Saint George and St. Valentines

Lucky me, I was able to spend last weekend, a four-day presidential holiday/Valentine's Day/Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics weekend in this most lovely place:

With this most lovely lady:

Thanks to the unwavering support of Pete

and other encouraging family

members CD and I spent a long sister

weekend in St. George hanging out.

The weather was absolutely amazing,

clear and sunny and warm, we even had

people laying out by the pool at our condo.

(but not actually swimming..)

CD and I did some shopping and

dined at some delicious places, we also

explored some of the expanding areas of St. George

(explosion is more like it)

ate snacks, scrapbooked (me)

and watched plenty of Olympic coverage.

(On that note alone it was quite an exciting couple of days!)

The above photo is from our Valentine's dinner at Benja Thai,

a delicious Thai restaurant in St. George

that is right down the street from our condo

(isn't that the sweetest, most calming web site you've seen?

and doesn't make you want some Thai for lunch?)

Pete and the kids did great at home,

we are blessed to have so

many willing hands to help us out when needed.

The Thursday before Valentine's Day

was the last school day before the

four day weekend, and it was the day

that all of the kids had parties in their

classes. I spent several hours at the school

that day hanging out with my kids

and participating in their celebrations.

So much fun.

First I stopped by Jack and Harriet's sixth grade class party:

they were decorating cookies and delivering Valentines

Harriet's Valentine's Day outfit included

her heart socks from a soccer

uniform a couple of seasons ago

Harriet's homemade Valentine's heart envelope

In Henry's class there were more

snacks and a lively game

of Bingo in progress when I arrived:

Henry was among the first winners!

For his prize he chose this Silly Putty

Jed's class was also playing Bingo:

and he was a winner, too.

He chose this green stuffed frog.

Doing their deliveries:

I LOVE YOU!