11 Years of Wedded Bliss

Eleven years ago, tomorrow, James and I tied the knot. Happy Anniversary, Honey Bunny! Hope you've got something special planned!!! Meanwhile, Let's take a little stroll down Memory Lane...

We met at work. We were both really shy so a whole team of people had to get us to talk to each other. I was 23, you were 22. Being a mature and sophisticated woman, I was very reluctant to go out with a younger man. But you were sooooo cute. So I decided to give you a try. Our first date was the 4th of July. A group date, because you were scared to be alone with me. I had so much fun. You were completely different from anyone I had ever dated. We ended up alone at the end of the night. I asked you if I could drive your car. You let me. You totally wanted to kiss me when we got to my house, but I just wasn't that kind of girl. I mean, come on! The first date??!!!

We went out again a few days later. 2 Weeks after that you sat me down to have "the talk" because you didn't want me to date anyone else. I didn't want to anyway, so it was a good talk. 3 months later we got engaged. We flew to Portland that night and my parents took us out to dinner in a sweet limo!!

As cliche as it sounds, the day we got married was absolutely the Happiest day of my life. Everything about that day was perfect and my face hurt from smiling so much. We went to San Diego for our honeymoon and it poured the whole time we were there. But we didn't care:) At all. When it was time to fly home, we got to the airport 3 hours early, because we are both extremely anal about things like that. Two peas in a pod.

Remember our first apartment? It was a dump, because we were (and still are) sooo cheap. One bedroom, no air conditioner, no dryer vent. So we bought an extra long dryer hose and ran it through the apartment and out the bathroom window. We used to spray each other down with a squirt bottle to keep cool at night. In the winter, we froze to death because the wall heater was so loud that we couldn't sleep with it on. We endured all of this for an entire year. But it was fun. We ate at Red Bones 3 nights a week and saw every movie that came out.

Well... I could go on and on. But, I just want to say thanks for all you do. Thanks for working hard. Thanks for listening when I really need it. Thanks for saying the right things when I really need to hear them (even if I don't want to hear them).

Love ya. Happy Anniversary!

Happy Birthday Boopers!

Yesterday, Chase turned 7. I can't believe it. He's my baby and luckily for me, he's still fine with sitting on my lap and holding my hand in public, most of the time.
He got up early to open presents. Later on, we had the family over for ice cream and cake. He got a ton of stuff. Lots of army stuff, Legos and a remote control car. He was in Heaven.





He's such an awesome kid. And he's hilarious. He calls me Momelson and makes up songs about our dog, Fonzie. My favorite is the one called "A Pocket Full O' Fonzie". He has the cutest smile and the biggest dimples and is one of the greatest joys of my life.
Happy Birthday Chase! We LOVE YOU!!!

35

Just celebrated the big 35! Only 5 more years to 40. CAN'T WAIT!!!! When did this happen? Seriously. Turning 30 was weird but 35 is like... ok, this is really happening. I really am going to continue to age. It's not supposed to be a big deal. I even made it one of my goals for this year to not dwell on oldness. So, I'm not going to. I'm stopping. Right now.

My bday was fun. I let Tay ditch school and we went to the Dinosaur museum. We've gone there the past few years on my birthday so now the kids expect it. I kind of wanted to do something different this year but, that would have required some planning. Which I didn't do. Anyhoo, it was fun. Then we went to Bonsai for dinner. It was great. I got birthday gonged.

James and the boys got me a subscription to Astronamy magazine, a spa gift card and a sweet karaoke system that I never have to hook up! So, all of my favorite things were covered. Space, spa and belting out the tunes. NICE!