Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day is upon us, and as citizens of Valentine, TX, that is a huge deal! This is one of our busiest weeks of the year (aside from Homecoming), and by Sunday, February 16th, we'll all be exhausted!

Not only do we have the holiday coming up where we are selling chocolate covered strawberries, we've also got a concession stand at a town roping, our dinner and dance, preparing for a huge party put on by the Big Bend Brewing Company here in town, and of course the beginning of spring sports.

Spring semester is always busy, and with so few kids in the high school, we are always busy. Those of us planning for our trip to Italy in June are counting down the days!

Yesterday, my co-sponsor and I drove to Midland (a 2.5 hour trip one way) to pick up these beautiful strawberries from HEB. We have purchased about 200 this year since last year we had more ordered than we had purchased. We've had orders pouring in, so we sure hope we bought enough this year!

Not only will we be dipping strawberries this week, we will also be setting up for our dinner and dance! I've spent the day making over 100 mini-cheesecakes for dessert! We had a great turnout last year, and with the roping in town hope we have as many people or more than last year. One of our dads is cooking our brisket again and he always does an AMAZING job! We get lots of compliments.

Once this week is done we'll be 105 days out from our trip! Happy Valentine's Day everyone!