We have been spending so much time outside, the weather has been most favourable...excluding the last week...rain, rain, rain. But, I love it! Everything looks so lush and full!
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| Watermelon, kiddie pool and sunshine. Need I say more? |
Over the last few weeks we have also been spending lots of time with Josie, Halle and my sister. The kids love it. We enjoyed a day at Bud Miller Park where there was face painting, bounce houses, obstacle courses, wagon rides, balloons, miniature horses pulling chariots, train rides...it was awesome!
We wore the kids out, Jesse even had the day off to come and join us. It was a blast!
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| Halle was so adorable getting her face painted |
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| Pretty flower! |
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| Bounce house heaven |
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| Puppy and E-Man ready for the train ride! |
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| Snack time! |
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| That's right, a kick-ass day, makes for a kick-ass smile! |
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| Snacks and a rest! |
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| Weeeeeeeee! |
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| Potato Sack race! This girl rocked! |
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| Babies, grass, and sprinklers! |
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| Mommy's make up... |
All of these pictures make me smile, they warm my sometimes cold heart, they remind me of summer as a kid, they remind me of the ridiculous amount of love I have for my family.
I am enjoying every get together as much as possible, I love spur of the moment trips to the park or visits from friends. Summer is so good!
Another thing I am enjoying more and more is my husband. (Now don't get your minds in the gutter, here!)
In three days, we will have been married for four years. We will have been together for nine.
It seems so crazy to me, that the man I met nine years ago in Calgary is now my loving husband, and adoring father to my children. Still, to this day, we will sometimes look at each other say "How did we get here!!??" Not in a bad way...just in a bit of disbelief, that we turned our lives into this...this awesome thing. Where we wake up every day and get to hang out with these two cool little dudes. Where its not the just the two of us anymore, its the four of us. Where we would give anything to make sure our children are happy and loved.
I look back over the last almost-decade and think of the highs and lows, and I don't regret one thing. I don't regret my mistakes or his. They have made us who and what we are today.
Watching you grow and change has been pretty impressive...from the care-free to the responsible one. Your priorities and role in life have shifted to father of two and husband. I adore you. I adore how the boys look up to you. Every day, when Ellis gets up from his nap, he says, "Yook mommy, I dus like daddy!" as he struts out of his room with his shirt off. I listen to how he talks to Jenner, with such gentleness, telling him he can climb on to the couch, saying "It's ok buddy, you can do it!"
I love how you are so encouraging to them and myself. I love how you are their biggest fan. And I love how you are still my best friend.
I honestly, truly meant it when I repeated my vows to you at our wedding. From the bottom of my heart...and I know you did too, even though we kept giggling at each other and our J.P. had to remind us that "this is a wedding". You still make me laugh.
I loved our Palm Ceremony. I wish I could upload the picture of us looking at each other's hands...
These are the hands of your best friend
Young and strong, and vibrant with love.
These are the hands
That will work along side of yours,
As together you build your future,
As you laugh and cry,
As you share your innermost secrets and dreams.
These are the hands that will hold each child
in tender love, soothing them through
Illness and hurt; encouraging them along
The way and knowing when it's time to let go.
These are the hands that will love you
And cherish you through the years,
For a lifetime of happiness.
I loved that, and still do. It has held so true. I could not picture my heart in someone else's trust. I never want to think of the day where we will not be together. I want to stay just as we are, with our boys, always laughing, always hugging, always there.
You have amazed me, you have shown me a part of my heart that I never knew existed, and as the years go on, I find that my heart seems to grow, I feel more.
Thank you for being a great father, husband, best friend.
Thank you for sharing your heart with me.
Happy Father's Day, Happy Anniversary.
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| Thank you for this day... |
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| And this day... |
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| And this day... |
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| And this day... |
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| And this day! |
My heart will be your shelter,
My arms will be your home
We will walk together through life
As partners and best friends.
