Different is Good !!

 So I saw this idea on www.thepioneerwoman.com .

 She did a post featuring 15 ways her and her hubby were different. So I thought I would give it a try :)

Here I go !

1 ~  I love to read !
       He has only read at the most 5 books in the 16 years I've known him .

2 ~  He loves drinking coffee.
       I only love the smell of coffee

3 ~  He loves watching hockey.
       I breath a sigh of relief when playoffs are over .

4 ~  He goes to sleep as soon as his head hits the pillow .
       I need to lay there and figure out life first !

5 ~  I love eating pasta !
       Pasta makes him gag !

6 ~  He loves to fly .
       I have to be drugged to get on a plane.

7 ~  I can't go a day without chocolate
       He could live without it.

8 ~  I drink Pepsi.
       He drinks Mountain Dew

9 ~  I have to be early to everything.
       He likes arriving right on time.

10 ~ He likes older homes.
        I like new homes.

11 ~ He likes fast cars.
        I take it slow.

12 ~ He loves thrill rides.
        I love taking pictures of him on the thrill rides.

13 ~ He takes showers .
        I love baths .

14 ~ He loves ketchup on everything.
        I love mustard on everything.

15 ~ He loves me.
        I love him.


Different is good :)

Cletus

 

Meet Cletus

The newest member of our little family ....

We have 10 more members arriving on the weekend ....

 

The kind that cluck ...

 

 

 

 

It's Our Anniversary Baby !

This picture was taken almost 16 years ago to the day ....

 

16 years ago ,  I was 18 years old complete with a super high metabolism ... :)

I was also madly in love with a boy from Nova Scotia .... 

Then 14 years ago today ....

I married him ...

 

 

I'm still madly in love with the boy from Nova Scotia ....

Now it's a seasoned love,

A deeper love

A love that comes from time ...

A love that comes from

For better or for Worse

Not just from feelings

 

 

Love is Patient and Kind. Love is not Jealous or Boastful or Proud or Rude. It does Not demand its own way. It is Not Irritable, and it keeps No Record of being Wronged. It does Not Rejoice about Injustice but Rejoices when the Truth wins out. Love Never gives up, Never loses Faith, is always Hopeful, and Endures through Every Circumstance.

1 Corinthians 13 :4-7

 

 

He still picks me flowers

I have a weird kind of favorite flower ....

Most people would probably call it a weed ....

You can find them in ditches everywhere for about two weeks each year ....

My husband knows how much I love these flower~weeds ...

So he willingly picks me many bouquets of Lupins ....

Climbing through ditches ....

Just to pick me some weeds that I love ....

 

So every June, as long as they keep blooming ...

My table looks like this ....

 

All because :

 

He still picks me flowers ....

Halley's Birthday

My baby girl is twelve now.

We celebrated simple this year. No big party, just cake and ice cream with the family.

I took a break from making the cake this year and let the good talented people at our grocery store have the honor! I think they did a great job :)

Cake is cake right ??? :)

It's hard not to look at that number and realize ....

That only six more years remain until our little girl is all grown up ...

But for now - we are going to enjoy year 12 !!!!

There were less toys this year ...

More grown up stuff instead ....

Even a new e-reader ...

Just before bedtime we decided to take a drive ....

Somehow we ended up down by the river ....

We had a great time just throwing rocks ....

Here they are :

Now 12, 9 and 4 ...

Hard to believe ...

This Mama trying to freeze every second ....

Looking at my oldest baby knowing just how fast time really does fly by ....

The perfect end to a perfect day ....

 

Happy Birthday HALLEY :)

 

 

 

Sunny Days Are On The Way ....

 

We've been getting little glimpses that summer is soon on it's way ....

The odd sunny day in amongst dozens of rainy days ....

So when the sun comes out ....

We take advantage by spending lots of time at the park!

It's great to see the kids smile again ....

Laughing ....

Doing what kids are supposed to do ....

Having no worries ....

Getting over the fact ....

That our life has seemed like one cloud after the other ....

Rolling in as fast and huge as they can ....

So seeing them happy ... 

Makes us happy ....

So when the clouds of life roll in ....

 We're choosing to see the beauty after the storm ...

She's 12

It still seems hard to believe that 12 years ago today ....

I became a Mommy ...

To a wee little baby girl that didn't weigh much over 5 1/2 pounds ...

It didn't matter how small ...

She captured her Daddy's heart from her first breath .... 

The love we had for this little baby girl ran deep ....

 

Even though we seemed like just babies ourselves ...

And they let us take her home !!!!

 

 That's when we went from being a couple ...

To a Family ...

 

 

and then it happened ...

 

 

We blinked .......

 

 And now .....

 We no longer have that tiny baby girl ...

Instead we have a 12 year old young woman ...

Who is just as beautiful inside as she is out ....

 

Happy Birthday to our HALLEY Baby :)

 

and as a hindsight ...

 

We've also decided to stop blinking ....