HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY 2009!!

Yesterday was the "official" day of what?

Yes! Love! I wish I could say that this is a picture of Del and I, but it's not. It is a picture that I took of my best buddy Val and her husband, Neal in NYC. 

(They are the ones I went to visit in New York)

Still, I thought the picture was appropriate for the day!!

Historically, Del and I don't do much for Valentine's Day. For example, one year he got me an autographed picture of Fabio! It was quite hilarious! But for this Valentine's Day...we decided to do a little more for each other.

Our V-Day started off with a wonderful gift exchange!

Del added a sweet heart charm to my Pandora Bracelet! It meant a lot because the is the first charm that he has added.

I put together a group of frames that included a prayer that was written for us by our pastor, Sam Hannon, and said at our wedding. (Thank you Sam for these special words) It has always meant a lot to us, so I thought that it would be nice to have hanging in our room.

It was funny putting this one together because I just had to watch our wedding video and hit "play", "pause", "play", "pause"...over and over again to write down all that was said.

After our gift exchange, we had a beautiful and yummy breakfast.

Check out these omelets!! Del has been "homesick" for Jamaica recently, so he decided to make a Jamaican Omelet. They were super yummy!
Then, Del had planned a hike up Pinnacle Mountain. It was great! We even took the dogs!
Pretty much everyone that passed us said, "Woah! What kind of dog is that? Is that a Polar Bear?"
After the hike we came home and watched a lame-o movie. Then we got ready for dinner at Cafe Prego. It was our first time to eat there...and let's just say the experience was....interesting.

Since I had to make our reservations for 6:00...we were done eating super early. So, we didn't really know what to do the rest of the night. Then Del had a revelation from the Lord that spoke to my very needs! We decided to go to Kroger and get stuff for cupcakes and chocolate covered strawberries! (Two things that I have been craving for days!!)

And after that we ended the night with a riveting game of Scrabble. I will say....I WON!!! I really feel like my Scrabble skills are improving. I hope all of you had a great Valentine's Day.

Hunka, Hunka, Burnin' Love

If you are looking for a recipe to win the hear of your sweetie...this could be a good option:

From the first moment I saw this recipe I knew I was IN LOVE! You may be asking yourself, "is that what I think it is?"...Yes it is! That is chocolate chip cookie dough inserted into a pan of brownies! Does it get any better?! Probably not! You are going to have to go here for the complete recipe...because my pictures just don't give these brownies the credit they deserve! I knew they were not going to be good for the "not-so-lovely-love-handles", so my plan was to send them to the Super Bowl Party Del was going to. 

However, my plan backfired when the party go moved to OUR HOUSE! So, by the end of the second day of them staring me in the face & screaming my name, I packed them up and took them to work!