Valentines Day 2011

Valentines Day is one of my favorite holidays. I favor this holiday because it means my husband will probably do something fabulous for ME! Most of my favorite holidays also consist of multi-day events. This holiday was no exception. Matt had 100 beautiful multi-colored Peruvian Lilies delivered to our door on Saturday. :) I was not up to going out for dinner this Valentines. So at my request, we went shopping at the local Whole Foods for a delicious gourmet meal. We had fun sampling foods as we picked out a variety of cheese and crackers, a mini heart shaped new york cheese cake, and red snapper with asparagus! Matt being such a talented chef, whipped up a yummy meal for dinner on Saturday.

Monday was the actual holiday, but it is Matt's busiest day of the week with work followed immediately by class in the evening. I decided on my way home from work on Monday to visit Whole Foods again. I picked up some delicious snacks of smoked salmon, bread, crackers, cheeses, and a little fruit tart. It was not as perfect as Matt's gourmet dinner, but I think he was happy to come home to some delicious surprise Valentines treats after a long day. Overall A great weekend!

It's a little chilly out there

While it might have been in the mid 60's only four or five days ago, those days are gone now. The last couple days have been some of the coldest in Colorado History. We didn't break the record for the coldest temperature in Denver last night. We were one degree off. So close. It hasn't snowed like it has on the East coast but none the less, it has been pretty and interesting.
Here we show the picture from the side porch. Looking off into the distance you can see all the heaters on top of the buildings trying to pump out as much heat as possible. Monday, we reached our high temperature of 8 degrees around 1 in the morning. Tuesday, the high was supposed to be -2, but it warmed up significantly to about 1 during the afternoon.

Here is the picture from the back deck. Beautiful view of the snow covered mountains. Not a bad sight to see.

Last of all, here is a picture from the news about 7 this morning. I have been getting up and starting the car for JJ before she heads off to work these mornings. While I am sure I have been out in temperatures like this before growing up, it never gets any easier.