5 YEARS MARRIED TO MY BEST FRIEND

I cannot believe it has been 5 years since I married my pain in the rear best friend!  He drives me crazy and I drive him crazy!  Perfect match?  ABSOLUTELY!  He doesn't put the dishes where they belong, pick up after himself, or listen to what I say.  I nag at him about everything (hince why he doesn't listen), cook meals that he hates, and leave make-up all over the bathroom counter.  These are things that drive us crazy about each other but it's all about compromise, right???  Sure, we have wanted to give up a time or two, but at the end of the day I can't imagine my life without him.

I'll never forget how it all started.  I was a freshman and he was a sophomore.  It was state testing time at school so our class schedule wasn't normal.  All freshmen and sophomores had lunch at the same time.  I met my bff, Jessica for lunch.  Of course, it took a while for us to figure out who we were going to sit with to be look cool.  She had  the idea that we could hang out with her cousin Doug who happened to be Wes' bff.  Coincidence?  I think not!  Jess mentioned that she thought Wes was cute.  Well, being the teenage, jerk of a best friend that I was, I thought if she was going to go after him then I was too!  Don't worry, this wasn't the first time we had fallen for the same guy.  Let's be honest, she got them every time!  However, everything happens for a reason and the rest is history.  So, I suppose I owe it all to her!  Thanks, Jess!  Don't get me wrong, although it started as a bit of a competition, I fell in love with this guy pretty quick!  He is a great husband and a wonderful father!

We didn't get any pictures the day we got married (unusual for me, I know).  We got married in a beautiful court house in Fort Smith, Arkansas.  I am hoping we can make it back there this summer when we go to Oklahoma.  It would be a great photo-opp!  I do have this picture that was taken a few months before we got married.  It's funny how much we have changed!

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8

5 Months Later??? REALLY?

Soooo.............here I am, after 5 months ago saying that I was going to update regularly.  I really mean it this time!  I am doing this for the sole purpose of going back to see memories that aren't in my memory bank.  I want to document things that we have done as a family, funny things Drake says, and well, basically everything about our lives.  Of course, as usual, we are busy with, work and school and work and school.  It seems like days and weeks fly by and we are still doing the same thing every day.  I know time is flying and Drake will be grown before we know it, so storing these memories is VERY important!  Here is to a new start!

Speaking of new starts, I have starting going to a local medical weight loss clinic.  I am ready for a lifestyle change.  I am hoping I can stick to it and see major results!!!  I would love to lose 50 pounds, but lets be realistic!  I'd settle for 40!  I am doing it for my health, my mind, and let's face it, my husband and son.  I know they say the more, the merrier, but I don't think they were talking about weight. hahaha...................

Enough is Enough!

Well, here I am after telling myself I would start a blog and I haven't posted anything since I have started and I've had enough!  I want to do this so family and friends can come here in years to come and see what we did, funny things that Drake has said, and all the fun we had.  So, here's to starting! 

Drake started Pre-K last week (Aug. 22) at Skyline Academy.  It is a private school owned by the same people that own the daycare he went to for over two years.  The school is very educational!  The greatest thing for me thus far is that he has to wear a uniform.  This saves at least 30 minutes of our time arguing deciding what he's going to wear each day.  The choices are pretty good.  There are 8 polo color choices.  Being the OCD mom that I am, I chose 5 so we have the exact amount for the days of the week.  (it's easy for me to remember which color he has already worn for the week)  I do enjoy ironing them on Sunday's and having them ready for the week.

In Drake's room, they have a behavior incentive that consists of a traffic light.  Each child starts on green and if they get 2 warnings, they move to yellow.  After yellow, they get 2 more warning then they go to red.  If they get on red, recess is taken away and they get a note sent home.  Last night on the way home I heard his sweet little voice from the back seat singing, "Twinkle, twinkle, traffic light.  Shining so bright in my eye.  Red means stop, green means go, yellow means take it slow."  I turned around and told him that I loved his song.  His reply, "Thanks, mom!  You know, Ms. B says I have to take it slow on yellow because I have ants in my pants??"  I'm SHOCKED!  hahaha!