Valentine's Weekend

Around the Pattison Homestead we celebrate February 14th as the day Ben sent me on a scavenger hunt all around the campus of our college when we were wee little freshmen. At the end of the scavenger hunt (and after I melted about 1500 times) he asked me to be his Valentine. I took that as girlfriend and here we are today. Six years has been a whirlwind for us teaching us some of the most important lessons in life.

So how did we celebrate? We cooked some of our favorite meals, went to brunch and had maple bacon donut holes, we began refinishing some end tables and a coffee table, and Ben built me a wonderful planter box for my herbs. (we also spent lots of time snuggling with the cutest pup in the entire world)

And you know, maybe I haven't been to stores before on actual Valentine's Day, but I learned that the stores attempt to get everyone in the mood. Not just with their decor, Home Depot was playing some Marvin Gaye and the folks at Sprouts were asking if our day had been romantic (why yes thank you, we have eaten two boxes of lindt chocolates today and that's about as romantic as life can get).

Jackson has lots to report to y'all!