valentines

i think only in the texas panhandle it can snow one day and be 60 degrees and sunny the very next day.  life as we know it.....  since the weather was so nice i decided to get some pictures of the kids outside in their valentine shirts.  we also had school valentine parties of which i got no pictures :( 

around valentines day people always ask "what are you and your husband doing for valentines day?" and i always get funny looks when i tell them "nothing".  we are not "gift givers" or "dinner aloners" we never have been.  i told him a loong time ago to never buy me flowers.  what good is a $100 worth of roses when they just die later.  i am a necessity minded person.  i dont see it as a bad thing and its not like our relationship suffers because of it.  some people like to do the whole "buy a gift and have a nice quiet dinner" thing but we would rather have a family dinner.  we rarely do anything without our kids.  i do believe that you need breaks from your kids and i should probably have more than i do but thats just not the way it is and i/we are totally ok with that.  i would like to say Happy Valentine's Day to all of you who are doing something special!