No new pictures today. Nothing really exciting going on. Just Valentine's Day. It started pretty normally, getting the boys ready for school, eating breakfast. The breakfast was a little specia, howeverl. Karen made the boys heart-shaped pancakes with chocolate chips on top. Needless to say, the syrup flowed like wine. I think Joshua ate seven or eight pancakes.
Off to school. It was an extremely cold day here in Abilene. The high temperature was in the upper-20s or lower-30s. I think it was something like 28 degrees with strong northerly winds when we left the house for school. Drove the boys to school, walked them to class (I didn't like this part because of the cold), and went to work.
Karen and I went out for Valentine's lunch at a local Mexican food restaurant (Los Arcos). Then to Walmart to buy fruit for that night's special Valentine's day desert (fruit dipped in chocolate).
Work, work, work.
I got home around 5:30PM. It was still very cold. The boys were really excited to see me tonight. They all three greeted me with "jump hugs" when I came in the door. A jump hug is where they stand back about two or three feet, jump into my arms, I wrap them up, pick them up and give them a big hug. Its great but I keep waiting for the day when I fall to the floor in the fetal position, sucking my thumb because my back just gave out. But, so far so good. Josuha had a napkin on my dresser with a message to the affect that "I Love Daddy." I got no idea how I'm going to survive when all the love stops from the boys.
Karen made a really good dinner. It was a salmon pasta. It was very good and enjoyed by ... well, Karen and me. The boys ate hotdogs or sausage and macaroni and cheese. Then came the thing we were all waiting for: fruit dipped in chocolate. I should have taken a picture of the aftermath because the boys had chocolate and a smile on their face.
All in all, it was a most excellent Valentine's day.
By the way, Karen bought me two Abilene history books that I wanted and a box of chocolate covered raisins for my Valentine's gift. The books are on the book shelf. There is no evidence left of the chocolate covered raisins. They were dark chocolate covered rainsins and dark chocolate is good for you so I kinda look at it like I was taking lots of little vitamins.
Hope each of you also had a good Valentine's day with the one(s) you love.
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