Milestones

Well the happy day has finally arrived. Matt
and I bit the bullet, so to speak, and decided
to retire the Ford Contour. We've had this car
for 12 years, LONG past it's vibrant days!
After researching what we could sell it for...lol
...we decided that we would benefit more, and
feel less guilty, if we donated it to the Kidney
Foundation. Matt and I have had some good
memories with this old dog. This was the first
car for both of us with a/c. We bought this car
before we had kids but it was the car we bought
Mason home from the hospital in. It's old and
used up, but boy it's got a lot of good memories
for us.

Tuesday February 10th was the big day! Along
came the tow truck and with Myself, Mia and
Madden watching intently, they hooked up the
car. I have to admit it made me a little sad to
see it go. Poor thing with it's dent in the front
drivers side from Matt's Mom. The dent in the
front passenger side from Matt himself. The dent
in the rear from Matt backing into a co-workers
truck. The mis-matched drivers side mirror from
Matt backing out of the garage too quickly. One
front hubcap missing...Matt lost it of course :)
The passanger headrest missing The vice grips
attached to the drivers inside door so as to assist
in rolling down the window......need I go on?
WHITE TRASH?!!
As I write this I realize why Matt's been mentioning
to me for YEARS that we need a new car.
Sorry Honey!

I'm sorry to break this to all you ladies out there,

but I married the greatest guy on the planet! You

can all stop looking for him or hoping that one day

your husband will be just that. Because I found him

and he's ALL MINE!!

February 9th was our 13th anniversary. WOW, time

really does fly! We went out the Friday before to

dinner along with our good friends the Bailey's. Their

anniversary is a few days before ours and the last

couple of years we've gone out together to celebrate.

We ate at Macaroni Grill which is one of mine and Matt's

favorites. The evening and the company were GREAT!

13 years has gone by fast and we've added some really

cute kids to our family in the meantime. Sometimes I

feel totally unworthy of the life I have. I can honestly say

Mattie is my hero and my inspiration. He is someone who

is always trying to better himself and I admire that.

He works really hard for our family and then comes

home and deals with all of us. Then he usually has a lot

of homework (only 3 more weeks BABY!!!). What a man!

So like I said, I married the greatest guy out there!!

Just so everyone knows it!!

Mattie got me a FruitFlowers bouqet. Chocolate

covered strawberries & cherries...what could

a girl want more? The kids couldn't get enough

(who am I kidding, neither could I). It was as

yummy as it looks!

What a great guy!! Thanks for the sweet gesture

and for a great 13 years! I look forward the the

next 70 to go!!