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Happy Valentine's Day - one day late.

We had a crazy weekend at our house. The two oldest kids had an overnight "campout" at the church with their youth group. We had a nice visit with one of my brothers, who was visiting from the west coast. AND the youngest child's church group had a fund raiser on Sunday afternoon. These events kept us going from 8AM on Saturday morning until 9:30PM on Sunday night.

The fund raiser was quite amazing. One of the mothers coordinated and planned the entire event - a hot cocoa fund raiser. We didn't just have real hot cocoa. We had.... hot chocolate, Mayan hot chocolate, vegan hot chocolate, hot carob drink and chai tea. To eat you could choose a slice of freshly baked whole wheat bread, a scone (naturally with clotted cream), a vegan scone (no dairy products in vegan items), biscotti, and a stroop waffle. That's not all - you could add any number of syrups to your drink to flavor it to be a peppermint/hot chocolate, raspberry, etc. The kids had coordinated activities that focused on Valentine's Day and giving. Wow - I'm tired just writing this. Oh, and I'm forgetting the homemade marshmallows. I made two pans of the marshmallows - pure sugar folks - not much else.

After cleaning up until quite late, we crept home where I rested my weary bones (I helped serve the food/beverages). Yesterday was a restful day. Today, back into the fray.

The weather has been amazing - it was 40 degrees in Fargo - in February. Not unheard of, not record breaking, but very wonderful. We are heading back toward normal this week.

Enjoy your week!