Valentines Dinner at church

Saturday night, Mark and I went to the "Homebuilders" Valentines Dinner at church. We don't really fit into the category of "Homebuilders" since we were established back in 1991, but since we still have a young child we can still sneak in the group!! I think we were the couple married the longest after our speaker, Dr. Light and his wife, and one of the only couples there who have a teenager in the house.

We had a really nice time - the gym was all decorated and there were some really hilarious games.... cake smashing, dressing men as brides with toilet paper, etc. Wedding pictures were shown continously on the big screen and it was fun to identify couples with their pictures.

Dr. Light gave a short inspirational talk on marriage and he encouraged us to do things for our spouses that would make them fall over in shock! Things that we know they would like, but we don't take the time to do it or we don't bother to do it often.

Mark must have really taken that advice to heart! I was totally shocked the next evening when he scooped out the cats' litter boxes! Mark does a lot of wonderful things for me each day - he always graciously helps around the house with dishes, laundry, vacuuming, etc. But the litter boxes!!! Wow!!!! I really appreciated that!

So I just want to encourage you to surprise your spouse and do something totally unexpected just to put a big smile on his/her face. And it is contagious!

To see pictures of our Valentine dinner, go to our church's website (the link is down on the right side of this page) and click on "ministries" and then "adult classes" and then "Homebuilders" and "Valentine Dinner" There is a picture of us at the "Love Shack" table!