Being spoiled...

This is what I woke up to this morning. Yes, I know Valentine's Day is tomorrow. Chris will be gone for the day, so he made sure I didn't miss out on a Valentine surprise.

What does it mean to be "spoiled" anyway? For me, it has absolutely nothing to do with materialistic things. And it has everything to do with actions. Chris letting me put my cold feet underneath his legs in bed at night, is me being spoiled. Chris starting my car for me in the morning without my asking, is me being spoiled. Chris coming home from work and saying "what do you need me to do?" Is me being spoiled.

In my opinion, little things like this are so vital to my relationship with Chris. And it goes both ways, we both choose to give. If we didn't, I am certain our relationship would flop. And in all honesty, I truly believe that Chris derives a great deal of pleasure from making me happy. Who isn't happy when they are giving?

I am not a princess, but I do not think it is too much to ask to be treated like one. 

Happy valentines day...

If ya can't beat em'...join em'...

"Winter storm warning in effect"...that's all I ever see the last two days when I click on my weather channel app. I'm just a tad tired of it, but how often does this happen?? Not very often so we have made the best of it. I've even kind of enjoyed it.

I ran with 3 other lunatics in this today. We went 8 miles and only feared for our lives a handful of times...not bad. We then went out for breakfast at a local diner and ate every calorie we burned on things like French toast, pancakes, bacon (you name it.)

Tammy (my very mean friend) then forced me BACK out into the freezing snow and made me go sledding with my family. Only, Tammy and I didn't go sledding we went sitting. It was good times.

Crazy...

Who in their right mind would go out in 19 degree weather (snow and wind) and run six miles? You guessed it...the two stooges. By mile 4 Tammy announced that her eyelashes were frozen...I thought to myself "no way...that can't be" and then I blinked and my eyelashes, sure enough stuck together from being frozen. It was hands down the coldest run I have ever experienced. 

I came home and my whole body just shook for like 30 minutes until I forced myself into a hot shower...and melted like frosty the snowman. Not sure if crazy is a good thing, but all in all, I'm glad I got out there and made it happen.

Grace's turn...

I snuck off with this little cutie last night. We ended up at Shari's drinking milkshakes and eating pie. It was delightful. I loved the look on her face at the size of her milkshake. She finished every little bit.

Another date...

Wow, when you have a lot of kids this one on one dating thing can go on forever. That's fine by me though. I took Scarlett to icecream and we played uno, in which she totally schooled me. Because you know, if I win I'm like the meanest mom ever, so I was careful about that. I love my baby...and yes indeed...she is still a baby.

We are in the clear...

We made it out alive. Of what, you might ask? A week long weather inversion. An inversion (from what this silly blond girl understands) is where the atmosphere doesn't circulate air properly so it's like you're stuck beneath cloudy, foggy, still weather. It's happened here before, and obviously it's not actually dangerous but my mental health was on the verge...and to me?? That's dangerous.

Today the sun shone bright and even though it was only 47 degrees it felt like heaven on earth.

Date night with this handsome fella...

One thing I haven't done in a long time, is take the kids on one-on-one dates. It seems there is never any time, even in the evenings. There's always something we have to be to. I finally came to the conclusion that I'm just going to have to make it work even if it's only for 30 minutes. It's too important not to make a priority. Last week I took Connor, and he talked and talked and talked. It was then that I realized, that I had made a good choice in making it happen.

Then it was Christians turn, he was the same way. He chatted the entire time. I found myself doing very little talking and lots and lots of listening. I absolutely loved it.

I of all people need the reminder, that life is too short to not make our sweet children a priority.