holy matrimony!

today is my 9th wedding annivesary. i am not writing you from a caribbean island, on the beach while sipping on something with pineapple, tanning my not-so-beach bound bod, while the waves are splashing and the smell of the ocean is heavenly. instead, i am cozied up in my bed, fighting this horrible cold-that-feels-like-the-flu. yuck! i officially have the un-official anniversary 2 year curse.  this is the third time i have been sick on our annivesary...i had kidney stones 4 years ago, the flu 2 years ago and now the super crud. i'm hoping Jay will get home early so we can salvage the day with a late dinner and some alone time. hopefully i will be feeling a bit better. a snotty, red nose and horrid cough, i assume, is not his idea of beauty. fyi:: we are going out of town this weekend to celebrate.

a few pics [of] our wedding day.

[copies of pics] well, were kind of old enough where they

didn't have fancy CDs to put pics on]

the ceremony

lighting of the unity candle

                                                         our sweet flower girl, rachel.

our first dance.

the wedding party

[you can't really tell the colors, but they were celadon and periwinkle]

Jay's sweet niece

holy RICE! were under attack!

look how young we were; we were headed out to begin

our life together. [and to Florida for our honeymoon]

how we've grown over the years.

and today - 

were so happy. and still so inlove.

i'm so blessed to still be his "forever".

i love you, Jay.

happy Easter.

Easter 2010

happy, happy birthday.

my dear daddy turned 57 today. another blessed year of life. happy birthday, dad. i love you.

happy birthday to thee,

thou are one-hundred three;

thy hearing's disappearing,

and thou can't hardly see!

me and my daddy. happy birthday.

♥

you scream. i scream. we all scream for ice cream.

his birthday sweetness.

jay and mom providing the entertainment of the evening.

my beautiful mother.

♥

my sweet little family.

an evening at the park.

our weather has been beautiful the last week or so. Wednesday afternoon we ventured out to the park. took some bbq for a picnic, bread for the ducks, and the dog for a walk. it was perfect park weather. i am ready to go fishing and camping! Jay found a buddy along the trail; a red bird. perhaps a parakeet? his owner was an older man who was super friendly and nice and probably from new york; i loved his accent. Thursday we done some spring cleaning in the house, got our yard ready to mow and the flower beds ready to mulch. i finally got the chance to hang up all our new decor for our family room and we have finally finished our kitchen/dining room; so i will finally have pics for that. we're slowly making our way to the back of the house where 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths eagerly wait for our attention. im currently ISO a paint fairy.

have a beautiful,

sunny day.

 my blooming beauty.

dusty wanting to eat chase the ducks.

the red bird from new york.

i think jay was skeered.

someone made a buddy, afterall.