my tasty valentine's day

We started Valentine's day morning with presents! Lyla kepts asking, "Is it my birthday?". She wasn't sure why we were getting presents, but she wasn't complaining either. Here's Lyla with her Valentine's day goodies from daddy. Kandice blessed us by babysitting the kids for us so we could go on our date night. We had reservations at Lucille's BBQ grill in Temecula. Travis and I love a good BBQ, so this is one of our favorite restaurants in the area. We started off with fried dill pickles that were amazing! The only problem is that the breading falls off when you take a bite, so you kind of have to piece it back together with the dip...but totally worth the work! I love pickles and I love fried food, so this was just a match made in heaven for me!

I ordered the half rack of baby back ribs with sweet potato fries and Trav got the tri-tip sandwich with mac and cheese. This dinner was so delicious. I can't wait to go back to Lucille's for more.

Then we went to the movies and stood in a long line to watch "The Vow". It was a sweet movie. It pales in comparison to "The Notebook", which is probably my favorite love story movie of all time (also starring Rachel McAdams). "The Vow" was a good, sad, love story nonetheless. A romantic ending to a day filled with love. I hope you all felt the love yesterday!

"And now abide, faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love." - 1 Corinthians 13:13