Valentine oh-nine

Valentines day is one of my favorite holidays, and it's a good thing my husband knows this! haha. For our first Valentine's day as a married couple, we first woke up and exchanged gifts. While I was taking a shower, Shawn sneaked off the the store and when I got out he had a beautiful bouquet of white flowers for me. Sigh, I love flowers. I had been having a hard time keeping Shawn's gift a secret, because it was such a fun gift for me to buy. I got him Wilco record autographed by the entire band with a custom frame, and the book "The Faith of Barrack Obama". He seemed to like the autographed album the best. He surprised me with a new pair of really cute tennis shoes, one of those automatic chopper thingys (like the magic bullet) and a pair of jeans one size down from my "regular" size. I can't quite squeeze into them now, but they are motivating me and it's nice to know he believes in me enough to think I will fit into them soon. (pictures)

After pancakes and presents we headed out of the suburbs and into the city to check out the Dallas Museum of Art. I had been wanting to go there for a while now and Shawn took note of this and bought tickets for us to go to the museum as well as to partake in the King Tutankhamun exhibit. We went to a 3D movie all about mummies and pharoahs (Shawn's first 3D movie experience) and then went into the King Tut exhibit. It was pretty fascinating to see items from history BEFORE Jesus was even born on earth. After King Tut, we had lunch at the "Atrium Cafe" and then continued throughout the rest of the Art Museum. Overall, it was a fun day and made me feel so lucky to be married to the most amazing man in the world. It's hard work making all my little sentimental days special, and he does a really good job. In February alone, he has to come up with stuff for my birthday, Valentine's day, and my sobriety date (February 28th). Anyways, hope you all had a great Valentine's day. I leave you with (of course) pictures.

Much Love,

Emily