HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

I just wanted to write a quick little note to my husband in celebration of the day we joined our hearts and became a whole unit.

Thank you for all the wonderful years and treasured memories that you have given me. Your love is the strength that drives me to do everything for our family. You are the armor that shields me from tears and you're  my crutch when I don't have the strength to stand. You made my life colorful and added a rainbow of hope for better tomorrows. You continue to amaze me with your generosity and compassionate heart. My world wouldn't be the same without all of your wonderful attributes. Thank you for loving me, thank you for being a superior partner, and incredible father to our children. You inspire me to be a better person. Words are not enough to say that "I love you" so let me kiss you instead! Happy Anniversary Paul Michael and I will keep loving you from "Here to Eternity."

"Camping Adventures"

Finally, we pulled our tent out, set it up to make sure it still functioned properly, and headed out for a weekend at Huntington Lake. If you're a parent, you know that camping is alot of work when you have kids, especially young tots. It seemed as though we were constantly playing the "referee" role and I won't even go there with the (h e double hockey sticks Kan put us through).


We spent a ton of time in the water trying to cool off, Kan was fearless and rode on Paul's back out to the water plank with the other kids. Mom was a chicken and not a fan of the super chilly water passed her belly. The kids fished off the dock for crawdads and bass, they finally scored on the last day and we brought home 5 blue gill. There's very little time to relax when the kids are pulling you in 14 different directions or you have a 2 year old that simply doesn't sit still :( but somehow we managed to still catch a bit of shade and take in the nice evening air. We gathered firewood and were able to enjoy a small fire long enough for the kids to make s'mores. The pics do speak for themselves if you notice the pure enjoyment on the faces of the kids, awwwwwww to be young again.





"Horsin' Around"

We packed up the car and made a quick jaunt to Logan over the weekend to have some much needed HOUGH family time! Our mission was to help my brother Josh's family get moved into their new house but plans kept taking a turn for the worse and that mission wasn't accomplished in the utmost way. All plans aside we got to spend some time with both of the "Happy Hough" clans and get out of our house for a weekend which is always a bonus! It's incredulous how much our neices and nephews change in 5 months time, they are ever changing and growing like weeds, so sad that so much time lapses between our family visits. Brenten is so tall and smart and very set in his ways, he knows what he wants or doesn't, period end of story. His dad likes to pick on him which can cause an uproar in his little world :(  Miss Madi is a sparkly little ball of fire and on the go constantly. She loved the horses at the park and the Law farm and had no fear whatsoever, so cute! Then there's little Hannah who is a diamond in the rough, she is an aboslute gem from the tip of her curly cue hair to her kissable toes. She is such a happy and glorious little bug to be around, we couldn't get enough Hannah time. The Hough's are always a pleasure to be around (well most of the time bahaha) and we certainly enjoy our time with each of them. Oh how I wish we lived just a hair closer so we could play a bigger role in each other's lifes but never would I take for granted the time we get together. Thank you again to my sister in law Kaye who sent me home with some clothes to support my growing baby bump!