Happy Veteran's Day

I wanted to take a moment today to thank all of those, active, reserve and veteran military men and women for their sacrifice to our country.  I am eternally grateful.

A special thank you to my husband for his prior service with the USMC.  I love you so much, I admire you more than words can express! XOX

Photo from our wedding day 8/21/2010

My Nephews' Baptism

I was so honored to participate in the baptism of my two nephews.  I have the cutest nephews alive! Tim and I were also incredibly honored to be asked by my cousins to be the Godparents of their youngest son, Jack.  Isn't he absolutely adorable!?

The proud parents and both of my nephews

Tim and I with our Godson, Jack

Tim and I with our Godson, Jack

I wish I had taken a photo, but I got them the most adorable blocks to commemorate their special day.  I am instead pasting a photo from the Craft-e-family website of a sample block so you get the gist of the gift.  I just fell in love when I saw them and I thought it was a very special way to remember such an important day.  Click on the photo below to go to their website for ordering info (ps: they offer blocks for all sorts of important occasions). 

 Another exciting thing happened this weekend - one of my very best friends, Sarah, and her long-term boyfriend, Ben, got engaged! I can't wait for your big day friend and I am so very happy for you both! XOX

So, it was quite an exciting weekend!

Thankful Thursday

This is really a follow up or update to last week's Thankful Thursday post found here. 

Unfortunately with the burglary of our home we were unable to visit our new baby cousin last week, so we had a rain check until this past Monday.

Tim and I took breakfast down, as we both had the day off, and got to see my cousin and her husband and their two beautiful sons.  Here is the newest addition to their family.  Meet Jack (posing ever so angelically with my husband and I):

Again, we are so thankful that he is healthy and that his mama is doing well.  Big brother also appears to be doing well and I just know he will make an excellent big brother. 

Thankful Thursday

Today I am thankful and blessed to have a new addition to our family.  My cousin Jill gave birth to her second son on Monday, Valentine's Day. 

We are blessed that it was a smooth delivery and baby Jack is already home, happy, and healthy.

Tim and I will be taking dinner over to the proud parents tonight, which also happens to be Jill's birthday.  I can't wait to meet baby Jack!

I now have 4 beautiful little cousins (whom I call my niece and nephews as I have no siblings) on my side.  Hooray!!

Thankful Thursday

Today I am going to write about my husband.  When I told him I started a blog he immediately asked, "Is it about me!?".  Unfortunately (fortunately?) this blog is not all about Tim, maybe I will start a second blog all about Tim some day, but in the interim, this post will do. 

I truly do have an amazing husband.  Believe it or not we met on match.com nearly 4 years ago (I believe it was early May 2007).  We chatted for a few weeks until he peer pressured me into meeting for a date (5/27/2007).  After our first date I never looked back. 

He is patient, forgiving, generous, passionate, caring, and the most loving man I have ever known.  He always puts me first and I know he loves me with all of his heart. 

Best of all, he loves me for me.  Even with all of my flaws and moods, he loves me, he supports me, and he never turns his back on me. 

I was fortunate to marry this wonderful man on August 21, 2010.  We are currently enjoying being newlyweds and I try to show him every day how thankful I am to have him in my life. 

I love you Timmy.