Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Fancy Valentine's Day

Valentine's this year we made extra special. Jesse and I went out the Friday before to Chef's Table to not only celebrate Valentine's but to celebrate his new job! For those who don't know, Jesse has been hired as an Interaction Designer for the LDS church! Way better pay, way better commute, it's exactly what we needed at the right time. He's so excited. He started at the beginning of Feb. and is LOVING it!
We wanted to spend Valentine's day with our little family, and we figured since it was on a Monday this year, why not combine it with Family Home Evening? So we had a Fancy Smancy Valentine Dinner. For the lesson part, we learned about polite dinner manners. It was really fun and the kids were totally into it! The day had started out not so great since we had been at the dr's for the babies and Andrew since they all had croup. Which is why they're all in pj's!

Getting ready to eat! Right as I took the picture Jesse said " Ok let's say the prayer" and look at what Emmy does! She's so stinkin cute!

LOL! Andrew cracks me up!

Bawhaaaahhaaaaa! Took a surprise shot!

We had Shrimp Scampi (which Maddi ate most of) Steak, Bernaise sauce, mashed pototoes and steamed veggies. It was divine.

Andrew loved it!

She thought Andrew was weird.

Some one rang the doorbell!

YAY! Valentine's for everyone!

7 comments:

Briahna said...

Congrats on the new job! Awesome!

Net said...

How fun! We did something ...uh... similar? Definitely not as fancy. But the kids loved it. Glad it was good! And yay for the new job!!

Heather said...

Looks like you had a fun Valentines night. Yea for the new job, that is exciting!

Nate and Alyssa said...

We had steak, shrimp and Asparagus for Valentine's day dinner. It has become a family tradition. Yay for the new job!!

Cher said...

You are good to introduce your kids to "exotic" food. It looks like everyone had a great time!

Unknown said...

Looks like someone leaves valentines on your porch like you had when you were little.

Alisha Chase said...

Yahoo for the new job. Sounds amazing!! And what a super idea for family night manners and fancy dinner! yeah! totally!! Way cute pictures. I like maddi's glasses! Super cute!