Season of Love

So Valentine's Day was Saturday, I know, but the way I see it, it's never the wrong time to talk about how much you love someone.
Everyone knows how much I love my husband - I say it often enough! - but I want everyone to know how much I love my in-laws. Yes that's right, IN-LAWS. I realized tonight, not for the first time, mind you, how blessed I am to have married into such a wonderful family. Doug and Sue are so patient and with such a tremendous sense of devotion to their children (not to mention a sense of humor). Tyler and Amanda are a fantastic couple - Tyler is hilarious and so much fun to joke with and Amanda is the perfect older sister-in-law (we compare notes on what it's like to be married to Shaw men). Mandy is so kind and strong, so reliant on her testimony...I find myself striving to be more like her. Jeremy is so funny and surprisingly profound for a 17 year-old...I feel like we clicked right away. Jenell is the sweetest thing, so tender and fiery at the same time...she reminds me of me at 14. Levi is the Animal Whisperer and the one who can never sit still...but he has these quiet moments when he wows you with how sweet he is. And of course Zachary, who can already beat me at chess and loves to read...he wants to be a farmer when he grows up and never wants to move away from mom and dad's house.
What an amazing family! I am so blessed!