5 Years

 

The time has come again this year to celebrate our Anniversary. We hit 5 years on November 27th.

All I can say is WOW. It definitely does not feel like its been five years. Amazing. Somehow, I feel like I’ve known Joe forever and yet, it seems as if I only met him yesterday. I still get butterflies in my stomach when he comes home from work. He makes me so infinitely happy, words just can’t explain.

Joe has been so kind, loving and patient these past five years and I really feel like I don’t deserve him. Anyone who knows my history understands that I’ve lived a difficult, and sometimes hard life. There are many things I have overcome and have yet to overcome. I don’t think I would be the person I am today without those experiences, but I also don’t think I would be so happy with myself today if it weren’t for Joe. He has helped me discover the positive side to life and the choices that we need to make in life to be positive. To never wallow in sadness and self pity. He has shown me that I can choose to be happy. He has also shown me that I should never doubt myself, that I can stand up for myself and make my own decisions and that I can be happy with those decisions. I also love and appreciate his love and devotion to the gospel. He has such a great knowledge and understanding of the gospel and it amazes me all the time. He just gets it.

Joe – you are my everything. I love you dearly and pray that I may forever continue to deserve you.

Happy Anniversary Sweetheart.

 

 

 

p.s. we took these pictures with our remote and tripod… fun!

My Sister Jessica and her baby Lily

My little sister lives in Montana. It was a little exciting for me, because while I was pregnant with Travis, Jessica was pregnant with Lily. I have had friends that were pregnant at the same time I was pregnant with Enoch, but it was never a sister. Travis was born in March and Lily in April. Its only a bummer she lives so far away. These two cousins would be two peas in a pod if they grew up together.

 

While they were visiting, she asked if I could take some “Mommy and Me” photos. Trust me when I tell you, I am not a great photographer. I love taking photos of my kids, don’t get me wrong, but I’m not fabulous at it. Joe is the artist when it comes to camera.

I will admit, Jessica and Lily were easy to photograph. They both are extremely photogenic.

 

Thanks for visiting us Jessica and Lily. We love you and miss you. Can’t wait for your next visit!

 

Here are just a few of VERY, very many photos. Enjoy.

 

 

 

 

 

Newest Member of the Blue Man Group

Things got quiet…sometimes, when things are quiet, especially around bedtime, it means Enoch has fallen asleep. Not tonight…

He found a crayola marker somewhere this evening. Funny thing, I don’t buy markers. Hmmm.

 

Pachyderm Painting – Zoo Trip

The Denver Zoo had Pachyderm Painting for a week at their pachyderm exhibit. Most of you know that Enoch adores elephants, so, when I read about this in the monthly flyer, I knew we had to go, no excuses.

I’m SO glad that we did! Enoch loved it! Bonnie came with us so she and Travis hung out at the back of the HUGE CROWD while Enoch and I pushed our way to the front for the perfect view and easy spot for pictures. I’ve also posted pictures from the rest of the visit. Enjoy!

Mimi & Dolly are their names. Mimi is 50 years old and Dolly is 40 years old. Dolly was the first to paint. She was SO cute! She would sort of, slap/beat the paintbrush on the board sideways, it was SO neat. She took a bow after she was done. :D

This is Mimi ^ Patiently waiting her turn to paint.

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Finally, it was Mimi’s turn! She needed a little help, so the zoo people did most of it for her, but she did an awesome job!

  

     

Dolly watched Mimi paint and then decided she was going to try and get some more attention from everyone. Too cute!  

   

And Mimi’s Bow!

  

The finished product and Enoch! The 2nd picture is his, “Mom, stop taking pictures of me!”

 

I love these pictures. ^ I’m going to blow them up and frame them. My favorite is the 2nd picture though, because he’s explaining something to her with his gestures. :D

The Okapi had a baby, aw…

   

Checkin’ out the Seals. That’s Bonnie & Travis, they looked like that for most of the Zoo trip. :D

 

Tropical Discovery! My camera was acting funny so these look a little weird.

 

The 2nd is the Anaconda! I’ve only seen him IN the water, he was HUGE!

 

These fish photos turned out AWESOME.

Kind of cute for such an evil creature…gives me the heebie jeebies…

Enoch enjoys the Komodo Dragons

 

They had a few tables set up around the Zoo this trip where the kids could actually touch stuff. This was an actual snake skeleton.

 

And last but not least, the Snow Leopard. These guys are BEAUTIFUL. Funny thing though, he was sleeping and 2 mice decided they would come and finish his left overs. Do you see both of the mice??