V-Day

This Valentine's Day was epic. Purely epic. I usually don't blog about holidays, but this day was filled with so much love and ridiculous-ness that it must be documented, even if for my own sake. The day started when I made pink heart-shaped blueberry chocolate chip pancakes for the Smith house. That is a mouthful. And they were delicious. The day progressed and I went out to dinner with my parents to Graze and it was so wonderful to have food which was so great. But right before I left for dinner, two dozen roses came for me in the mail!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have to put that many exclamation points because I've never had flowers delivered to me-especially on Valentine's Day!

The card read-

"I'm sorry I can't take you dancing or cook you a nice dinner. But I hope you feel special, and know that I love you! Finally sister, whatever is true, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, if anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think about such things. Phil 4:8. Your Brother-Addison"

My friend Erin brought over flowers in a tin jar for the house, Mom gave us brownies all pretty and Julia gave us a "valentine" of her own






We had a group of friends over at night to hang out, make grilled cheese and love on each other. After a bit, we heard a knock at the door and found a cheesecake left on our porch. There was a poem beside it, all beautifully written by Mr. Vonk (and it was a mystery might I add) dedicated to the Women of Smith. He's such a little charming poet.

"I'm a winner if you're my dame
So if you're a princess, I'm a knight,
And if you're the air them I'm a kite
And if you want to fly just say the word
Because I'm a bird if you're a bird"

All in all, it was a gooood day. A seriously good day. Sometimes I think that God knows when we need a break, when we need to feel special and celebrated. So much lovelovelove!