Be My Valentine

Brett does such a fantastic job at making Valentines a special day for me & the kids! We are so blessed to have him in our lives. We all dressed up festive in our Valentine attire. We got lots of comments today at Church. (even though we're not sure if some people just think we're crazy! LOL) Liberty even curled her hair all by herself to get all dolled up. So proud of her! All the girls looked darling!

For breakfast, Brett made the family cinnamon rolls and pink milk. So cute! I was unfortunately at morning meetings but they saved me one! XO

After Church, we did presents. Last week, Brett had bought me some tulips and they bloomed in the last couple days. They're so pretty! Brett & I both wrote love letters to the kids and each other. We are so lucky to have such great kids and to be married to each other.
Everyone got a treat of some kind. Justice and Brett strung together 8 packs of Sixlets and laid them out like a heart for me! How special is that?
I found this plaque for Brett. Over the last year or so, I have realized even more that Brett really is my best friend. He is one of my favorite people EVER! I plan on hanging it in our room so I can remind myself of that every day! Love you, Honey!!! XOXO

Brett made us all a fabulous candlelight dinner. It was AMAZING!!! We had BBQ ribs, Lobster tails, salad, potatoes & gravy and virgin margaritas. Best dinner EVER! Yum!

For dessert, he poured his heart into yummy gooey brownies. ;) What a perfect ending to a most lovely day!

Love to you all this Valentines! XO

Triple Date in Manhattan

Brian and Brett planned a fun Group Valentine Date to check out this restaurant located in Manhattan, MT. It's about an hour or so away but it was such a fun adventure to be together. We had a blast chatting in the car and learning about each other. Each couple shared how we met and our Engagement story. So cute! Sir Scott's Oasis had some yummy food! Brett & I spoiled ourselves with Prawns and Finger Steaks. It came with everything from crackers and a relish tray to soup or salad to main dinner with toast & potatoes (the JoJo's were amazing!) to dessert. Delish! We were all absolutely stuffed when we left!

Sir Scott's Oasis

204 W Main St, Manhattan, MT 59741 · ~62.3 mi

(406) 284-6929

Our ride home was quite the adventure with us being pulled over for speeding. LOL Oops! It was pretty funny and he pretty much sweet talked his was out of it. Happy Valentines Day!
Then they all came back to our house for a Candlelight dessert that my kids had got all set up. The whole upstairs had candles burning and we stuffed ourselves even further with some Valentine cake with fresh strawberries. What a fun time with some fun people! {We missed the Fifes cuz they thought they'd check into the hospital instead of joining us- what's up with that??? We missed you guys and hope you feel better soon. Luv you anyways! ;)}

Fancy Valentine hair

For the girls school Valentine parties, they had me do their hair fancy! It was so cute!

Decorating with LOVE

The kids loved helping me get out our February decorations. It makes our home so lovely! ;)

We also were going to switch out some pictures on our magnet board by our front door but we decided to just celebrate some of our Valentine memories this month. We attended a Couple Dance the last couple years. I setup & took pictures for the Photo Booth at them. The RS Pres in that ward got changed this last year- and I guess she had been the driving force for it because they didn't do one this year. Bummer! It brings back so many fond memories!

And I love switching my magnet board in the kitchen with new pictures to remember the same month last year (or previous years)! Photos are my favorite!!

Couple Valentine Dance

The 5th Ward threw their annual Valentine Social/Dance tonight. We love an excuse to get together with our last ward friends. Plus, they asked if I would come do the Photo booth again. We had a fantastic time! And have I mentioned how much I adore pictures???? LOVE it!!

Here's all the brave souls that got their pictures taken. We are stinkin' adorable, don't you think?:

Here's ones that Brett & I did:

And here's a fun group shot we got to be involved in. I love these people! Fun times!!!

P.S. At the tables, they had games set up for people to play. 

Look at the Valentine that Ross made for Janet. How cute is that?? 

Sampson's Valentine Party

We have some new friends that just recently moved into town. Glory & Sampson hit it off right away. So when Sampson planned a party for his new school friends, he also invited Glory to come down. She was super shy at first but ended up having a fantastic time. It was such a cute little party!

Hailey and I are made out of the same mold when it comes to Holidays and party planning. (I know... who knew there was someone else as fun & crazy as me. LOL)  She had soooo much food and it was FANCY not to mention delicious! She had lots of adorable airplane treats as well. She way outdid herself! She played Hot Heart with them downstairs. {The Valentine version of hot potato} She let them decorate airplane cookies. They made paper airplanes and tried to fly them off the deck. What a fabulous party! Thanks Seedalls for inviting Glory to be a part of your special day!

After the party, when everyone left- Sampson showed Glory his fort. They have such a great time together!

What a LOVEly Family!

We've had a love-ly time leading up to Valentines in our family.

The kids always LOVE the Mailbox Treats that are left for them each day! 

The younger girls enjoyed their School Parties. Victoria LOVED the Owl Box to collect all her Valentines. It turned out super cute!

The girls wanted to help decorate our home with more LOVE so they Heart Attack- ed their room.

To show my LOVE- I got up early and made a special Valentine Breakfast for the family. I made red-velvet-heart pancakes with raspberries and whip cream, eggs, and bacon. Yum! We even made it a candle light meal.

The kids made a special Treasure Hunt for him to find his Valentine treats with things written on them that we LOVE about him.

 I am so in LOVE with Brett! He is such a thoughtful, romantic man! He made this Heart Candy Dish from wood for me and wrote me a poem.

 A whole lotta LOVE was sent in Packages & Letters from the Grandparents. Thanks everyone! We LOVED them!

And to top it all off, Brett made us a Candle Light Dinner and some Fancy Desserts. Man, we LOVE it when he cooks. He's amazing!

I have such a LOVE-ly family!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

3rd Grade Valentine Craft

One of the perks of being a stay-at-home mom is that fact that I get to eat lunch and volunteer every Tuesday with the little girls at school. The girls have the same lunch time so it works out great!  They love it when I come. I also rotate weeks to help out in Victoria's class twice a month. On the other weeks, I am in Glory's class. I love doing things for their teachers and also being able to meet their friends. {Side note: Last week, I made 3906 copies for the 3rd grade teachers. Holy Tree Killer, Batman! LOL}
Last week when I was volunteering, Mrs. Sharbono- Victoria's teacher- asked if I had any brilliant, inexpensive ideas for a Valentine craft to do with the kids. Since I have been collecting TP rolls for a couple months- I did a little research and came up with these super cute Valentine animals to make. So fun! I went in today to make them with the class. They are all so creative and every one came out different. I love it! Happy Valentines!

LOVE-ly Decorations

I cannot believe that February is already here! Where in the world did January go? 

We did get all the January decor put away this week. 

And decorated with our LOVE-ly Valentine decor. 

I LOVE it!!!

Love One Another Dance

I was in charge of throwing a Tri-Ward Dance tonight. (Our Ward tries to do one every six months or so. It's a blast!) I was nervous because I've been in denial of it all week. But nothing like the last minute to pull things together. Our theme was Love One Another.  And you know how I feel about themes! ;)
We bribed our Bishop with a box of chocolate to be the DJ. He is AWESOME! We had everyone bring a snack to share at our LOVE-ly food table. We set up card games on beautifully decorated tables of white table clothes, glass vases, roses and red rose petals for those that were too chicken to dance. (Oh you know who you are, people!) [BTW- I ROCK at Spoons! WhooWhoo] I stole some of the games they played last time but with a LOVE Twist on them. Then I added a few new things. I think it turned out way fun!

One thing I added this time was a photo booth. My dear creative friend, Heather suggested that I bring props. It was a huge success! Everyone- I mean everyone- came and dressed up and had their picture taken. It was so funny and we all looked AWESOME! I luv it!

We also did a "Bro Pic" and one for the Ladies. I love these people!!

Half way through the night, we tried a new group game- Reverse Charades. We broke into 4 groups. Each group had a set of words to guess and 2 minutes to do it. There is ONE guesser and the rest of the team acts out the word. It was pretty funny! The winning team got ALL 14 words. Way to go, Team Russia!

Then we finished the night with the Bishop's favorite- Musical Chairs. A game of fun, laughter, violence and possibly broken chairs and extremities. Not sure there was anyone who walked away without at least a bruise- (a body part or their ego). LOL Our Gold, Silver and Bronze Medalists were Chad Guymon (winner!), Brett Seamons and Mike Chambers. They were a force to be reckoned with, for sure. [Brian P. wasn't there to defend his title- slacker!]

Oh... and we danced too. All night long, baby! ;) Which is super-duper fun as well. We had balloons to throw around this time and it's always fun to just be silly and be together. Plus I got several slow dances with my sexy boyfriend. What a fun night!!

Tribute to my Boyfriend

I am the luckiest woman in the world! A little shout out to my wonderful, kind, patient, loving, thoughtful, romantic, hard-working, funny, sexy, my-life-would-be-dull-without-him BOYFRIEND! XOXOXO! Love you, Honey!
I had a smokin' hot date this weekend. Here's a sneak peek of some of the fun! We are SOOOO cute!!!

Make a Little LOVE

We are cramped, trying to save money and can't get out any holiday boxes. This could have been a really lame Valentines but the Seamons know how to make a little love! ;)
* The days leading up to Valentines included visits from the Valentine Fairy that left treats in our LOVE mailbox.
* Several of the kids made paper heart Valentines that we found hung up around the house.
* Brett and the kids braided together Twizzlers to make an amazing and LARGE treat for their favorite lady- (that's me!) Along with a home-made bouquet of marshmallow/Twizzlers flowers.
* Brett wrote a love note to everyone with their favorite candy bar.
* Mom made a special Valentine breakfast to start out our lovely day!

* After school, the kids opened a package from Grandma Karla. They LOVE Grandma Karla's packages!

* When Brett got home. we he made a special dinner. The kids made hearts in their potato bowls. Sweet girls! Brett made an awesome pink smoothie which we topped with red raspberries. Yum! For dessert, we ate lots of pink and red treats. Then, we watched a movie together. What a night full of LOVE!

* For Valentine attire- Shay held fast to the tradition. I looked way cute in my heart jacket. Even if my son rebelled this year and wore a black football camp shirt. What was he thinking?

Plus I found an awesome clearance on these
adorable boots. So cute!

What a day full of LOVE!

Kindergarten Valentine

Glory had a Build-a-Book Activity at school today. She invited Mom to join her. They even did a special Fruit-kabob snack in their class. Mom stayed for lunch and even got to go out to recess. It was a super fun Valentine date.