Be My Little Valentine

Happy St. Valentine's Day! Tuesday was a long day of work, followed by my Sign Language class through the county. However, at 7:00 it was a great feeling to be driving home, knowing that what awaited me was not 1, not 2, but 3 Valentines! This year we celebrated Valentine's Day as a family and Jon, Lisa, and I enjoyed a feast of Chinese food after Kira went to bed. When I walked in the door, and came into the kitchen, this is how Jon and Kira greeted me:

There's nothing better than coming home to my family and beautiful roses! And when I said, "Will you be mine, Kiraline?" she reached for me and gave me a great big hug. I'll take that as a yes. :)

Be My Valentine

I can hardly believe that 12 years ago, Jon and I celebrated our first Valentine's Day together. This year, the day started out beautifully with three dozen roses and Jon's amazing homemade waffles in the shape of a heart.
















I surprised Jon with some red Maryland gear, and we will be going to the Maryland Basketball game on Feb 24th.

3 years ago, Jon proposed and so this day is no longer really V-Day for us... it's "Happy Engagement Day." The funny thing is, Jon wanted to propose on Feb 13 under the guise of giving me my Valentine's Day presents early, but we had another snow storm that year which delayed the gifts I had ordered for him. I asked him to wait one more day to see if his present would arrive... not knowing that after years of wondering when he would propose, I was making him wait another day!

All I can say is... everything was worth the wait! =)