Family Valentine's Fun

Valentine's Day fun is always started off with the Father Daughter dance at Creekside.  It was Thursday night, the night before Valentine's Day, and both of them were really looking forward to dressing up and going on a "date" together, so cute! 

And here are some pictures Garrett caught of all the dancing fun.  Look at Tatum grooving on the dance floor!  After they were there for a few minutes and they danced together, Tatum told Garrett she was going to dance with her friends.  Poor Daddy. :(

Our pretty little girl

Here's Tatum with one of her good friends Destiny.  Such hams!

And her and her handsome date. :)

The next morning, the kids found lots of Valentine's Day presents waiting for them from Grandma Dini.

Each were so sweet to take turns opening their gifts and loved all their treats and surprises!

At Friday Flag, they had a big Chinese New Year presentation with lots of dancing dragons.  The kids loved it, so cool!

At home, Papa Jerry, Matt and Ty decided to pick some lemons and oranges in our backyard and make lemonade.  Here's Papa Jerry with the fruit picker, picking the most juicy and sweet lemons he could reach.  Ty was coaching him from the side lines of course. :)

Lots of work squeezing those lemons and oranges.

Enjoying the fruits of their labor, literally. :)  Ty LOVED having Papa Jerry and Matt here, they all really bonded and he was sad to see them go the next day.  They even went to McDonalds for lunch that day while Nadine, Lori and I went shopping.  We really miss them and wish we could see them a lot more often.

My romantic husband was so sweet to bring a beautiful bouquet of roses and lili's home to me as well as a rose to each grandma.  What a man!

After we cleaned up the juice and dropped the kids off at Grandma Judy's house, we headed downtown to Mr. A's.  It's a restaurant at the north end of downtown with the most beautiful views.  Here's a few pictures before sunset.

And then, after the sun was gone, all the twinkling lights came on, pretty.

Our three course meal was different but delicious and we all enjoyed the amazing views.  We drove over the Coronado bridge to check out those beautiful lights as well, then went down to the landing to grab a drink.  Every bar there was packed, we couldn't even find room to stand at the bar.  So we headed home and the first place didn't serve liquor, only beer and wine.  Crazy!  We finally ended up at the Poway Pub where Lori and Matt learned how to play rings and we all enjoyed the live band.  It was sad to say good bye to everyone the next morning as they headed home.  We really love our family and look forward to the next visit!