Another Valentines day without Jeremy

Jeremy is out of town this weekend to help bless our friends' baby in Boston. I realized this morning as we drove to the airport in the falling snow that this was the same thing we did last year. This time last year there was this crazy snow storm and we were left without power for HOURS....til like 1am on Valentine's morning. Kenyon and I flew out on Valentine's day to St. George to help my Mom get ready for her mission(BTW she only has 6 months left!). So for two years now Jeremy and I have not spent Valentines together, for two years now it has been snowing and yucky weather on Valentines day, and for two years now we have journeyed to the SLC airport.

(This 2008 Valentine picture reminds me how Jeremy and I tried to TRIM Kenyon's hair and ended up having to shave his head. Good times:))


BUT...when Daddy is way, the kids will play. I dressed the kids up in their Valentines outfits and we went to "The Mall" and had lunch with cousins. (No camera because it is with Jeremy...I think) I don't think I have been to the mall for maybe years now.!? What can't you get off the Internet?!. The boys got to ride a cool carousal at the South Town Mall(big hit), ride in a cool race car mall stroller (super fun), and played in the dinosaur playground area. I swear Kenyon almost broke his neck at least two times, that I saw. No crying, but the angle that he hit his head, sheesh, I was sure he would be paralyzed. Yikes. I am beginning to think it is not just his age, but he may have inherited his mother's klutziness and the Loris family tendency to be accident prone/ reckless. No credit for the klutziness to my father though...my mother takes full credit...so I guess it is really the Jackson side's fault. Way off track now, but Kenyon also has a black eye right now because he fell UP the stairs. He was headed upstairs from the unfinished basement, thus unfinished stairs, and slipped on the stair and hit his right eye pretty good. Nice. People probably think I beat him with all the bruises he has, especially on his head!!!.

On the way home, both boys fell asleep in the car. Not so much a surprise with Boston (Bless his heart...thank heaven he sleeps in the car and is just a chill baby for the most part, we all have our bad days), but Kenyon...WOW...WOW...I think I can count on one hand how many times he has fallen asleep in the car. Not so much a car seat baby. This adventure of course set off their bedtimes( remember, I am the sleep police), but thankfully they both were in bed and asleep by 7. It was a great day. Happy Valentines Everyone!!!