Valentine's Day - Part 2...and A Tutorial

Valentine's Day, as I mentioned on my last post, was quite a day for the Crosby household. In review, for the first part of the day, I made Trevor heart shaped cinnamon rolls for breakfast and he was super excited, as seen on my last post, found here. But....

I had the opportunity to surprise him since he had to work that day. So, I built him a fort!!! I know, we're like, five years old. But seriously, who DOESN'T love forts!?! Come on...

Anyways, the fort was really simple to build and I was able to use supplies that I had around the house. I'll give the tutorial after I tell the rest of the day :)

So he got home, roses and chocolate in hand (and I know you're thinking...WOW, cliche. But he's never gotten me chocolate and red roses before so I think that's allowed...once!) and I made him close is eyes and led him into the living room where the fort was.

 

My favorites chocolates!

 

I spread candles and decorations all over the coffee table and had his card and his other present sitting there waiting for him.

Yes, I will be posting a tutorial on the yard bottles featured in this picture. Soon, my friends, very soon!

Trevor's other present. I know, I'm so adorable. Ha!

Even Millie loved the fort!

Once I showed him, we got dinner going. The menu:

Ugly Steaks from a local Deli
Fresh Asparagus, grilled with butter and garlic salt, then topped with freshly grated Parmesan Cheese
Grilled "Baked" Potatoes
Lemonade with heart shaped Ice Cubes

 All I did for the red ice cubes is take a little Lemonade and add red food coloring and poured that into the heart ice cube trays.

The food was delicious, the lemonade was awesome and then we got into our jammies and crawled into the fort for the rest of the evening. We grabbed Trevor's iPad and watched one of our favorite shows, Psych, and relaxed. It was perfect. And cheaper than going out! Score.

View from the Fort.

Happy couple. :)

ALRIGHT! The fort idea came from...you'll never guess....Pinterest...from another blog, found here. They do an awesome job of explaining how to built the fort. But essentially you will need:

Hooks
Rope or Broom Stick
Large sheets, Blankets, or large pieces of fabric
Pillows
Decorations
String
Straight Pins
Safety Pins
Thumb Tacs

How I did mine:

I used those screw in hooks and placed two in the ceiling. I took a rope and tied it between the two hooks with the access hanging behind the fort. Then I took two large sheets and draped them over the rope; one on each side of the rope. I used some straight pins to secure the sheets to the rope. Then I took some string, safety pins and thumb tacs and opened up the sides of the fort. Fill with blankets and pillows, decorate and that's it!

(I realize that my explanation is not great, but I would visit the original blog and maybe mine will make a little more sense. I also realize that my pictures of the actual fort kinda stink. That's because my husband tore it down before I could capture awesome pictures to post. Learning curve.)

I hope all of you guys had a wonderful Valentine's Day!

My Hubby

It's been 10 days since I've blogged....sorry guys. Again, another crazy couple of weeks at work and at home. But, I made good tips last week! WOOT.

Anyways, with Valentine's Day coming up and whatnot, I wanted to share a little bit about my husband with you. His birthday is also less than a week away so this post has been on my mind for a while.

As I mentioned before, my amazing husband, Trevor, is a photographer. And a good one, at that. Something that he feels God is leading him into is Prophetic Photography. For those of you who don't know, being prophetic and moving in the gift of prophecy is something that we believe God gives you as a special gift to use to convey His desires or to share His heart with others. There are two kinds of prophetic words God gives: Words of Knowledge, which is a word about something from someone's past or current situation, or a Prophecy, which pertains to the future. Trevor definitely has the gift of prophecy, and his heart is to use his gift of photography and combine it with prophecy to share with others God's plan for them and His desire for their life.

So far, Trevor has received words for two of our friends, and completed the pictures that go with the words that God shared with Trevor for them.

Here is our "sister" Carla's image:

And our buddy Dustin's:

Both images alone are incredible, but add the fact that God is using Trevor's gift as a catalyst to impact people's lives is amazing. In both images, the word is hidden is parts of the image...I bet you guys can find both words and read them if you look hard enough!

What is even more awesome is that both words hit home to Carla and to Dustin when they read them. As a testament that God does speak, there was no way that Trevor knew the circumstances that were surrounding these two individuals and for him to give them both the words he did shows that God loves us and wants to speak to us and share with His children.

I hope you guys enjoyed this little blurb about my amazing, handsome, fantastic husband Trevor!! Check out Trevor's website at trevorcrosby.com and his blog at trevorcrosby.com/blog. Thanks for reading!

Tata for now...