Show Us Your Life: Favorite Valentine's Day Date/Memory!

Kelly over at Kelly's Korner hosts "Show Us Your Life" every Friday. It's like getting a little sneak peak into people's lives each week on their blog. Each week, Kelly has a new topic ranging from showing your house, to your tips on cleaning, and this week is Valentine's Day! I've never participated in this before, but when I saw this week's topic I immediately knew what I was going to write about!

Derek & I started dating in December of 2003, so our first Valentine's Day together was in 2004. I wasn't expecting a whole lot from Derek b/c he had really outdone himself for Christmas (I'd gotten a beautiful necklace, which I still wear today) and for my birthday in January (he'd bought me my very own star and named it in my honor!). Needless to say, I was quite surprised when I walked into my bedroom of my college apartment and saw this....

Hearts as far as my eyes could see....

Derek spent about ten hours cutting out hundreds of little red paper hearts and affixing them to clear fishing wire to hang from my ceiling...and others were laying on the floor of my room. Can you say labor of love?!?! And this little note was waiting for me....
Obviously, the answer was yes. :) And as if that wasn't enough, Derek also gave me a matching ring to the necklace he got me for Christmas. He sure knows how to make a girl feel loved!

And just for fun...here's a picture of us from our 1st Valentine's Day together six years ago! :)
Happy Valentine's Day, Everyone!