters (i.e.grandparents) the Preacher Man and I had a little tag-a-long for our celebration...

Here is a little V-Day weekend picture recap:

Friday night, we dined at Cafe Hacienda aka The Preacher Man's Snackbar & Grill.

A romantic candlelight dinner...

for three...

A fantastic salad with a honey dijon dressing.

The juiciest ribeye steak topped with portebello mushrooms served with chipotle marinaded shrimp and a loaded baked potato.

Brownie Sundae for dessert.

Saturday Morning we had a Valentines breakfast and a wonerful evening at Red Lobster with about six other couples. We had a blast. Gotta love good friends!

Pioneer Woman's Pancake recipe rocks. Here they are being heart-shaped.

The finished product. These pancakes seriously melt in your mouth! Her recipe is so different than my usual pancake recipe. I will never go  back!

Sunday, we had a wonderful time in the house of the Lord. A great Sunday meal with dear friends at Pizza Hut in which thier little boy Deuce declared to Ruthie Jane: "RoofieZane YOU MY GURLFRIEND!" Too cute, those two! And, the Preacher Man had a date with a five page paper to write for seminary.

And, my Valentine goodies.

2 dozen roses from the Preacher Man. 1 white dozen and 1 pink.

My FAVORITE candy in the world. Russell Stover hearts. These only come out a few times year like for special holidays. They are getting harder and harder to find.

And, the traditional Millionaires candy.

All in all a wonderful celebration of love. However I must admit I long for the day when the Preacher Man and I can go out ALONE! I can't wait to be able to jump in the car and be whisked away for an overnight excursion. I love my little sweetsie...but it would be nice to have a date with the Preacher Man once in a while! Maybe when she's 20....