The amazing race ~ Valentines Edition

In our house, valentines is usually done for the kids for the most part. Kevin gets me roses and I'll get him something little and then it's about the girls. This year was a little different though.

We have such a great ward and some great friends, so some of us got together, and the girls planned a super fun activity for the boys. We did alot of planning and prep, and on valentines we got together, made the guys all change into their "I <3 my wife" tshirts, (that were all made by the girls of course), and sent them off on "THE AMAZING RACE ~ Valentines Edition"!

I don't have pictures of most of the tasks they had to do, but for the first one, we sent them off to the high school. This was their first clue:

Klein High school is the very first place,

You would go to practice if you want to run a race.

Get your heart rate up and enjoy the view...

Get a good workout, while you find your next clue

While at the high school they had to make some valentines cards for their wives. They did a great job too, super cute, very quickly made cards!:)

Once they finished that, they got their next clue:

Now that you’re out of breath, you’ve completed your task!

Return to the place where, with our love, you can bask.

Obey all the traffic signs, and drive with care,

For if you do; kisses will be waiting for you there.

When they came back to the house, they found a coffee table FULL of hersheys kisses!

A heart shaped sea of hersheys kisses!

Then, they had to find the ones with the stickers on the bottom. The catch being, that if they picked up one without a sticker, they had to eat it.

Lets just say, they were getting a little sick, and kinda quit eating them. After picking up a few handfuls and finding a couple of stickers, we called it good and gave them the third clue:

You've met him before,

the mans name is a killer

add to that a weed,

that might need a tiller.

Find out who this man is

and go visit his mother,

to find a new task to complete

that's like no other.

Now, this clue might seem a little odd. To understand it, you'd have to know that when playing ball, Kevin sometimes goes by the name, Killaweed. I don't know where that came from, but there ya have it.

So they headed over to his mom and dads house where they made bunches of candy necklaces and after making each one, they had to make two free throws.

Once they finished there, they got their fourth clue:

Your wife's favorite candy bar, you will see,

When you return to the house at 9923.

Arrange them correctly, you must get it right,

Or you will be staring at candy all night!

They came back to the house, and had to each pick out their wives favorite candy. It took a few hints, but they did it! We had one final clue left for them:

You've made a card, but have you got your sweetheart a bouquet or gifts, yet?

If not, do it now, or you’ll be quite upset

When you reach the finish-line

And have to turn around.

The race isn’t finished until these things have been found.

The finish line, and your fabulous prize

Are waiting at a place familiar to your eyes.

Make your way through traffic,

Obey all the signs

And step on the mat of this home for some sweet Valentines!

*NOTE- YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN 2 DOLLARS FOR THE COMPLETION OF THIS FINAL TASK

Unfortunately, it was already getting too late, so we didn't get to that last one. The boys were starving. The 25 kids we had at the house were getting tired, the food was ready, and it was time to eat.

Now, the whole time the boys were off galavanting around (that's a fun word that doesn't get used too often, isn't it?) all the wives were at the house slaving over dinner! Okay, some were slaving over dinner, others were keeping an eye out for kids, some were holding babies, and really, with 25 kids all in one house, it just gets a little busy, don't you think?

Allie made her delish garlic chicken, and my favorite ceasar salad, in the BIGGEST salad bowl I've ever seen. Seriously, it was huge! I don't have a picture, so you'll just have to take my word for it!:)

We also had SOOO much candy! You have to have a candy buffet whenever possible. That's my theory. You just can't go wrong with them....ever!

We had lots of fun valentines decor, that some of the girls brought. But also, since I forgot to take pictures of them, check out the picture of Halli right beneath the red wood sign. That was her valentine for school. Cutest idea ever, I love it! They were personal, and adorable. Hopefully you can see it well enough.  If you can't, it's a picture of her holding her hand out, and we cut the paper and stuck a pencil through, so it looks like she's really holding it. I love them!

Had to throw in a picture of my very own valentine, cause he's a hottie, whose also super sweet and thoughtful, and loads of fun!

The whole gang finally got to sit down and enjoy some time together over an amazing dinner! Check out Sean and Allie, I think JJ may be making them a little baby hungry....I'm just sayin!

What a fun group of people, couldn't ask for anyone better to spend valentines day with!

Oh, look, there's Halli. I don't think I saw her all night with all the kids running around. She was in heaven having so many friends over!

The whole gang again, all showing off our matching shirts.

I really love these girls that I was able to plan this fun night with! We had so much fun planning it all out, making, and ruining, lots of shirts, and just trying to do something fun for our hubbies.

Everyone here, minus one girl have had at least 3 kids, and one of these ladies has had 5! The one who has one little boy at home is 5 MONTHS pregnant with #2, betcha can't even tell which one that is! These are some seriously beautiful women...inside and out! Someday, I hope to be like them all!

We had such an "AMAZING" night! The next day, I was a little pooped, but it was well worth it. I have SOOO much candy at my house right now.

Seriously, check that out!

It could feed an army....a chocolate loving army!

My girls may be in heaven. I have no idea how much candy they've eaten the last few days, but I do know that it's WAY too much! I keep finding evidence all over.

I found these fun UDAMAN dandy bar covers here, and we made them for the boys for their reward for a job well done.

Remember the Hershey kiss game? Yeah, I have just a few of those hanging out at my house!

I also made some fun designs for the envelopes for the boys to open. Probably totally unneccessary, but I did it anyway.

I also did a little design on the clue itself!

I didn't want to forget that Kevin brought me the most gorgeous tulips. I LOVE tulips, really, they're SO beautiful!

He was also super sweet and brought each of the girls a white rose. I just love that man!

He also brough all four of his girls a chocolate covered strawberry...super yummy. Have I mentioned how much I love that man?

My house finally got decorated for valentines day. It's kinda festive, and since I did it a little late, I think I'll keep it up through february!

I kinda really like my new valentines wreath, it's super girly and fun!

What a great valentines day! Maybe this will have to become tradition, maybe not, but either way I had a blast and I'm hoping everyone else did too. I'm just a little tired today, so off to bed for me!