16 years

5*3*97  sixteen years. amazing in my mind. pretty darn good for this day & age.  he managed to surprise me with flowers this year.  we celebrated Saturday by spending the whole day together, just us. Farmer's market, Olive Garden, the mall, Target, Redbox for movies & home.

random photos of us: at our favorite pizza place at the lake    on the hog hunt trip February 2012

 another hog hunt trip photo                       at a bachelorette/bachelor party Summer 2012

 getting ready for a wedding Sept. 2012                  Valentine's 2013

maybe I will find a wedding photo to share before this goes live...

5 on Friday

the whirlwind weekend was followed by a like-minded week! whew this weekend looks to be more of the same. So today's 5 is going to be a Friday Phone Dump post full of gratefull-ness.



1. PROVIDER APPRECIATION DAY: Last Friday was provider appreciation day & I have some of the best parents. Only one that knew it was that day. here's what she sent w/her little guy!! For future reference, its always the Friday before Mother's Day. Grateful for the people who think of the little things that mean so much!!

2.  ANNIVERSARY: With a photo shoot the next morning, I had a cousin do french tips on my nails. Love them!!  too bad I am so rough on my nails that they are already chipped & nasty looking!  Then I knew which shirt I was wearing as I had bought this purple & white one just for the occassion, next I had shoes & jewelry to decide on.  Here are the photos & questions I sent to my (much younger) fashionistas in a mini-panic Saturday morning:  a) with the belt or without? 

b)  short & chunky or long & sparkley? (necklaces)

Grateful for a wonderful husband of 15 years as well as enough means to have to decide on jewelry.

Flowers for our anniversary (5/3) -the reason for the photo shoot.  He really rocks the fresh flowers lately!!  these he took the time & energy to pick out blue & purple so they were our wedding colors *swoon*  Grateful for his thoughtfulness!

3. ENGAGEMENT: I already blogged a bit  about it on Monday when it was fresh in my heart, but to recap: I was blessed to do an engagement shoot on Saturday evening with friends that refreshed my love for the camera.  Grateful for great friends who did more for my heart than they realize.

 4.  TROPHIES: remember the hog hunt we went on back in February in Oklahoma? hmmmm maybe I haven't blogged it yet since I can't find a post... note to self: blog hog hunt. Anyyyyy wayyyyyy the trophies were done Wednesday so Tim buzzed up & picked them up from the taxidermist.  Pretty cool that we got 2 trophies (plus meat) from one kill.  The head went right on the wall by the antler rack & the skull (european mount) went on my display shelf at the top of the stairs, which in turn meant it was time to switch up the decor there!  I had threaded this empty frame w/twine one evening last week w/o a plan of where to use it.   When the skull went on the shelf I immediately clicked into knowing the photos needed to be displayed on the frame w/the skull! Grateful for the means to get to take trips & share in his love of a sport.

5. CHANGING SEASONS: the back yard is coming alive! I love watching theings change year to year & see what blooms & when  here is a pic of one of the yucca plants getting ready to bloom.

the warmer temps & more sunshine means we are spending more & more time out in the yard.  here is a super cute shot I caught on Wednesday.  Grateful that every day is different!

WHAT IS ON YOUR GRATEFUL LIST FOR THE WEEK??

FIFTEEN

fifteen, 15, fif-teen.  WOW. 1997. 


Yea, May 3, 1997 was the day we were married.  For 2 people who thought they'd never be the marrying kind, or find someone else who fit the bill, we've done pretty good.  15 years is quite a haul in this day & age.  Very few of our friends who were married before (or even right after) us are still married.  We've changed, we've grown, we've struggled & we've recovered.  All of it together. We have a lot to be proud of and thankful for.

Too lazy to take pics out of frames & scan so you get pictures of pictures to compare how YOUNG we looked to our here & now.

our big plans to celebrate? He surprised me with an appointment with our wedding photographer! (I've known for a week but he had the appointment made before he told me about it so it still counts as a surprise in my book!)

a reminiscint post

ahhhh 12 years ago today(Friday, May 2nd) I was off work but FREAKING OUT. we were putting things together finally finalizing the plans, decorations, food, ahhhhhhhhh I wish I had been more calm & enjoying it all instead of waiting for something to go wrong :(

tonight (Friday May 2nd)we had most of our wedding party over after rehearsal-I don't even remember if we had a rehearsal dinner... I must not have eaten LOL .. makes me want to find a vcr that works & watch our wedding tape!

tomorrow (Saturday, May 3rd) I was up & running by 7. making sure the house was ready for us to leave it unattended for a week, we were packed & ready to fly out for a week, all the wedding plans were in place. WOW con.trol.freak. eeeeeek. I was gone by 9 to help decorate the country club for the reception, then meet the girls @ the church to get ready. totally relaxed there. My family rocked the reception details for me :) photos started @3 & the ceremony started @6. I remember realizing we didn't have rose petals for the flower girl to drop so Jeff was out picking violets from the church yard :) HE ROCKED!! Seth had rocked the photos but had a melt down an hour b4 the ceremony EEEEEEEEEEEEEEK I was freakin' now I would have laughed it off. tim cried when presenting his mom w/a white rose in honor of his father then sniffled thru the ceremony -very touching. the attendants had issues relighting the candleabra since we had lit them the night b4. I tried to put his ring on his right hand. I forgot to get my bouquet back b4 we walked out. the bubbles outside were AMAZING!!!! perfectly dreamy :) then we got in the car & & lowered the top.. balloons!!! (I don't know how they got there, I know I didn't do it but remember wanting them) they floated out again.. dreamy!! Tim's brother Todd had wired the brake pedal to a police siren... NIIIIIIIIIICE .. tim enjoyed it after he figured it out :) out & around the loop we scooped then hit the country club where everyone was waiting. GOOD FOOD ALL NIGHT LONG! I told ya my family rocked it!!! we had veggies, salads, & sandwiches out all night long :) so many compliments on that. the band was great!! the chilling out w/friends & family was awesome. we helped clean up then went home to go to bed. we couldn't sleep so we just opened gifts & put it all in a pile to go thru in a slow detailed way when we got back.

Sunday May 4th, we picked his family up(they were seeing us off) b4 5am & off we were to the airport. flew out for Florida. the only thing I will say about my packing-I've learned how to minimize :)

so to celebrate we have reservations @ the Knotty Pine for Saturday night. YAY!! its under new ownership & I am dying to try it. hoping for some photos!! :)

(BTW, I KNOW THE DATES ARE OFF A DAY:)

another dreary day

here in my world.. its foggy out. no sun. dreary.ugh. so a list it is:

• ACCOUNTABILITY: yesterday I did get 96oz, way over 5in5 (I quit counting @8 & Know I had more after that), & ALL 3 DAIRY! then I had an hour yoga class (quite a work out unfortunately I was struggling w/down dog from some of the shred level2 moves making my shoulders/neck a bit sore) & then I walked on the treadmill for 3o minutes :) I have already had 2 fruit servings today!! I started the day w/1 cup of cantalope YUMMMM
• APPRECIATE: I appreciate that we've eaten leftovers for 3 nights so there's been NO COOKING required :) its been nice for both of us. I appreciate Tim's drive on getting the bathroom done. I appreciate that I have a room for my scrapping! (spent some time in it again last night!!)
• BLOGGING=therapy: I have a HUGE post about my anorexic past typed up & stored. I am not sure if I'll ever get brave enough to post it. but its there, it felt good to get it out.
• WEEKEND: I am looking fwd to the weekend. We have reservations(his idea) for dinner @ the Knotty Pine (a favorite of mine) on Saturday night :) that's after a day of tile shopping (for the bathroom)
• Tim has to work late tonight so I may just surprise him w/chili. he was going to make it but decided not to b/c of working late. I think its the least I can do.
• BATHROOM update: while I was @ yoga he sanded all the previously mudded spots & added another layer where needed. When I got home I sanded the glue from the tiles they had around the sink/counter & then he mudded that area too. I. DISPISE. SANDING. YUCK.
• today will be laying low babying this ache in my side-I am a wuss. maybe cleaning off my desk & filing :) that sounds good.
• the kids are content to play monsters, then they'll do yoga :)
• ok.. the breakfast dishes need taken care of & I have 4 diapers to tend to.. off I go...