Flowers and Chocolates and Lasagna, Oh My!

Happy Belated Valentine's Day! Like always, our day was filled with chocolate goodies and beautiful flowers (which I can't wait to dry!). Hope yours was as "sweet" as ours was.

Beautiful rose and tulip bouquet from Mrs. Patty!

Mrs. Linda stopped by to spread some love

Vanessa made a special light lunch

Since Dad had to go to school on Valentine's Day, he sent us flowers through the mail...

Mom's lovely bouquet with a note...

And these beautiful ones he sent for us girls...

♫ ...my heart belongs to Daddy

Cause my Daddy, he treats me so well  ♫

The table is all dressed up and ready for dinner!

The yummilicious fruit bouquet from Mrs. Linda!

Vanessa's lasagna specialty

And delicious garlic bread!

Our lovely Valentine Ladies...

The evening before Valentine's, Dad took us girls and a family friend to a fancy restaurant for dinner...

Getting ready

Vanessa had fun doing the girls' hair

Johanna and Candace 

Even their doll matched them :)

Dad had so much fun setting this date up

Digging in

Pretending to be full and tired :)

Thank you so much for taking us girls out Dad! We love you!

Sweet as a cupcake...

Grandma Lorry celebrated 84 years of life on February 11th. We had a fun little party with her niece and nephew-in-law, Kathi and Dave!

Spending quality time together

Thank you, Mrs. Patty for the gourmet cheeses, crackers and bread! They were a nice addition to the party.

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday, dear Lorry

Happy Birthday to you!

Blowing the candles out

Present time!

Lots of lovely things from her family

Johanna gave her some shiny pebbles :)

Happy birthday, Grandma Lorry! 

May this next year be filled with God's goodness and blessings.

Two & Twenty and Nineteen

Vanessa and I had our birthdays at the beginning of February and both opted for cheesecake desserts :). Dad and Mom surprised us with a gift basket getaway for the weekend and my was it a nice birthday present! We did get pictures of breakfast in bed, however I know you will thank me for not putting them here :).

Birthday bouquet

The White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake before getting its "steam bath"

After

The second time in my life being a double :)

Ahh! The cheesecake monster is here!

Blowing out the candles

Cutting the cake

Yuuummmm

Here is the awesome gift basket Dad and Mom gave us girls: massage for two, movie money, two night hotel stay, goodies and My Utmost for His Highest journals

The next day was actually not Vanessa's birthday, but since we were going to be gone to our hotel getaway Fri, Sat and Sun (Fri being V's birthday) we decided to have her party on the 7th!

Original Cheesecake with strawberry garnish, anyone?

Johanna absolutely LOVES birthdays. That's why she's in pretty much all of our pictures (especially when it's cake time ;)

Blowin' them out

Bon appetit!

The next morning Johanna was my helper as we prepared Vanessa's breakfast-in-bed

We didn't get any pictures while we were out so we could really just enjoy a peaceful weekend.

Next up, Grandma Lorry's birthday!