When I was little, I LOVED Valentine’s day. Mostly because I looked forward to getting Valentines from my classmates and friends, and some even had candy in them. Those were the best. As I’ve gotten older, I guess Valentine’s day is less special to me because my birthday just overshadows it in importance. Yes, it is nice to get flowers and candy from your significant other, but how can that compare to birthday cake and parties?
We decided when we got married that Zac would be in charge of my birthday and I would take care of Valentine’s Day. I’m probably the only woman I know that doesn’t expect flowers from my husband for Valentine’s Day, but I’m okay with it. I prefer to save the money we would have spent on flowers, on something like dinner or a fun activity to celebrate the day. This year, I made a heart shaped pizza for dinner and we watched Chocolat, which I thought was going to be a romantic movie. It wasn’t, but it was still an interesting show.
For my birthday, we went to Good Wood BBQ and got ribs (which are my favorite), and they were delicious! And people say Utah doesn’t have great barbecue places. Okay, so maybe the amount of barbecue places leaves a little to be desired. But I would recommend this place to anyone who has a craving for tasty barbecued meat and is in the Orem/University Mall area.
Has anyone ever heard of the acronyms DH and DW? Since when did these become normal everyday abbreviations? (Darling Husband and Darling Wife, if you didn’t know). We have come across these acronyms a lot lately as we have been researching vacations on the internet to decide where to go for our “graduation present.” Well, DH and I decided that a cruise would be in our best interests, since we have never been on one, and we will get to use our new camera to take pictures in Alaska like this one:
Beautiful huh?
Tonight for our family night we decided to go take a tour of the Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni building on campus. I don’t know if they were doing special tours to honor his life because of his passing, or if they do them all the time, but we loved it. It is a beautiful, welcoming building that houses artifacts and mementos of his life that were special to him and that he felt compelled to donate to “his” building on campus. It was so special to experience things that were important to him, including his family, the gospel, and the education that is offered at BYU. I recommend this activity to anyone who is going to be in Provo anytime soon. Isn’t it a beautiful building?
Also, DH and I have decided that we are master pizza makers. We tried a new pizza tonight with Chicken, Alfredo and pesto sauce, and green peppers. It was so good! We can’t wait to finish it for lunch tomorrow!
