Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day can be a real bummer when you are a single gal. I made sure my day was filled with fun plans so that I didn't start to feel sorry for myself. I had the college students from church over for lunch today and then planned to go see "Valentine's Day" the movie with the women in my building. Unfortunately the movie was sold out by the time we got there, so I ended up back at home for the afternoon. I thought the idea of a nap sounded pretty good, so I was ok with that. Then my niece called and asked if I'd like to watch her kids for a couple of hours. I adore my little niece & nephew, so I was happy to oblige!

Here are Lily and Gavin posing with the box cake mix that we used to make cupcakes for my RA dinner tonight. They LOVE putting on the aprons and baking with Aunt Susie! :)

Here they are with the cupcakes ready to go into the oven.
Such proud happy smiles! :)

My RAs surprised me with a BIG Valentine's Day card when they came down for dinner. It was so sweet of them and was extra special because one of the boys thought the idea up and actually made the card...quite thoughtful for a 20 year old guy! :)

At 9:00 I opened my home to any students that were interested in decorating (and eating) Valentine's Day cookies. I baked about 120 heart shaped cookies, bought lots of fun heart shaped sprinkles, and put out two colors of frosting. Lots of girls came down and decorated cookies. We watched the Olympics on tv (figure skating) while we decorated and chatted. It was a fun evening!

Some of the gals with their cookies.

Ashley and Laura with the cookies they decorated for each other. Aren't they a couple of cuties?! And they are super sweet good girls on top of being adorable!

All in all it was a lovely Valentine's Day. I also got flowers from my niece. I will take photos of them soon and post those as well.

Happy Valentine's Day to you! :)