9 Years Ago Today....

9 Years Ago today I married my best friend, the one that I laugh with, live for and LOVE! I cannot believe that it has been9 years it does not feel like that much time has passed. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was one of the greatest days in my life.

The two pics are pictures of pictures...I will have to get a lot of things scanned since I am in the process of cleaning out again! Wedding pics are a must!

Each day our love has continued to grow, we stand next to each other. Neither of us are in front of or behind the other we are always next to each other, a truly united pair.

I met Brandon in January of 1995. We were 14 almost 15 and the people that we were dating were friends and decided a double date to the circus would be fun. We did have a great time, and ironically Brandon and I hit it off from the beginning. We were instant friends, we continued to meet up at the ballpark where our brothers played. We exchanged phone numbers one night, even though we were both still dating other people, but we were truly friends. It grew into something more very quickly and I knew before I was 16 that I would have spent my entire life with him. All I wanted was to make him happy and to be with him. He did break my heart and for a few months we barely spoke. We started to become friends again and would date off an on, but that was it. I was terrified of being hurt. Years later when we were out of high school and actually both engaged, we were 20 he called and in no time we were best friends again. We called off our engagements. In November of 2001 we were engaged and in April of 2002 we were married. While the details go deeper and I could write about our love for hours that is the short story. It is our fairy tale and he is definitely prince charming! We truly went from strangers to friends to forever!

Today he came home, much earlier than I expected. He surprised me with gorgeous flowers and 2 cards. We had cub scouts so we headed out for that, had dinner at Pasquale's which was very good and then onto the store to get the things for the Q & U Wedding! Now we are home and exhausted. One more note the boys' plants have started to bloom!

Before I go to bed I will remember you all in my thoughts and prayers. I also pray that everyone has the opportunity to feel a love like the love that Brandon and I share. It is magical and rooted in our faith in God.

"So Faith, Hope and Love Remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love." 1 Corinthians 13:13

Craft Day and Pancakes

Today was Craft Day for John Michael's class. I love craft day because I get to spend a little time seeing my little man at school. It is so great to be a little part of his day. They made tiles for Valentine's Day with hand print hearts and a scripture. 1 Corinthians 13:13. They are too cute, a little large, but it is all good, I am going to figure out something creative to do with the tiles that I have collected so if anyone has ideas that would be great. I will be googling this when I am not so tired.

Brandon and the boys cooked dinner tonight. We had breakfast for dinner and pancakes are Brandon's specialty. It was delicious.

I started working on our taxes, with a business it is always stressful. I will be glad when I am making more and have to do them every quarter, it will force me to be a little more organized.

I am determined to get to a point that I am scrapbooking once a month, minimum! Preferably once a week, but that is probably not realistic.

I did find out a lot about Zumba at Pump it Up and I have to admit I am very interested. This whole week is crazy but I am getting a plan to get there. I am excited. I love having the DVDs and doing it at home, but I do miss doing it with a group!

Well, I am off to bed, I hope that you all have a great night! My prayers are going up for you all. I also would like to take a few minutes to ask that everyone say a prayer for those children who are out there and need homes. I was adopted and thank God everyday for amazing parents, there are so many children though that get shuffled through the system and I pray for them all.