Our Valentine's Day

Since Valentine's Day last week was a Saturday, we got to spend the whole day together. We mostly just hung out and relaxed, which was fun for us but boring to blog about. I will tell you about what we made for dinner, though. We made fondue and had all sorts of yummy dipping things. We made cheese fondue and had french bread, roasted potatoes, roasted brussels sprouts, snow peas, and apples to dip in it. We also had lil smokies on the side that were delicious. Then for dessert we had chocolate fondue with angel food cake, brownies, strawberries, and cheesecake to dip in it. We got so full we ate barely half of everything we made, but it was so yummy and we had a lot of fun. Here is a picture of everything all laid out.



Ryan also got me these beautiful flowers. I'm not a huge fan of red roses so he always tries to get me something a little different. I think he did a good job this year. I love pink daisies!



I also made sugar cookies. I have the most amazing recipe for sugar cookies and they always turn out so yummy and soft (not hard like most other recipes), so I make them pretty much every chance I get. I decided to post the recipe so you guys can give them a try if you want. Seriously, I'm not that good of a cook and they turn out perfect every time.

Amazing Sugar Cookies

1 1/4 cup butter - softened

2 cups granulated sugar

2 eggs

5 cups flour

1 tsp salt

4 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup milk

1 tsp vanilla

Cream butter, sugar, vanilla. Mix in eggs and milk. Mix in all dry ingredients. Roll dough out on a floured surface to 1/4 inch thick. (I usually have to knead in some more flour until the dough stops sticking to my fingers. Feel free to use a lot of flour for rolling out the cookies too.) Cut into desired shapes. Place on lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350F for 8-10 minutes. Cool and frost.

Buttercream frosting

1/2 cup butter

4 cups powdered sugar

2 tsp vanilla

1-2 Tbsp milk

1/2 tsp salt

Cream it all together. Use more or less milk based on desired consistency. If coloring frosting, use color first and then milk so frosting isn't too thin.

Store left over cookies in a tupperware container and they will stay soft for days. I'm eating one right now and it's still so good!

And lastly I will post an updated belly picture, cause everyone has been telling me that I got huge in the past few weeks. I think I've been huge all along, but I do feel like I have gotten a bit bigger. I just looked at the last belly picture, though, and the only difference is there is no snow out the window now, which I'm extremely grateful for. Oh well, I'll post it anyway.



Baby Ryan still has no name, but he is kicking harder lately and you can see it if you look at my belly when he kicks. He's been a good baby, so far, and hasn't hurt me or kicked me in the ribs yet. I appreciate that. Hopefully he can keep that up.