Love, Love, Love!

Happy Valentine's Day! Robby and I decided to spend the holiday with some much needed alone time, and as it just so happened, Abigail said she wanted to spend Valentine's Day with her Mimi! How lucky for us!

We took Abigail over to Mimi's in the early afternoon, then we headed to the mall. We walked around a while, then went to see Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. It's a movie based on the book series that Robby has been reading (he's on the second to last book of the series), so it was sort-of my treat to him. It's a total "boy" movie, but I have to admit, since I am teaching The Odyssey right now in class, I enjoyed the movie and all of its mythological implications, too. I liked guessing who each character was before they said his/her name. Plus, since it's a YA (young adult) movie, it will give me something to talk about with my students. :)

Then, right after that, we went to see the movie Valentine's Day, starring a whole cast of famous actors. Yes, two movies, back-to-back! Since we haven't really gone to the movies in a while (with the exception of Sherlock Holmes oon MLK day - before that, it had been SEVERAL months!), we decided to take advantage of our time! This was the movie I had been wanting to see for a while; it was fun to indulge Robby AND me in the same day. After the movies, we went to eat at Texas Roadhouse and got home around midnight! I haven't been out that late in a while! I know I'm not capturing the essence of how much Robby and I enjoyed our time together, but it was quite refreshing. It's good to rekindle romance every once and a while - thank you, Mimi, for allowing our alone time together!

Robby picked up Abigail today around lunch, and when they got home, we went to Cotton Patch for the family Valentine's Day dinner. While there, I saw someone I work with - this is the second time that I have seen people from my work while we are out and about. I don't know if I'll get used to living so close to work! No more running to the grocery store in workout clothes!

When we got home, we exchanged presents. Robby gave me my present, a Pandora bracelet from Jared's! I was very excited and touched. It's kind of like a charm bracelet (which I have been wanting), but with a trendy twist. Instead of traditional charms, it has beads as charms. Kind of hard to explain how it looks, so go here to see: http://www.jared.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/category%7C10451%7C10001%7C-1%7C21302%7C21300%7C21300.21302%7CY. He got me a bracelet, with two spacers and two charms - one heart charm for Valentine's Day and a ladybug charm from Abigail! Also, I got a beautiful bouquet of flowers!

When we got home, I gave him his present - the final book in the Percy Jackson series, and a video game he's been wanting. I know, not very romantic, but the romance was our date (and after!) the night before, and the present was something he really wanted! We got Abby a Valentine's toy, too - a toddler Magna Doodle - which she LOVES!

Over all, it was a fun, fun, loving weekend!

Robby and Abigail dancing before heading over to Mimi's.

Family Picture - Attempt #1: Abby tickling Daddy!

Family Picture - Attempt #2: In this one, Abby is looking at Chance in front of us! Oh well. One day we'll get the perfect family picture and miss these little moments.