Today was Valentine's Day.  Elder Barney and I enjoyed dinner out this evening, which was nice.  President and Sister Baird had to go somewhere today, and stopped in at Crispy Creams on the way back, and shared a box with the office personnel.  And Sister Urano, the housekeeper at the mission home, brought chocolates to us.  There are always lots of goodies in Japan.  Way too many to keep a slim waistline.

At the stores, there has been so much chocolate that it makes Valentines Day in America look like a very minor holiday.  It is just overwhelming.  And in Japan, females give chocolate and gifts, not the men.

But here is the very Japanese way of showing love on any holiday:

This is our front door.

   It gets "taped up" regularly.  The brownies in the two pink bags say "Love" and "You."
If you look carefully, you'll see marks from past "love tape."

This is the back side of the red heart.
A pretty good depiction of the two of us, wouldn't you say?
We think it was the sister missionaries.