Happy Valentine's Day!

Okay, okay. I fell off the blogging bandwagon for awhile. I blame it on not remembering where I put the mouse to the laptop (editing pictures with only the mousepad takes forever!). I will now attempt to play catch up, and post a lot over the next week or two, to show everything Lou and I have been up to!

 This is a bookcase you see directly upon entering our house. I decorated it for Valentine's Day. This is how it turned out, home made garland and all!

I cut out each felt heart individually and sewed them together by hand. I know what your thinking, and the answer is yes, I do have a lot of free time on my hands. 

Here is a special surprise we received in the mail from my Mom and Dad! They are simply the best :) 

I don't think the chocolate lasted more than 5 days.

Here is what Louis wrote on the envelope containing my Valentine's Day card from him:

Really? My first AND last name? Okay? At least none of the other Caroline's living in our house mistook it for their own and opened it by mistake..... The best part is, he didn't even notice what he had written until I pointed it out. 

Along with my formal card, he also baked some bread for me! (He is the bread master). It had chocolate chips and cherries in it. Here it is prior to baking:

And afterwards:

Yum. 

And because you can't have just bread for dessert, we also made root beer floats with vanilla ice cream and hot fudge. Double yum.