Happy Valentine's Day (a tad bit belated)

Happy V-day from Isaiah "Heart Breaker" and Samuel "Prince Charming"!!!

Well, Valentine's Day has come and gone (as all holidays do) and we had ourselves a great one. The boys had V-day parties at school the Thursday prior to V-day and got lots of Valentine's and candy. Nana and Papa arrived on Friday night about 11:00. Isaiah and I were able to stay awake until they arrived but Daddy had no such luck. Byran apologized to my dad the next morning about not being able to stay awake to see them and my dad's response was, "That's okay. A 5 year old made it but not you!" He was kidding of course!!! Anyway, it was a WONDERFUL weekend! Bryan received a new Bible from me for V-day and I received tickets to see Brad Paisley at the Houston Rodeo in March!!!

Dad, mom and Isaiah left to go back to Lubbock today and it was sad! Isaiah is going to spend 11 DAYS in Lubbock with the grands! Sam gets to go next time. Between me, Isaiah and Sam it was a tear-fest saying good-bye. I have ALWAYS been emotional when departing from family and now I fear my eldest son will be the same way. He was excited to go with Nana and Papa but sad to leave his mommy, daddy and brother. Sam was sad because he wasn't understanding that he couldn't go this time. I was sad because I always am when my parents leave!!! Then there's Bryan...enough said! He is so NOT emotional when it comes to this type of thing it's almost annoying!!! I guess at least one of us doesn't need to break down huh? Anyway, they drove off and Sam turned around to me with tears in his eyes and said, "I weally wanted to go wiff them, mommy." I said I understood and he said, "then can you go catch them?" I "cry-laughed" and told him no and that he would get to go by himself the next time! Heart breaking!!!

So, it already feels really weird to have only one child in the house. We always do a countdown to the number of days when someone is going to arrive at our house so we have now started one until the day Bubba returns home! Bryan's parents will be bringing him back weekend after next. He is going to have a wonderful time we know but we will still miss him a lot. We too will have a lot of fun with Sam and be able to give him some one-on-one time with mom and dad! We are truly blessed to have such a close family (both sides) and for our kids to have such wonderful grandparents who want to spend time with them even when we live 9 hours away!!!