The sweetest Valentine gift I ever received was….
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Try as he might, Gary just can’t compete with this one! (Neither can I!)
But.. I finally was able to come up with a creative way to show Gary how important he is to us (even if it can’t quite compete with the above blessing that was born to us six years ago)!
The boys gave us a Valentine’s Dinner this weekend – they set the table, “cooked” the meal, and cleaned the mess, and they even played some classical music in the background. They even wore their Home Depot aprons as they served us! It took a little coaching, but they figured out what they could cook without the help of Mom and Dad in the kitchen.
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| Stephen writes up a menu…. |
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| …and then makes a salad for each of us. |
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| David makes toast with butter (his “specialty”)… |
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| He takes our order and then pours our drinks. (He stops long enough to come and kiss my hand. Gary comments that the waiters at the Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood Restaurant are awfully friendly…) |
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| We start with a salad…. |
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| …followed by our main course… |
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| …followed by dessert (a granola thin and a nutella sandwich) |
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| Levi comes to steal my grape juice and eats the cheese off Gary’s plate. |
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| The waiters take a Valentine photo of the sweethearts! |
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| Stephen waits patiently for us to finish…. |
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| …so he can clear our plates and load the dishwasher. |
It was the best Valentine’s Dinner ever! The boys gave and served us from their hearts – with all that they are! This was the most precious gift I could have ever received this year (and to think it was originally meant to be a gift from me to Gary!).
It is most definitely one of my top 10 precious memories of all time. Most definitely.