Daddy's Little Rose

Valentine's Day has come and gone, but the memories that last forever are those sweet moments that you cherish together with your family, spouse, friends, special person in your life, and of course, your children.

This Valentine's Day, we "celebrated" in the more formal sense of the holiday. Traditionally, we celebrate the holiday every day!  But this year, Khris wanted to do something a little extra for our now preschool daughter, Raegan.  She's very aware of the Valentine's holiday and Khris says, "I can't let some dude eventually out gift me."  He went out and bought our little princess some really sweet gifts, but the one that stands out to me most are the beautiful pink roses. 

From the photos below, we hope you get a sense of how sweet the memory of the holiday should be not only on February 14, but everyday of the year.

Here's to beauty in everything, living February 14 everyday, and being inspired by a Daddy's love....

HAPPY "THROWBACK" VALENTINE'S DAY....DON'T LAUGH!

So since Carla and I have been married, we haven't really celebrated Valentine's Day. I'd love to say that it's because we celebrate love, relationship and marriage each and every day, but it's probably because I didn't have a gift one year and Carla forgot it was Valentine's Day too. I think we just realized that it wasn't that big of a deal to either of us at that point. We both feel that it can get a bit too much on the commercial side. Like really? Carla doesn't even like chocolates and we do the fresh flowers thing throughout the year.

Nevertheless, we were going through some old files, purging pictures and came across these Valentine's Day cards from 2007 when we OFFICIALLY became "girlfriend and boyfriend"! I was living in Cary and Carla was visiting from California.  She had no idea that the birthstone that I spent my last penny on was going to be a symbolism of the next major move in our relationship. And I had no idea that she wouldn't like it.  It turns out that it was more symbolic for me than her. Although Carla continues to claim that she was already my girlfriend in her mind before the necklace, I still maintain that we became official on that beloved day.

Read the captions under each image!  I promise you, you'll get a laugh....Here's to celebrating Valentine's Day EVERYDAY! 

I hand-made 8 different cards (no clue what the signifigance of the number 8 was. I think I just ran out of poster board.)

This is NOT Timeless. This is time to burn old photos.

This has got to be the most lame, typical, unflattering gift a dude has ever given a girl. Oh wait! She gave this to me!!! #truelove

"It's not how much you spend, but the thought and meaning behind the gift..." That's what you say when you don't have money. LOL!

Wait for it....

Each card had its own replacement for "Valentine" - notice this exquisite 3rd grade scribery.

And the grand finale...Remember this?  You know you did it too, so stop laughing. LOL

RANDOM SNOW MOMENTS

Weather reports stated that we would get a few inches of snow and for a while (pretty much, most of Tuesday), we didn't see any glimpse of the white stuff.  And then the snow story begins....Not until late last night and all throughout most of Tuesday night, snow gingerly fell onto our homes, streets and cars keeping most of this part of the country at home.

Hats off and kudos to every person that has to work in this crazy, winter weather and blessings to those that are without power, stranded, or sans a warm place to lay their heads.  Here are a few random snow moments that we captured while out and about via "Pat and Joe" today....

DIY | CANVAS ARTWORK FOR THE HOME

We all see the lovely pieces of artwork in our favorite home magazines, stores and home decor TV channels.  Instead of spending hundreds of dollars on artwork, here's a peek at one of our latest DIY projects that literally took a few hours and less than $50 (with coupons of course) to produce.  This project, in our opinion, was just the necessary touch that leaves a signature in our dining room.

What You'll Need:

• White Canvas
• Paint Brushes
• Paint Color(s)
• Paint Pallette
• Command Strips (for hanging)

 

NEW YEAR....NEW HAIR....NEW COLORS

With a new year, come a lot of new goals.  But instead of a resolution, I opted for new hair.   And Khris, with his cute self, opted for a new color pallete featuring electric blue and kelly green.  Whatever your new is....Be bold, be colorful and be you!

Happy 2014 to all!

GOT HOT CHOCOLATE? BEAT THE POLAR VORTEX...

With the recent low double and single digit temperatures, staying warm becomes a challenge for some of us who never really near these frigid conditions.  But lately, we've been hearing a lot of chatter about the "Polar Vortex". What is it?  Why now?  Where did this crazy cold weather come from?

Don't be too concerned, it's supposed to near the 70s this weekend in parts of the Southeast!  Until then, get out your hot chocolate, hot tea and coffee to warm up those buns :)

 

              

KHRIS' FIRST TURKEY + CARLA'S GREENS + A PRAYER BONE

Thanksgiving 2013 meant so much for us this year as it was a holiday of many firsts.  Khris cooked his very first turkey, we celebrated with family without having to travel to multiple homes, and decided to put up our Christmas decorations for the first time before Thanksgiving (so excited about Christmas that we'll have to do a separate blog dedicated to decorations!!).  The holiday seasons brings such fond memories, festive traditions, and scrumptious eats.  We pray (note the photo of our wish prayer bone) your Thanksgiving was just as enjoyable with your family, friends, or loved ones. 

A TIMELESS NOTE...

Image Credit: Vogue January 1961