My Valentine’s Day started on Saturday the 13th. On this morning, my family woke up and drove to Moreno Valley to visit my sister-in-law. When we got there, we took pictures in our red and pink outfits, and once everyone arrived and was ready, we went to Riley’s Farm in Yucaipa,CA. Riley’s Farm is a place where you can do apple picking and see Revolutionary War re-enactments. However, on this day, we went to do archery, ax throwing, candle dipping, and doll making. Each ticket cost $5. The day we went, it was extremely cold, and we were not prepared, so I after I completed archery I went back to the car with my husband and our baby until the rest of his family was finished.
On the morning of Valentine’s Day, I woke up, dressed my 7 month old daughter in her cute “Daddy is my Valentine” Outfit (https://amzn.to/2ZZGjhj), and started with a photoshoot. See my blog about the photoshoot if you are interested: V-day Baby Photoshoot. After completing my Photoshoot, I heard a knock on my apartment door, I opened it, and my Dad was there with a dozen red roses and a card. He likes to remind me that he was always my first Valentine just like my husband will always be my daughter’s first Valentine. Receiving flowers from my Dad on Valentine’s Day is a sweet tradition, which he has continued into my adulthood and even married life.
After my Dad left, my husband gave me my Valentine’s Day gift. He brought my Pink roses, a mini balloon, and chocolate covered strawberries. These are my favorite Valentine’s gift of all time! I love, love, love chocolate covered strawberries!
The next activity for our Valentine’s Day Weekend was to go to Coffee Dose in Costa Mesa, CA. You can see my review here: Coffee Dose Review. However, overall, I loved the coffee and donut that I ate, and I would definitely go there again.
Once I had finished my coffee and my donut, my parents called me and asked if we wanted to meet at Balboa in Newport Beach, CA to go for a walk. We agreed and decided to brave the intense traffic on Valentine’s Day to get to the beach. We parked in a non-metered spot near the ferry to balboa island. We took the ferry, went for a walk around the island, and then we took the ferry back. Quincy loves walks and enjoyed every minute of it. I love the walk around Balboa Island because you get to see all the beach houses and walk down Main Street. It is a relaxing walk in wonderful beach weather.
After walking with my family, my husband bought us sushi from the grocery store. We enjoyed our meal at home with my chocolate covered strawberries. It was delicious! Valentine’s Day weekend was a fun and exciting weekend with low costs overall. Riley’s Farm only cost us $5 for one person to do archery. Also, I paid under $10 for my coffee and donut, and the ferry was about $1.25 per person one way, so $2.50 or $5 for my husband and I. It was the perfect weekend and the perfect first Valentine’s Day for my sweet Quincy Leia!
Ashleigh Marie: Teacher to Mommy 