Valentine's Day 2009

Lance and I had a great Valentine's. We weren't supposed to do anything for each other...our dinner out was going to be our gift. But Lance knew better and didn't listen to me. HA! He surprised me with a few appointments that I have been saying that I wanted to do, but just haven't made time for. He made me a hair appointment and I got a manicure & pedicure. It was very sweet and very much appreciated...and needed. ;) After all that fun stuff I went out and got a new dress to wear for the evening. Every year our church hosts a Vow Renewal on the weekend closest to Valentine's Day. But this year it actually fell on Valentine's which was fun. We got all dressed up went the the vow renewal and then went out to dinner afterwards.

Our plan was just to pick a restaurant after the church service was over like we do every year. It didn't even occur to us that it was ACTUALLY Valentine's Day and that we would need a reservation every where we went. So after hearing from a few friends at church that they ALL had the made reservations we were thinking we were going to have our Valentine's Dinner at McDonald's. Our friends Beth & Rich offered to make their reservation for 2 a reservation for 4 which was very sweet, but we didn't want to crash their date night. But right before we left some other friends of ours said that they had made a reservation for 8 and one of the couples was unable to make it at the last minute and asked if we would like to join them. Since it was already a group dinner we didn't feel as bad about crashing their date night.

We had a lot of fun! Good friends & good food make for a great time!! Thanks Hendrix, Chalkers & Leslies for letting us tag along.