Another cup of coffee please.

We had plans to have a playdate at Emily & Hannah's this morning. Unfortunately, miss Hannah caught some sort of stomach bug & our plans had to be cancelled.

So today is looking like a down day. What's that!? I honestly don't like down days. It's nice to have them every now & then, but I feed on staying busy & going.

Tomorrow Reagan & I have a Mommy date to go see Disney On Ice. I love these special moments I get to spend with her & the way her little face lights up over all of the excitement. As for Jax & Bra, they will be staying at home working on getting our baseboards done. I will definitely be happy when that project is over.

And, since we're talking about home projects I don't think I ever shared the photos from our room uplift. In any case, here they are...

"Tonight" pillow from my bridal shower, green & purple pillows from Ross, Orange pillows from Anthropologie, Comforter & shams from Anthropologie

Frame from Hobby Lobby painted by me, Monogram "B" from Hobby Lobby

letters from Anthropologie

Frame from my Mom, colorful vases from Hobb Lobby

knobs from Anthropologie

 Before

 After

I am very happy with how the room turned out. It is much more cheery & I feel that it isn't too girlie.

Sparks Fly.

Since I have had kids (plural), I enjoy any excuse to shower them with presents, do crafts, & go on special Mommy dates.

We started the morning off with Chocolate Chip Pancakes. I attempted to make them in the shape of a heart, but they kept sticking even after I oiled the cookie cutter for a second try.

Reagan got up before Jax & eagerly waited to open her Valentine's Day present while I finished making breakfast.

 I managed to get one good one for Reago. They tasted really good & both munchkin gobbled them up.

Reagan loves singing along to Taylor Swift in the car. So, I thought what better than to get her a Taylor Swift cd for Valentine's Day.

She was so happy!

A week or so ago, I found this super cute kids shaving set. I knew I had to have it for Jax!

Also included in their gifts were Disney Princess chocolates for Reagan, M&M's for Jax, & Trader Joe's Valentine gummies for them to share.

Reagan wore her beautiful Paris dress {from Grammy}to preschool for her Valentine's Day party.

After school, Jax & I picked Reagan up & we headed for a Mommy date to {one of Reagan's favorites} Olive Garden.

I let Reagan open up her bag of Valentine's cards while we waited for our food. She made out good with lots of candy & even a 4 week pass to do Karate (pretty cool!).

Jax is insistent on eating with utensils. He sat there like such a little gentleman slurping away his soup & dipping his breadstick.

They both were so well behaved & I felt proud to be sitting there with them as their Mommy.

When Braden got home from work, he had a special surprise.... he brought not only a lovely bouquet of flowers {with a very sweet card} for me, but he got Reagan one as well. He is such a good Daddy & Reagan felt so special :)

Shortly after, Braden & I scurried to get ready for our romantic date. We dropped the kids off at Papa & Grammy's & headed to our mystery dinner {mystery to me}.

We had everything but the grilled swordfish

The whole dinner date was quite comical. When we arrived & walked inside the {very nice} place was filled with 50-60 year old couples. Our waitress knew pretty much nothing when it came to the menu. All of our courses {with exception of our entrees} were either SO-SO or not good.

Don't be fooled, unfortunately this was NOT as good as it looks.

Braden got the duck

This was my entree that was actually quite tasty

The best part of the whole evening was getting to spend it with my guy alone. It felt good to put on a flirty dress & a super cute pair of very high heels.

Feeling the LOVE.

It was a fun filled week!

Wednesday we had play group over at Amy & Alyssa's house. The girls had fun playing dress up while Amy & I chit chatted & munched on spinach dip.

I have been in the Valentine spirit with much inspiration from Pinterest {of course!}. So Reagan & I made some white chocolate popcorn with {red, pink, & white} M&M's. She is the most adorable little Mommie's helper.

I found yet another idea on Pinterest for Reagan's preschool Valentine's Day party at school. It was a bit time consumer {done during her nap}, but I think they turned out very sweet.

Late Wednesday evening my girlfriend, Bri, came into town to have some girl time for a few days. She just recently got engaged. Her ring is stunning!! Richard, her fiance, did a fantastic job. I had been looking forward to this visit for quite some time & was so excited to sit & talk to her about all of her wedding dreams.

I dropped Reago off at preschool Thursday morning & we took it easy at home just catching up while I made some {Olive Garden} breadsticks & Blueberry scones.

At noon, we picked her up from school & headed out to lunch at a casual Mexican restaurant I had yet to try.

And, then it was off to SHOP!

In the evening, we had very very spicy {accidentally bought the extra hot} Zupa Toscana, homemade mini pesto-salami-cheese pizzas, Olive Garden copycat breadsticks, & salad.

We had been doing a lot of wedding talk & Bri pulled this out...

& asked me to be her bridesmaid!! I am so honored.

Bri was such a blessing at my wedding. She went with me morning of to get my hair done & when I had forgotten my hair piece, she drove all of the way back to the hotel to get it. I won't even go into how she was not feeling well, had a hotel mix up, & had driven HOURS to get up north for the wedding. She is a true friend & I greatly cherish our friendship.

She ALSO asked Miss Reagan to be her flower girl, Jax to be the ring bearer, & Braden to be a groomsman. I am super excited for all of it, but I think I'm most excited for Reagan. This will be her first flower girl experience & I know she is going to love every girlie girl second of it.

On Friday, we went to lunch at the San Francisco Boudin & did some more shopping. I really enjoy this place. The bread is sooo good!

When we came home Bri & Reagan snuggled up in the chair to watch Beauty & The Beast.

I have to laugh because I rushed Braden to get off work early so that the two of us could go to our dentist appointments at 3:00 while Bri watched the kiddos. I met him over there & earlier I had a nagging feeling that I may have got the date wrong ( in my head). Sure enough, I did! I had it right on the calendar, but never actually looked. Fortunately, they were able to squeeze Bra in & we both got all of our paper work done (we switched dentists).

I ran home got the kids & Bri & we met him at our favorite family spot, Red Robin. YUMMMMM!

The night before, I put her hair in about 8 braids & curled it under in the morning. Gorgeous!

In the morning, I tried out {yes, yes ANOTHER} Pinterest recipe. These are absolute trouble. I mean like tempting, just one more bite, maybe half, oh so good T-R-O-U-B-L-E!

After breakfast & a bit of lounging around, we got ourselves together. Bri & I went to a Valentine's Day party with the munchkins that Reagan's friend Luke was having. Rebecca did a fabulous job with the party. Everything was so cute & creative. She didn't miss a thing & the kids had a ball!

And, I have to throw one last photo in. My sister took this last week at our church revival.

Looking forward to my hott date with the hubby on Tuesday night ;-) He won't tell me where we are going.... just that I should dress nice. Hmmmm....?