Happy Valentine's Day

In the Kennedy house, Valentine's Day extends way past the 14th. It seems that we've been celebrating the holiday all month long. Last Saturday, the 7th was the Kernersville Daddy Daughter Dance. Before the dance, Emmy posed for our annual Valentines photos. She loves her Daddy so much!

Similar to last year, the Daddy Daughter Dance was just a few hours after one of Emmy's basketball games, so we hustled home for Emmy to shower and transform into a pretty princess. This year's dance was a masquerade with the theme "Behind the Mask." After chatting with a few other moms, I realized a mask would be essential, so I scrambled to borrow one from my coworker Jennifer. She had the perfect mask to match Emmy's pale pink dress. We took a few photos before they left, and then Boomer did a great job capturing more memories while they were there at the dance. Emmy saw several of her classmates and teammates. I especially loved the side-by-side comparison of Emmy and Darby, who posed for a photo after their basketball game and then again just three hours later in their beautiful dresses. While Boomer and Emmy were at the dance, Eli and I were invited over to the LeBaron's house to watch the Duke vs. UNC Chapel Hill game. Eli fit right in with Emily's boys, Sawyer and Silas. It was a fun night for all of the Kennedys.  

The Valentine's fun continued on Friday, the 13th with parties in both of the kids' classes at school. They came home loaded down with a haul of candy, trinkets, and other goodies. They took their time inspecting their inventory...and consuming some of it too!

As for today, the actual day of Valentine's, the kids woke up to their last messages from Grammy on their doors. All four of the grandkids have had special messages for each of the days in February. And on this final day, all four of them were dressed in their uniforms for games. How fitting for the winter sports season that we are in! The rest of the day included a full schedule of basketball for the Kennedys. Eli played at 8:30AM, and then Emmy had two games: 11:40AM and 2PM. Granny and Paw Paw were able to come for Emmy's games, and we enjoyed spending the day together with all the people we love. It was a wonderful Valentine's Day!