Our Valentine Tradition

It has become our family Valentine tradition to have a candlelight dinner together as a family. Jeremiah and I plan out a meal that the whole family will enjoy, including a special desert. This year it was pasta and scallops, salad and for dessert a brownie and the kids favorite: maraschino cherries!

We all try to look our best and be on our best manners. However, Eli hasn't quite learned proper dinner table manners. We caught him putting his face into the whipped cream. We couldn't help but take a picture and knew he really wasn't quite himself that night. We learned the next morning he had a double ear infection. At least he enjoyed the whipped cream.

This has become such a special event in our home that our girls will talk about it all year and as Valentine's Day approaches they always ask if we are going to have the special dinner. They try to guess what we will be having, plan out their attire and anticipate our picking them up for this special night. I usually lead up to this night by having the girls and I study 1 Corinthians 13 the days before and we talk about what Christ-like love is supposed to look like.

I feel like Jeremiah and I could go on a date any day of the year, but this is a special time for us to really show our children our love and be able to serve them in a unique way. Jeremiah commented last night that their husband will have some high standards to live up too!