Valentines, 2020.

All right, well here's another quarantine catch-up post for you!  I asked Jordan, "Is it super weird that I'm blogging about Valentines Day in May?" and he was like, "We want to remember these things, right? Who cares what month it is...put them up!" And he's right. I don't ever want to forget my sweet Valentines boys or my tiny Monroe in her heart jammies...so here goes.

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^My littlest loves^

I LOVE Valentines Day. I don't know if it's my fond memories of the "pink & red dinners" my mom did every year for us growing up, or the excuse to celebrate the ones I love most, but it's one of my very favorite days. 

This year it was extra special because we had a teeny tiny (2.5 week old!) Monroe with us for her very first Valentines Day. 

^They ADORE her!^

I literally cannot get over how tiny Monroe was in these photos!! It's only been three months, but she is already so much bigger.

^sweetest little face^

^these two are my FAVORITE together^

^He's been my Valentine for a long time, but seeing him with his baby girl was just too much!!^

After we took a few photos, we headed out to grab some fancy dinner!

(Jimmy Johns sandwiches for us, McDonalds for the kids)

^Monroe was not impressed^

^A couple of the young men in our ward work at JJ's, and they wrote this cute message on our bag. Totally made our night!^

Then we came home and had a picnic in the living room and watched a movie.

Super romantic! Haha. But hey, it's life with five kids.

A few days later, we took advantage of my sister being in town and snuck off on a real Valentines date (with a cute Monroe as our third wheel).

We got some sushi and had an uninterrupted conversation, which was glorious. (I would kill for both of those right now--being in quarantine with a billion kids is no joke! haha)

^my valentine^

^Monroe was skeptical^

A couple of days after that, we had our traditional pink & red dinner! I tried dying the actual pasta red this year, and it didn't go over too well. It was super cute in my head, but when I put the red noodles on the table the kids were like "EW! Mom! It looks like blood!!" Haha. Oops.

^sweetest baby in the universe^

We had such a great Valentines Day/ week!! 

I love my people so much, and any excuse to celebrate them is the best. 

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To see my all time favorite Valentines photo shoot circa 2017, go here.