Valentines

We were able to go with friends to Bear Lake for Valentines. We had a lot of fun sledding, eating, playing games, eating, freezing, sleeping, eating, playing the wii, laughing, staying up late, getting our cars stuck, eating, cooking, taking pictures, and did I mention eating?

The gang!

Each couple was in charge of a meal with another couple. We had yummy food every day, every meal and lots of it. Sarah and Bruce Weaver were in charge of dinner Valentines night.

I can't take credit for any of the dinner, I was in the kitchen helping, but just doing what I was told. Sarah and Bruce were the master minds. If you look close in this picture you can see our friend Ceara in the reflection of the mirror... what are you doing??? hahahaha

(close up)

(back to dinner...) HOLY COW!!! YUM! They made fillet mignon with this cheesy sauce and caramelized onions with mushrooms and garlic over the top, asparagus, shrimp and rolls and for dessert we had pie from marie calendars, key lime and chocolate turtle. Delicious!! Thanks guys!

We also had tons of junk to eat. I made homemade oreo cookies with pink filling for valentines! YUM! Ashley made those rice crispy treat bars with chocolate on top super YUM! There was a trail mix with m&m's in it, laffy taffy, gummy bears, all kinds of crap to eat. And I ate it all!

The first night we were up there was super cold. The cabin is heated using a wood burning stove, so it takes a while to heat up. Darrik and I had to cuddle all night to keep warm. If we would have kept the door to our room open we would have been fine. But we didn't know. The next night was perfect, nice and warm.

Warming up by the fire

This is how Lisette slept to keep warm.

Brocky bundeled up to stay warm.

We stayed up late both nights playing the wii, five crowns, some of the boys played call of duty, and we played other fun games. I LOVE GAMES!! I think I could play them every night.

Very intent...

On Saturday we went sledding!!!!

The boys found this spot where we could drive to the top, sled down, down, down (it was so long and turny and bumpy and fun, fun, fun!!!) and at the bottom the truck would be there and we would all pile in the back and they would take us back up to the top. No walking at all. It was great!! Thanks Jared and Lisette for driving the truck. They took turns of course so they both could sled.

Thanks Millers for a very fun trip and a very memorable Valentines! We had a blast.

I love making sugar cookies every year for valentines. Well, we try to do it every year. I don't know why it is always so hard to actually accomplish this. But this year was no exception. I babysit my friends two kids on Thursdays and I took them to my aunts house to make cookies. We spent the morning trying to find the recipe, then trying to decide which recipe to use, and then they made them while I babysat the kids. But by the time the dough was made and had chilled it was time for me to go home. So I took some dough and frosting home to make them another time. I made the cookies before hand to take up to the cabin and I tried to make them with my friends little girl up there, but she ended up being sad when we were going to start. Finally I just frosted them by myself when I got home. A lot of them were broken, but this is what I managed to get out of all of them. Not too shabby. I usually do different colors other than pink, but I was in a hurry to get them done.

I am so grateful to share Valentines with friends, but also to share it with my boys, Darrik and Brock. I love you guys.

This is Brock's first Valentines.

Happy Valentines everyone!