Happy Valentines Day!!!

Since Mark left RIGHT before Valentines Day he asked us to help him with something for Hannah. He had most of the plans set but he wanted to make sure she felt EXTRA special. So us sisters got together and surprised her by decorating her room on Sunday afternoon and leaving the gift and letter that Mark left behind for her. Those of you who are married or have children (or just woman in general! LOL) know how sweet it is to have amazing sister in laws! Hannah and Mark aren't married BUT she can still get an idea of what kind of sister in laws we'd be. LOL So with the help of her mom Tofi, we made it a point to go together and share a little love with Hannah and Iga. We had fun throwing Hershey kisses all over her floor! LOL

Siua and I usually do the typical dinner and a movie on Valentines day. Nothing too crazy because it's always so busy everywhere. This year, after talking with my sisters, we all decided that we were going to do something fun for the kids. So we forfeited our yearly dinner plans and started party planning.

Valentines day morning started off amazingly well! When I got up for work the first thing I saw was a huge card from my three youngest sisters. Tasha, Lani and Jigz stayed up late the night before making cards and writing letters for each one of us older sisters. They made one for Madre as well. I LOVE kind gestures like that! Who needs expensive gifts when someone is willing to spend TIME on you? It was so sweet and I was humbled by their kind words and thoughtful deed.

I made my way into work and got completely caught off guard when I got an Edible Arrangements delivery. I'm not one to sugar coat things, I would tell you if I was kinda hoping for or expecting something. But I REALLY didn't think that was happening this year. We just got back from Utah and our funds were runnin' low so I thought a Valentines Day surprise was out of the question. I thought WRONG! Gotta love the way my hubby always comes through especially when I least expect it.

My two sweet surprises set the tone for the entire day. Our kiddies Valentines day party was so much fun! My sisters and I all came together with something for the kids. When there are 7 of us with the addition of Mark's girlfriend Hannah, it's feels easy to pull together a last minute bash for our babies.

Tasha took care of decorations covering the garage with hearts and cupids, Hannah put together a Valentines day card craft and a cute drink idea, Salomay made a big old tray of yummy brownines, Kris got a bunch of goodies to decorate the heart shaped mini cakes I made and youngest sissies Lani and Jigz put together sweet goody bags for each of their nieces and nephews. We had a blast!

After the kids made their Valentine pouches, decorated cakes, made their drinks and had a dance contest (I have to post a clip of the dancing!) they were given their goody bags and it was time for bed...NOT! They were wired! It was after 11pm and they were still runnin' around on a sugar fueled rampage. We didn't mind it much since Hannah brought her Glee Wii game and we got super happy singing our favorite tunes. I'm sure the neighbors were wondering what kind of crazy people sang THAT loud and let their kids stay up THAT late on a school night.

In the end, we ALL had fun. It's memories like these that I love creating. I'm so lucky to be blessed with each one of my sisters, including Hannah. I love how we can come together for our babies and make it happen on short notice. Gotta LOVE big families!