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Valentine's Day Wrap-Up

Bradley, Ava, and I did a little bit of early Valentine's Day celebrating on Friday night. We went into town and headed to the bookstore where I picked up a couple of magazines, Ava got a Disney Princess magazine, and I also got a book (Revolutionary Road). We were planning to eat first, but the restaurants were so busy that we browsed at the bookstore for a little while. Since it was Valentine's Day Bradley let me choose the restaurant, so Mexican food it was and we went to eat at Los Portales.

On Saturday, we got up and at the last minute did the Miss Sweetheart pageant and for the rest of the day, we enjoyed a low key time of just togetherness. Ava had a few Valentines (Thanks Aunt Bethy and Nana and Pop) to open and a box of Garfield chocolates from us. We had made cupcakes on Thursday night for my classes at school and Ava enjoyed one of those for lunch. We also made cookies and just hung out. Ava's Valentine gift from us ended up being a copy of the movie "A Bug's Life." (We're trying to cram all the Disney in that we can because we leave in less than a month!)

So, it was a pretty uneventful, but enjoyable weekend. Just our little family enjoying each other and hanging out. Right now my little Valentine is laying in her bed reading to herself and trying to postpone the nap that she doesn't want to take. It's little moments like this that I want to savor and remember forever.

500th Post Contest Winner

This morning Ava drew the name of the winner for the 500th post. Here is the story in pictures. (The names are of people who responded to the 500th post.)

Your prize is a custom designed storyboard that will come ready to hang on the wall. This will be an example that I photograph for use on my photography blog. Please go to my photography blog and look through the storyboards posted and choose a design you like (3 pictures on a 5 x 10, 4 pictures on an 8 x 10 or 11 x 14, or 8-9 pictures on a 12 x 12). Also decide from the gallery which Ava photos you want or if you have other photos you want used.

Thanks for playing!

*Disclaimer - I promise that this contest was not rigged. Ava just happened to pick my mother's name, but all 4 names were in the bowl and had an equally likely chance of being selected.*