Happy Valentine's Day

The J-birds had a sweet little Valentine's day, full of a lot of love.

Momma had a big box of chocolates and heart confetti and hot coffee in a homemade, to-go, heart studded coffee cup (not pictured) waiting on the kitchen table when Daddy got up for work in the morning! She was going to have red heart pancakes ready for him, but he got up for work earlier than usual, so that he could spend the whole evening at home with momma and baby.

Around 11 o'clock momma and Poppy heard the doorbell ring, when we answered there was a big, beautiful bouquet of spring flowers sitting on the doormat. Like, seriously beautiful flowers.

Momma and Poppy then spent the rest of the afternoon attempting to make the flour-less chocolate

cake that Momma and Daddy would get every Valentine's Day at Gourmandies in Salt Lake.

It worked! It tasted almost exactly like the Gourmandies cake! That was a proud kitchen moment for Momma! Then Momma and Poppy got the house cleaned up and waited for Daddy to get home so we could have more Valentine fun!

Another V-day tradition in the J-bird nest is French Onion Soup (usually from Gourmandies as well). So, this year, Daddy had the idea of spending the evening making our tradition dish from scratch! It was really fun and sooo much tastier than any french onion restaurant soup we've ever had! Daddy made the broth using beef chunks and lots of veggies and letting it simmer for a few hours. Then momma was in charge of the rest of the soup. She chopped up 2 big onions (practically with her eyes closed, dang onions) sauteed them, brought the homemade broth to a boil, added worcestershire sauce, a dab of butter, dash of salt, dash of pepper and let it simmer for 15 min. Then we baked baguette slices in the oven for a few minutes with provolone cheese on top to get it all melty. And this is what we ended up with!

It may not look like much, but it tasted AMAZING!

Next we played a few rounds of scrabble. Daddy won, but momma is getting much better at that game.
While Momma and Daddy played, Poppy danced to the music we had on. She is so fun.

Daddy loved the cake! He couldn't even wait for a fork, he just dug right in!

Then we snuggled on the couch and watched a movie. It was a perfect day.
Hope you all had a sweet Valentine's Day, too!