14 Years Ago Today

14 years ago today (May 27, 1994) I met Tim after being "pen pals" for 2 months. That is one of the happiest days of my life! A couple of months earlier my Aunt Marge (Who is my Mom's friend, not an actual aunt) told me about her nephew, Tim. She said I needed a good guy like him. She said he was sweet and kind. I asked to see a picture of him and when she showed me one I asked her for his address so I could write to him. We wrote letters back and forth for about 2 months getting to know eachother a little bit. Well I found out that he was going to be at Aunt Marge's house for Memorial Day weekend and I decided to go there and surprise him. I didn't know it, but later found out that his Mom had told him I was going to be there. Anyway, on May 27th I had been laying out in the sun. I had greasy suntan oil on me and felt like I didn't look very pretty. I wasn't planning on him coming on that day, but since he'd found out I was there, he decided to come early. When he came I was so upset, because I didn't have anytime to clean up, put my makeup on, fix my hair, I just wasn't ready. He came in and Aunt Marge introduced us. I thought he was so good looking and cool and he seemed really confident. I didn't think he would like me and he didn't really talk to me at first. I found out later that it was because he was shy. My Aunt sent us on an errand to buy something she "needed". I think she knew we needed a chance to talk. We hit it off right away and we were both head over heels for eachother. :) We talked all day and all night. The next day he took me to Walmart and bought me a fishing license and a pretty little ring with a heart on it in black hills gold. So our first date was going fishing. :) I'm so thankful that we both "caught a keeper" that weekend! That very weekend we talked about our future and getting married. 2 years later on April 27th we did just that! I thank God for bringing Tim into my life and the way He has blessed our marriage and life together! 14 years ago today, was definitely one of the happiest days of my life! Here are some pictures of us early in our relationship.

Lilacs

The lilacs are in full bloom and they smell so good! I think they are my 2nd favorite flower to smell. (Lily of the valley is my favorite)

Emily and Flowers

I took Ben and Emily outside for a while yesterday. Here are a few pictures I took of Emily.

Silly Kids and their Hair

Here is Emily with curlers in her hair. I was trying to teach her a lesson in being patient which is the virtue of the month at Church. She was not patient enough though for the curls to take effect. She was cute with the curlers in though. :)

Here is Benjamin with his blue mohawk.

Ben is sucking his left thumb, while his right hand is playing with a single strand of hair that he likes to stick in his ear. We have no idea why he does this, but he has been doing it for a couple of years now. Sometimes he will hide a hairbrush in his room so he has hair available to him when he wants it. :) Silly Boy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!

Today is my Dad's Birthday. Here is a picture of him when he was an adorable little boy.

Here he is dancing with me at my wedding 12 years ago.
Here is a recent picture of him.
Today I made him his favorite cake, pineapple upside down cake. We had him and my Mom over tonight for cake and coffee.

Happy Birthday Dad! I love you so much! :)

CHICKS

Recently Tim got 9 baby chicks. There are 5 of 1 kind and 4 of another. I forget what kind they are. We are getting about 15 more in another week. I think most of them are leghorns. Yesterday Tim brought home 35 pheasant chicks! I think they are so cute. It's fun watching them. They get sleepy and start bobbing there heads around like little sleepy kids do. I'm posting pictures of the baby chickens, the baby pheasants, and our neighbor's chicken which I think is really pretty. I don't know what kind it is though.

Clara is 10 now!

Clara's birthday was on Sunday. She is 10 years old now! We had a birthday party for her at 4pm on Sunday. Her best friend, Sheyanne came over. Grandma and Grandpa came over along with Tricia and Bum (her husband), and Shawn and Tracy and their family. We had lots of food to eat. We had hotdogs, chili, potato salad, and doritos. She picked out a "Littlest Pet Shop" cake from Walmart. It was chocolate. After we ate and she blew out her candles, we played "Rock Band". That was fun. It's always fun especially watching people play that haven't played before. By 8:30pm, everyone had gone home. I think Clara had a good time. She got lots of neat presents too.