Valentine's Day

I'm so glad that Valentine's Day breaks up the awful monotony of these winter months after Christmas! When all was said and done, we realized we stretched this {holiday} out to cover 4 separate days. First we celebrated at Toro Tapas Bar... pre-Weston. Then, on the Friday before V-day I realized everyone in the babysitting swap group would be out celebrating, so we had a candlelit "picnic" dinner in the living room, followed up with fondue. (Kinda hard to be all romantical, one week after birthing a baby). Then we partied at the Marchants on Saturday for their annual Valentine's Day bash. Crescent outdid herself this year! First we feasted on Cafe Rio style dinner, then played Minute To Win It. We laughed so dang hard. I don't usually take the time to watch blog videos, but I dare say these are worth it.  

Sadly, this is the only picture of us from the night. I was good with the candid photos, but not so much with posed ones. Trav had some mad hip action going on with this game, where you try to unravel the ribbon from one yard stick onto your partner's stick.Yard stick. :)

 This wasn't a game... just Ryan being Ryan.

We used the pantyhose in a game where you try and pull two pennies out of the stockings without using anything but your hands. Kinda hard to explain, but I dominated on this game. Give it to the girl with long arms.

Movin' the cookie down the face game...

Ok, Trav's faces in this video KILL ME.I just wish it was bigger so you could see better.

Shake it like a polaroid picture! I love that it looks like Bron is giving him a "bring it on" kind of face, but Trav is too busy strikin' a pose.

Save the best for last! I think this game (shake the ping pong balls out of the tissue box) should be played at ALL parties. Laughing this hard should have been on the {do not do} postpartum list the hospital gave me.

I had to post this picture because it looks like Anthony is checkin' out his wife's goods. :) And if you're wondering what Doug is doing... he decided some beat box sounds would be good motivation for the girls to {shake it} to. 

Next were some NewlyWed Game questions and a game to swap {naughty} prizes. Trav and I actually did pretty good matching answers in the NewlyWed Game... Question for the huband "Who would you say is the most annoying member of your wife's family?" Touchy question, right? What's funny is, just about everyone had an immediate answer AND matched correctly! haha. (Thanks Craig. :) 

Again for the husbands... "What is one thing of your wifes that you wish you could throw out of the house?" Ummm, Trav had no hestiation here.... that dang stuffed bear that another guy gave me on a date! Everyone got a good laugh as Trav ranted about driving that cursed stuffed animal across the country. I admit, it should be thrown out, but in my defense, it's a cute bear and I never cared one minute for the guy that gave it to me. And remember my weird inclinations about stuffed animals having feelings? I think I make an ok case on behalf of the bear. What do you think? :) 

The prize game was funny just because there were about 4 couples who were MADLY stealing the one gift that apparently had clout. We sat out of the pandemonium just because I knew who bought our gift and that she still had the reciept.... It wasn't until afterward that I was reminded that places don't accept returns for THAT kind of item. I'll let your imagination run wild. (Plus, we already have one. haha)

ANYWAY...

I'm so sad this was our last V-day party with these friends! Why must seniors graduate :) Who is going to step up and take the torch on the V-day party?! Thanks for a fantastic night, Marchants!

Wait... are you wondering what our 4th celebration was? Oh yes, the actual Valentines Day. Nothing fancy... I got some pretty roses from my one and only and he found hidden chocolates throughout his day at school. My mom was in town and made an amazing meal of apricot chicken, and twice baked potatoes (supposed to be shaped like a heart.. not really happenin') and then I tried out a new recipe for molten chocolate cake. Yum! I'll be making that again. All in all, it was a sugar (and love) filled 4 days!