Love at Arbor House Lane

Valentine's Day.

Is more than just that.

If you didn't already know or guess.

It is Mr. M. and my wedding anniversary.

15

Wow!

Still in love, yeah!

We are the couple in the corner at parties talking to each other.

Not because we didn't want to talk to anyone else.

But that we enjoy each other's company.

We work well together.

You see, it is also the anniversary of our home.

We moved in the year after we built it.

Yeah, that means the year we were planning our wedding, we were also planning our home.

We put everything into it.

Just like our marriage.

Each year we love our home even more.

We make slight improvements to make it more comfortable, more like us.

We were just in our twenties when we started this house.

We had mostly lived at home our whole lives.

What did we know about designing a house?

ZERO!

We took Arbor House Lane from this.

To this!

We did it.

LOTS OF HARD WORK!

We did most of the work ourselves.

Laid tile.

Electrical was my job.
Oh, and paint, lots and lots of painting.

We put in the tubing for the in floor heating together.

Wood floors installed in three different rooms.

All trim work, windows, doors, floor and ceiling.
Finished the basement.
New wood flooring in living room and study.

I can't just talk about our home.
We also are raising three great kids together.

We pretty much did it all.

We work well together!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MY LOVE!

Showing Love

Valentine's Day.

It is an extra special day in our house.

I started decorating the mantels in the living room and dinning room.

I went with simple in the living room.

All of these books are some from my mother's collection I inherited. 

I have them separated by color and they come in handy.

The book on the bottom stack under the pitcher is Worlds Greatest Letters.

Some of the books have dates back to 1912.

LOVE

Simple but it makes a statement.

Aren't the letters great. 

I found them at a craft show this past fall.

Lots of hugs and kisses here.

A sampling of the treats the kids will make for their teachers this Valentine's. 

Simple, that is my word for this year.

All of the snow we received this past weekend was put to great use.

Mr. M. and I took the kids and their friends sledding.

We all had lots of fun.

I hope all my East coast blogger friends were able to find a good way to enjoy the snow. 

Even if it meant staying inside relaxing.

You will have to stop back later in the week to find out why Valentine's Day is extra special for us if you don't already know.