16 years of wedded bliss.... ; )

Jason and I celebrated our 16th wedding anniversary this past weekend by taking the day off on Friday to extend our weekend to a "three-dayer" and head to Chicago! : ) Although they have been experiencing the same warmer spring weather that we have recently, unfortunately the weekend we chose to go there it turned a bit rainy, foggy and cooler....but still, lots of fun to get away, relax and spend some time together! We were able to: eat out at several really neat local restaurants, watch several of the NCAA tourney bball games (of course!) and most of all, in a nice quiet room with no children interruptions, enjoy a nice cozy hotel right downtown, ran back to our hotel one night in the pouring rain (from the pharmacy where we were getting hot and cold packs for J's achy neck....yeah, we're old!) and enjoy the sights, sounds AND SHOPS of Chicago! Happy anniversary baby......I love you more each year....just imagine what our 50th will be like! ; ) HAHA!

Allie turns 12.....where does the time go???!!!

Hard to believe that.....1) February has come and gone....2) winter has almost passed us up this year with not much snow (and yes, I'm sure I have just "jinxed" us and we will now wake up to 6 in.of the white stuff on the ground tomorrow!)....and 3) I am only 29 but now have a 12 year old daughter.....HA!!! Yep, the hardest to believe would be that last one......I cannot fathom that in now less than a year, we will be parents to a teenager but it is true! About a week ago, we celebrated Allie's 12th birthday! We threw her a "friends" party and headed to the Indy Indoor Water Park for that one........that was a fun day! Then, the next weekend, we celebrated with family here at our house. Again, another fun day as well! Allie started out a mere 4 lbs on the day she was born......our dr. called her "peanut" upon her delivery....she was so tiny I was afraid to hold her! : ) She was tiny but mighty! And still is to this day....although she's grown a bit past that 4lb mark! : ) We are so thankful for her as she is growing into a beautiful young lady......she loves her family and has a heart for Jesus! She is creative, musical, artistic, funny, loud (have no idea where she gets that one from), sweet, kind, interesting, compassionate, and fun! Thank you Jesus for trusting us in raising this girl! : ) Now on to many many many more fun times ahead! Happy birthday Allison Renee!