Happy Valentine's Day!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Here are some pictures from our holiday weekend.

We decorated cookies with Boyd & Allison! It was great to see them again!

The final product... Allison brought her frosting tips so they turned out very cute!!

I was so proud of the set up.

Shaun surprised me by decorating my car with X Man and Wolverine 3D valentines.

I bet you are wishing you had 3D valentines. Ü The best part was he wrote sweet things on the back of the cards. It was very thoughtful.

I also received a beautiful rose bush. So sweet!

This is the surprise I left on the counter for Shaun to find Sunday morning. I got my ideas from

http://loveactually-blog.blogspot.com/ I LOVE this site. Shaun was so impressed!

Check it out for great project ideas. (Warning: you may get addicted to this site.)

They had a free down load for these chocolate labels.

Valentine's day at school was also so great! This year we had the students bring a decorated bag from home. I was loving that this girl brought a Victoria Secret bag. Good thing first graders don't know the difference.

But my favorite of the day was this one! It cracked me up!

These are some Valentine letters I made for my Grandma & Grandpa.

I loved how they turned out!

Lastly, we just want to tell our friends and family members how much we love each of you! Thank you for your kindness, love and support! It has been so great being married to such a great guy and being apart of his family. I also want to thank my family for embracing Shaun. I truly feel like they love him like one of their own. Thank you!

Love you guys!!

a little of this and a little of that...

Where does the time go? This month is really flying by. I can't believe it is mid-February. You may be wondering if we fell off the planet. Not so much, things have just been super busy. So here is an update on what we have been up to.

Nicolette:

• keeping 22 first graders in line
• trying to make the transition from Enrichment to Relief Society Meetings = lots and lots of training and planning meetings.
• Teaching a praxis prep class on Thursday nights
• Getting my hair sucked up into a vacuum cleaner - (Check facebook for juicy details)
• Survived another round of Parent teacher conferences
• Learning how to use my new sewing machine. Love it!

Shaun:

• Finishing his first scientific paper for publication- SO COOL!!
• Submitting his Master's thesis - (I am so proud of all of his work!)
• TA ing and sometimes teaching a bio 100 class.
• grading lots of bio 100 research papers.
• Trying to make his wife not feel neglected. (he's so good to me!)
• Filling out PhD applications/doing interviews!

For those of you who have not heard from us or seen us lately...we still love you and hope to be in touch really soon! This craziness won't last forever. Thankfully! Life is really so good! This week I am going to take time to smell the roses!