HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! Just wanted to make a post, since it's been over a month, and because I have something to actually blog about!

I received the best kind of Valentine this year. A SURPRISE!!! I was told early in the week by my DH to pack an overnight bag for each of the kids and one for me. That's it! No specifics or details. I was so excited, it's something I've asked him to do for years and prayers have been answered!

He actually took time out of his busy work schedule to plan something. For me, that speaks volumes. It makes me feel very loved and important.

So Friday afternoon after we get all loaded into the car and start to our destination, unknown even to the kids, my head started trying to figure out where we were going. As we took a familiar route I figured out we were dropping off the kids at my in-laws....YEAH!!! I did not say a word because the kids were just as excited as I was about the surprise. When we pulled into their drive way they all three sqealed with delight and were so excited to be at Mena and Papoo's and inside I was squealing too!!! So we got the kids dropped off and they would have been happy if we would have just kicked em' to the curb and left. We could not leave fast enough for them, which is something that makes me so happy. I love that they love their grandparents that much.

So we start out on our destination and I still have no clue as to where we're going. I had on jeans and boots so I knew it wasn't too fancy of a place but the sheer fact that I'd get to enjoy a hot meal with just my husband was fine with me. So we did stop for dinner and enjoyed ourselves and it was so nice to have a conversation and good food. After dinner we got back into the car and headed towards Ft. Worth.....still NO CLUE!!! We could be going anywhere! As we near down town Ft. Worth, my mind wondering where it is we're going, this route started to look familiar. Just when I thought I had it figured out....we turned. However we turned around and the familiarity was once again there. As we got near a very familiar place that had a lot of significance to our relationship I asked "are we going to Billy Bob's"? To some you may think "Billy Bob's"???? (the largest "honky tonk" in the US) But to me it was perfect because that is the place we met 14 years ago. There are so many fond memories of our dating life there. We'd go and dance every Friday and Saturday night and sometimes even Thursday's. If I do say so myself, WE WERE GOOD, and WE STILL GOT IT!!! Except the fact that we left there around 9:00 p.m. and back in the day that's the time we were just getting started! LOL!!! We had so much fun and it's nice to know that I can still boot scoot and jitterbug pretty much like the good ol' days. So once we left there and headed back towards down town Ft. Worth we made our way to the place DH had made reservations....The newly renovated Omi hotel. It was so beautiful and the room was gorgeous. We went out and walked the streets of down town, Sundance Square, holding hands. That too was a place we'd go to a lot. Dinner and a movie sometimes with friends. It brought back a lot of memories for both of us. Then this morning we got to go out to breakfast, once again with no kids!!!! It was the BEST Valentine's Day ever!!!

This surprise will last so much longer than a vase full of flowers. It just goes to show it really is
THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS!!!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!