Day of Love

Well my Valentines Day started out with a note left for me on the fridge that said:

To My Valentine

I sit at work, pondering our love,
Thought I'm still, my heart flutters like a dove.
How can I focus on this meaningless tax return,
Reminders of your beautiful smile makes my heart burn.

It all began one mystic night at the quilting bee,
After you saw my tubing prowess, you would my heartthrob be.
I turned on the charm and showed my skills,
To this day your sparkling eyes give me the major chills.

On this Valentine Day, love rages in my heart,
If my love were a match a bonfire it would start.
Instead of chocolates, instead of flowers, I've written you this poem.
Read it oft, when I'm at work, and you are home alome*.

Love, your CPA

*No, this last word isn't a typo, as I first thought, it is written this way to rhyme with "poem".

Now those of you who know Mitch know that he is not the poem-writing type. I realized that this was a bit of a joke, but it made me smile. I called Mitch at work to thank him for my poem, and he mentioned that he "may have had a little help" from a certain co-worker. I found out just 2 days ago that it was written entirely by the co-worker (thanks Tyler, it was beautiful), but Mitch insists it came from his heart and it's the same thing as buying flowers that were grown by someone else. I told him next year I want flowers grown by him!
Sorry this picture is a little dark-- these are some of the valentines we made for Marin's friends. The coloring and gluing are all done by miss Marin. We made sugar cookies and brought them to her friends. Marin loved using the cookie cutters!



We had a Valentines party at Avree's house in Ogden and it was very fun. We ate Papa Murphy's pizza and cheesecake made by Avree-- it was SO yummy! We missed Matt,Val, and Annie being there to celebrate with us!

Ebay

This is a random post, but I have a little time while Marin is napping and Mitch is at work (tax season). Since I have become a stay-at-home mom I have a little more time on my hands to do things such as purchase items on eBay. Getting good deals and bidding on eBay takes a little time and practice I think (consult my mom on this if you don't believe me, she has been burned a time or two). I have made exactly 18 purchases on eBay, all since Marin was born. I just bought a bunch of the cutest little clothes for Marin for summer-- 30 items for $53 and they were new with tags (or NWT in eBay lingo). I'm so proud of myself-- I don't think Mitch fully appreciates all the money I'm "saving" and for awhile I was almost banned from eBay. But, to get to the whole point of this posting (which is not much of one I must admit) I just read over the detailed feedback in my eBay account. I knew I had 100% positive feedback, but had never read the individual comments. I'm pleased to say that everyone who has done business with me on eBay LOVES me. Perfect strangers are gushing over what a wonderful person I am, saying things like "Great communicator!!!!!," and "Love this eBayer!!!!!" and "Please come back again!!!!!" always with at least 5 exclamation points, sometimes a whole LINE of exclamation points. Anyway, this is a great new discovery for me and next time I need a self-esteem booster, I'm going to visit my eBay feedback forum and read all 18 wonderful feedback notes from my good friends on eBay!

kissy kissy!

I stole this collage from Val's blog. I thought it was so cute! We keep trying to get a picture of the 3 kids together, but they won't hold still. We told Scott to give Annie a kiss and as soon as they heard the word "kiss" Marin and Annie started moving in for the kill! It was pretty funny (as you can see in the middle picture where I am cracking up and Sara is on the floor laughing).

The boys at Brighton

Wait, who is this hot snowboarder? Oh, my husband!

Mitch said the snow was amazing (that's Avree's husband Matt with the commentary)


This is Avree's husband Matt on his skis catching some great air!

February Update

Today marked a momentous occasion in Marin's life, being that a) her hair was actually long enough to put in a bow, and b) it was the first time she left anything on her head for longer than 1 second! No more being mistaken for a little boy! (Doesn't she look like a little angel in that 2nd picture? You'd never dream it was the same girl who threw an all-out, on-the-floor, kicking and screaming tantrum in Ikea yesterday!)

Dressing up! Marin has been putting on this same outfit every morning since last week. She has several boas, but will only wear the blue one since it matches the hat. She tries to walk with those plastic shoes on our wood floor and falls flat on her face every time, but insists on doing it! It reminds me of that part on Bambi. We've been up to about the same things in the last little while-- the highlight of Marin's life recently was having my cousin Candace come and visit. She led Candace around the house and told her what to do and when to do it all weekend!