My little Valentine

Good evening! I hope you have all had a nice day. It's been a good week for me. I've been keeping busy and getting a lot done and also doing some fun things. Saturday, in particular was quite busy and fun. I know a lot of people who tell me their Saturday's are very busy, but ours our generally not. In fact, I think I've mentioned in a previous post, that Saturday's are usually a drag, because I'm wanting to get out and play with Ben and Emma, but Ben is usually really busy studying since his tests are mostly on Mondays. Anyway, this past Saturday was uniquely packed with events, and sadly Ben was not able to be involved with much of my gallivanting. In the morning I went visit teaching; at lunch time, I met up with Emily, Carol, and Lacey (Peter's soon-to-be fiance... it's not "official" yet in that that there hasn't been an actual proposal at this point) but we gathered for lunch to talk about wedding plans and whatnot. We ate at the most fun restaurant! It's called Joe's Grill, owned by the same people (a.k.a "Joe") who do Joe's Real BBQ. It's a 60's style diner that has amazing food and a really amusing atmosphere. We had a good time. In the afternoon, I met up with some friends to get some pictures taken. My friend, Heather, is an amazing photographer and she got some great shots taken of Emma and I. It was so fun! Here's a cute collage of Emma pictures that she put together.



Isn't that the cutest Valentine ever?! :) I have such a talented friend... and such a darling Emma. Oh, and if you click on "Heather" it will take you to her new blog; also, if you haven't noticed, I've added a couple of new links to the "Susan Approved Blogs" list, such as the Hunter's and the Burtenshaw's. It's so fun having friends that are blogging too!
After our photo session, Emma and I came back to the apartment and picked up Ben... he had been stuck in the house all day studying, so we went to Wildflower Cafe to eat dinner and then over to Target to get some birthday clothes for Emma. She received a nice check from her Grandma Szymanski and we felt it would best be used for more clothing. Emma's getting so big and growing out of all her clothes! Ugh!

Earlier in the week, I did a craft! Woohoo! I don't usually do crafts, but this one just required a little cutting and gluing... simple enough. I got the instructions and template off of marthastewart.com. Anyway, I just hung my cute little heart garland in front of the china hutch. If you look closely, you may notice that our hutch is currently filled with Chinese dishes... for good ol' Chinese New Year, which is on Februrary 18th this year. We will be having a Chinese New Year dinner over at Ben's family's this next Sunday. What a fun tradition! There really are a lot of holidays and special events this month: Groundhog's Day, Valentines Day, Emma's birthday, Peter's birthday, Chinese New Year, and President's Day! What a fun and busy month!

Random: If you are in need of a little break from your daily tasks, play this fun game!