flowers.

This week, Matthew sent me some flowers at school.  I LOVE getting flowers and it really made my day!

But, they weren't exactly what he had ordered so I ended up getting another bouquet!  So pretty!  Love him!

valentine's day through the years...

 2007

Matthew was in Chicago.  I'm pretty sure we celebrated Valentine's Day before he left.  I gave him a guitar (you should ask him about it!) and he gave me an emerald necklace.  He flew back for my sorority formal the weekend after Valentine's Day!  Little did we know, we were falling madly in love.  Or maybe the fact that it was so hard for him to leave for Chicago (only after 3 months of dating) was our first clue!

2008

We were engaged and getting married exactly 4 months from this day!  He gave me another necklace...are you noticing a theme?  :)  I think I gave him Dremel tool and this puffy vest.

2009

 (just have to include this picture...Hudson wanted to be in our happy valentine's day pic)

 We lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and we celebrated by going to dinner at Max & Erma's.  This year, we did small gifts...I got a lovely bouquet of roses and Matthew got chocolate strawberries (he shared!).

2010

We were back in Kansas City!  We enjoyed a lovely dinner at Nick and Jake's.  That lovely bouquet of flowers showed up and Matthew and I took off for the weekend in Omaha to see a Michigan hockey game.

2011

Our Valentine's Day was nothing extraordinary this year.  But the time devoted with each other is always special!  One of the best parts...he brought flowers home at lunch time so they would be right there when I walked in the door from work.  Very sweet!  We enjoyed dinner at Granite City (a special place for us...where our journey to marriage began in a way....) and then had some fro yo at Peachwave.

making a wife smile.

Matthew came home with two bunches of flowers this week - mini-roses and lilies. They smell soooo good and really brighten up a day after long days at work.

birthday flowers.

He walked in the door today from work with these...
They are even long-stemmed (I heard for a smashing good deal!).

Funny story: So we were sitting on the couch tonight and I was looking up at my flowers. I was counting them because I didn't earlier, just assuming there were 12. Well, I counted three times and kept coming up with 13 roses. So I said something to Matthew and sure enough, he ended up with a baker's dozen and didn't even know it.

a day brightener

It was a rough day at work for me. I am being stretched and continue to be humbled. I usually call Matthew on my way home from work. Today, I vented to him and he just listened. He never ceases to amaze me and later in the evening, he showed up with these gorgeous gerbera daisies.

love hydrangeas.

I stopped in the grocery store after work today to pick up a few things. I always walk by the fresh flowers and today, these were 50% off. Nothing like a bunch of hydrangeas for $2.33. Love it!

love days like these.

when a fabulous husband comes home with beautiful roses.

let me count the ways that i love him!

wordless wednesday.

a day brightener

I love being surprised with these from my husband!

planting flowers

We planted some flowers this weekend. My horticulturist husband was very helpful and did a great job!
(although there is not a picture of me with my hands in the potting soil, I did help plant!)

Flowers

My husband is wonderful!!!