that's amore (and all the other cliches)

today 

is  

valentine's day

it's a "holiday"

that frankly
i am indifferent about

in fact

kenneth and i 

really don't have a valentine's day tradition

but

we are in italy now

and italy is a romantic country

a place where storybook endings come true

so

today i'm going to tell you

of our romantic adventure

it's quite a story 

it starts out... 

we haven't changed

hehe i got you!!


kenneth and i's first valentine was from 
{mimi}
and 
she sent us
andrew jackson

i'm trying to convince her to send us euro
just look at the conversion rate to figure out why!
but we like mr. jackson too!

last night

we got our second valentine of the season

from 

{the captain and chase}

chase made this card!

and wrote a sweet note inside

notice our "name"-

benneth! 

I love it!

then 

kenneth and i 

had a hot date

today

it was steaming i tell you!

i was wondering through the commissary

and ran into some guys (and gals) from the kennels

i stopped

and 

shot the breeze

with them 

then 

coming form register nine

was this man

tall, not so dark, 

but in uniform

and carrying 

lilies!

we met over register nine

and 

as he handed me the lilies

he also 

handed me

 peeps!

i heart peeps!

he said 

he bought me lilies

to plant

so now we will have our first flowers 

in our italian home

i love to plant

or at least pretend i have a green thumb

and finally

today 

at the local supermarket

i got this pretty plant

from the checkout guy

as he said

"ciao bella"

i must admit 

every time someone calls me bella

my heart skips a beat

and tonight

my wonderful valentine 

will come home to this

biere 

italian for beer

what more does he need

 he is married to me!

happy valentine's day 

ya'll

love from aviano!