Valentine's Day wasn't a Hallmark holiday for two couples in Pleasant Grove. Instead, it turned into a hospital stay for one man and jail for another.

Police said what started out as a gathering to swap Valentine's Day presents for the kids evolved into a fight between the two men, one of whom stabbed the other in the chest while the children looked on. Pleasant Grove police this morning filed formal charges against 35-year-old Corie Hodges of Adamsville.

Sgt. Danny Reid gave this account of what happened: A woman and her boyfriend, Hodges, took her kids to her ex-husband's girlfriend's house to spend the night for Valentine's Day. While they dropping off the children about 2:30 p.m. at a home on Dogwood Lane, they were also swapping gifts between all of the kids at the house. "It sounded nice to begin with,'' Reid said.

At some point, the ex-husband took the Hodges outside to talk. He told Hodges to stay out of his house, but in different words. He went back inside and Hodges pushed his way back in as well.

As soon as Hodges entered, the ex-husband punched him in the face. Hodges pulled a kitchen knife out of his pocket and stabbed the ex-husband in the chest. "The kids were screaming,'' Reid said.

Hodges fled the scene, Reid said, but turned himself in within the hour and gave police a confession. He was charged today with first-degree assault. He was booked into the Jefferson County Jail a short time ago.

Bond for Hodges is set at $5,000. The victim is expected to recover.