Be Mine

We had a very low key Valentine's Day. I'm not used to having to plan something. When we lived in UVa student housing they provided us with a free dinner at Thai 99. That was probably one of the highlights living there. I also won a DVD one year when they had a raffle. Good times. Anyway, this year we were on our own for dinner. But let me start with breakfast.

We started our morning like most folks on Valentine's it seems like with heart-shaped pancakes. Travis was in charge of breakfast since I was in charge of dinner. He was very inventive and made the mold with foil since I didn't have one. It couldn't be Valentine's Day without an enormous amount of treats, right? I made heart-shaped rice krispie treats. Don't worry, there were a lot more rice krispies than shown in this picture.And my most favorite treat of all, cupcakes!! Chocolate cupcakes that are so moist they melt in your mouth with a cream cheese-whipped cream frosting. These are the cupcakes that Travis thinks are better than that cupcake bakery. They are mighty darn good and I can't get enough.For dinner I made a super delish chicken recipe with cream cheese and garlic mashed potatoes, bacon wrapped asparagus and some bread on the side. My mom made those cute utensil holders. It sure wasn't Thai 99, but it was really good. It was really fun staying in and relaxing, but I sort of missed getting dressed up and going out to Thai food. Maybe next year we will continue the student family housing tradition of having Thai. Unfortunately, it won't be free...so maybe not.