Milestones

As I've mentioned before, I think this is a milestone year for my boys. Dylan and Riley are both in their last year at their respective schools. Dylan in 8th and Riley in 5th.

HOW CAN THIS BE? Yikes!

Here are a couple of their annual 1st day of school posed by mom pictures:

Oh and notice the tickers on the left? We are about 1 week from Dylan's 14th birthday and 1 month from Riley's 11th birthday. Again...I ask...HOW CAN THIS BE? Yikes!

The older you get - the faster time goes. Yep...that's it.

Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary to my husband of 19 years!

Wow! 19 years!

We dated for about 3 years before we got married so…that’s quite a while!

I can still remember being sooooo happy the day we got married.

I wanted to be an “on time” bride. (guess that’s because my ceremony was an hour long! YIKES! What was I thinking!!!) I was constantly asking what time it was. I was READY to walk down the aisle right at 6 p.m..

I had to walk behind the rows of chairs and then up the aisle to Ron. I was SMILING the entire time. I turned the corner to walk up the aisle and believe it or not my smile got even bigger when I saw him standing there waiting for me!

I remember during a song after we lit the unity candle we were looking into each other’s eyes. I leaned forward to tell him that I could see myself in his eyes and he said he had been thinking the exact same thing. Such a sweet moment.

I remember so many great things before and after we got married. I remember also so many trials and low moments too. But mostly I remember our love and that Jesus is in the middle of our love, our lives, our family, everything!

Ron, I love you more than words could ever describe. I thank God for our marriage and our family. Thank you for 19 plus amazing years! Here’s to many, many, many more!

Back into the groove

Well, we've been home a week and jumped right back in. I'm back at work. Ron is still looking for work. Dylan had a yearbook workshop and band stuff going on for school. Riley...just chillin' out before school starts in only another week. Yep - we're right back into the groove.

Vacation this year in Destin was truly AMAZING! The water was very clear all week. I never saw seaweed...not once. It was beautiful...sunny...every day. It was about 85 to 92 degrees. And with a beach breeze - that's tolerable for me. It only rained on Wednesday evening for about 2 hours. But we had already gotten a whole day of sun in so...all was ok.

There were many yummy seafood restaurants we ate at. There was many late evenings but many sleepy late mornings too. We slept well and we rested/relaxed well too. It truly is like our 2nd home there. We are missing it already.

Here's some pictures. Hope you enjoy.

Destin Vacation 2009

AMAZING WEEK!

Sunny, sunny days. Clear, clear water. Great seafood to eat for dinner.

We are relaxing! Having some good family time. (still getting our workouts in) Lots of sleep (including naps on the beach for mom and dad - can't beat that ocean breeze!)

This is one of our best years here yet!

So excited we still have 3 whole days left! YEA!!!