Valentine's Sweets

There's been so much happening this month, but I had to share our Valentine's Day celebration. (Sorry it's so late!!) This was our first Valentine's Day as a married couple, so we did a couple of different things and gave small but thoughtful presents. :)

On Saturday, February 12th, we went to Cross Keys Vineyards Valentine's Day dinner. Since we got married there, we figured it was a pretty good place to celebrate love, romance, and happiness! It was DELICIOUS! Great food, fantastic wine, romantic seating, and just a place to revel in love.

Excited to go inside Cross Keys on a chilly February eve.

The 5-course menu with drink pairings: Appetizer w/ Pinot Noir 2008, Soup w/ Meritage 2008, Salad w/ Fiore 2010 (the new Fiore was yummy!!), Chicken Entree w/ Chardonnay 2009, and Chocolate dessert w/ decadent Tavern 2008

They had roses for the ladies...

And candlelight to see my sweet husband...

You can see some of the delicious dessert! Yum, yum!!

At our table at the end of the evening

Leaving after a great night!

Next on the Valentine's Day tour: We made homemade presents this year, which was quite fun! And we gave each other the presents whenever they happened to be done, since we couldn't wait to share. So I gave Adam his on Saturday, and he gave me his gift on Sunday.

I made Adam a bowl of "fortune cookies" made via a "recipe" from Martha Stewart.
Why? Because he loves fortune cookies!

"Recipe": Cut out a felt circle, glue wire and ribbon inside, so that it can bend like a fortune cookie,
then stuff with candy (dark chocolate Hershey's kisses in this case) and a fortune! :)

I think he "loves" the gift??

He took a photo of a Shakespeare sonnet, with his ring balanced to make a heart in the book.
Really creative and I love it! hearts, shakespeare, rings, love...it's pretty perfect for me!
This is a picture of the pic + frame that he gave me.

On actual Valentine's Day, we decided to have a quiet dinner at home with Mr. Oliver and each other. We cooked together and just relaxed!

Our dinner on 2/14: Fish, mixed veggies, a Gerwurtzmeiner, bread and herb-infused olive oil

Sweets to my sweet!

I hope everyone had a lovely Valentine's Day and continues to love their loved ones all year round!