Valentine's Surprise

Yesterday was a very good day with a huge surprise from my husband. I had plans to take the boys over to my mom's house to make valentine's cookies. We were planning to get an early start so we could bring the cookies out to the great grandparents. I sent the boys downstairs just as I was finishing up so that they could put their shoes on. I ran down to put them in the car and could not find Josiah. I saw the deadbolt was unlocked so I stuck my head out to see if he had already climbed in the suburban. He was in the front seat but as my fear from his disappearance dissipated I noticed that Joel's truck was in the driveway. I rushed back into the house yelling his name. He was sitting on the couch laughing telling me that he had not exactly planned for me to find his truck first. We took a second to lecture Josiah about leaving the house on his own (which Joel did not realize he had done either) and then I asked him what he was doing. He told me we were taking the boys to my moms and going on a date. I am not one who like surprises and I get a little flustered so I just went with it and headed to the front door. That is when I noticed the box on the counter with roses on top and a box of these candies that I really like but will not buy because they are super expensive. He laughed and said I was supposed to discover that first before anything else. Ah, such is the life with toddlers :) So we all sat down and had fresh doughnuts from the bakery that we love. The boys were especially excited about this. Then we dropped the kids off at my moms and I went to a few quick jobs with Joel before we headed to lunch. He gave me a few choices and I picked the buffet at the new casino. We had heard that the food was good and it had all different ethnic cuisine stations that we were really excited about. It was really fun to see the casino since my dad was the superintendent on the construction of it and the lunch was great. There was a Chinese buffet, Mexican buffet, Mongolian buffet, American comfort foods and dessert buffet, along with salad bar. We definitely had our fill! It was a fun time alone together. And, even though I do not especially like surprises, I have to say that my husband's surprises have always been greatly appreciated.
He had to work today, which actually ends up being good so that I can make him a special Valentine's Day dinner here at home. One of his favorite meals is biscuits and gravy so I am making that with heart shaped biscuits. I'm going to try making a mixed berry trifle for dessert but we'll see if I have time to pull that off.