We love the "Love" holiday

This year we had friends in town for our annual Valentine's Day Dinner. Our good friends, Breanne and Christine Yates, were visiting from Utah. This year the holiday fell on Sunday, so after church we started the food preparation. By the time everything was ready, it was almost 7:30 p.m.! But, it was worth it. The rule for the dinner: everything must be heart-shaped, red, or pink. All clothing was supposed to also be red or pink, but Joseph rebelled and wouldn't change out of his favorite Star Wars pjs.

We made such an incredible mess of the kitchen. Anyone who didn't cook the dinner was given clean-up duty, so Dan and Brandon tackled the disaster. Dan took a moment to sob before getting his hands wet in the dishwater.

Dan surprised us with chocolate-dipped strawberries.

The menu and the homemade buttermilk biscuits (heart-shaped, of course).

The crowd favorite is always the Cupid's Love Potion - mmmmmmm.

Aubrey and her best friend Breanne had a great time helping with the dinner. The girls set the table with our crystal, china, and silver, made place cards for each person, and printed out a special menu on red cardstock.