Yeah, you are seeing this right.  I waited in line starting at 10:30pm for at 12:01am movie with 2400 Twilight fans.  I did not have a Team Jacob or Team Edward shirt.  I did not have a werewolf paw painted on my face.  I did not get in line at 8pm like my neighbors sitting to my left and to my right.  But I did enjoy this movie immensely.  I did stay awake for every chair-gripping moment.  And I did get a tummy ache from eating too much candy…ugh!

I am finally putting to use one of the golden gems of advice I received from Justin & Mary Marantz from their Spread the Love Tour.  They mentioned they send their brides & grooms little notes, packages, gifts, etc., throughout the year as their wedding approaches.  Well, I decided to try the “movie night” gift since I thought I could pull it off.  I grabbed two lovey dovey movies from Target, some Crunch ‘n Munch, and a little handwritten note & put them in these boxes.  They are just a little gift to remind my couples who will be married soon to relax, take a break from planning, and enjoy a movie night with their love.  That’s all.  Hope they enjoy them.

PS – I haven’t mailed them yet, so hopefully this doesn’t spoil the surprise.  No one reads this thing anyways, right?

And here’s the last of my late weekend posts….

Happy Valentine’s Day!  I hope you had a great day with your honey.  Josh & I were given the wonderful opportunity for our girls to have an overnight trip with Aunt Emily & Uncle Matt while Josh & I pretended to be childless!  We love our girls, but we are rarely (if ever) without them.  And I don’t know about you, but firmly believe a happy, healthy marriage is essential to have a happy, healthy family.  So, thank you Matt & Emily for caring for our darlings while we took a leisurely dinner & a late movie.  We feel so relaxed!

The cookie in this photo was the last of four that our neighbors brought to us.  Aren’t the sweet?  They brought one for each of us – which is good for my portion control issues – and this last one left was mine.  Don’t worry, it’s gone now.

How did you celebrate Valentine’s day?

Last night I had these girls over to my house for a sleepover.  They are some of the girls in the bible study that I help lead & we were celebrating them finishing their finals!  “Finals” has been a constant prayer request over the last few weeks & we decided to have a sleepover to just relax, be silly, & enjoy not studying.  We rocked out to some LIPS on the XBox (my lip gloss be poppin’), made some indoor s’mores, gabbed & gabbed, and finally fell asleep to a movie.  It was a great night & I enjoyed staying up til about 2 in the morning with them!  I promised them that if the weather was nice today, we’d go out for a mini photo session before they had to head home.  The photos below are just a few of my favorites that we got.  The rest will be on Facebook shortly.  Thanks girls for letting me in on your fun! (any many thanks to Rachel, our youth intern, for helping me out!)

Each one of them is so gorgeous.  And they have equally gorgeous hearts.  I feel like a proud momma!