Our Family Valentine

February 14, 2016February 15, 2016

We enjoyed a lovely “family” Valentine’s Day, kicking off the morning with HOT Krispy Kremes. Is there anything better? This is our go-to for birthdays, holidays and special days.

This year we forewent the Valentine’s Dance at the club for the ballet. Yayyy! We saw Atlanta Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty. It was a great, family friendly show and I enjoyed it immensely.

We spent our evening making pizzas at home. I made my own dough for the first time and it turned out great!! (using this recipe) Everyone loved topping their pizza to their liking. The oddest combo was definitely John’s celery, tortilla chip and tomato.

We wrapped up a lovely day piled up in the den with popcorn and Snow White. I was SO excited when this was released from the Disney vault a few weeks ago. My littles had never seen it!

I hope each and every one of you had a wonderful day with loved ones.

xoxo

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