Father's Day

Somehow I didn't get a picture with Michael before church

Grandma and Grandpa get all the love when we are there

Happy Father's Day Michael. We are so glad you belong to us, even if you can't take a normal picture. We appreciate you so much. Thanks for all you do!

Michael's Birthday

Michael had to be out of town for his birthday. So we waited until Saturday to celebrate. The kids were so excited to order presents for his birthday. We are so glad Michael's parents could come and celebrate with us. Happy Birthday Michael! Thanks for all you do for us!

Celebrating Eight Years

Since our anniversary is during the holiday season it is often hard to get away and celebrate. This year I surprised Michael with dinner in downtown DC at Fogo de Chao. Since we were early for our reservation we walked over to the White House to check out the Christmas tree. It is crazy that we were doing the same thing 8 years ago.

Here we are 8 years ago in front of The White House. We were poor college students, so a honeymoon to DC was the best we could do. We didn't know then that we would be moving here 2 1/2 years later.

At dinner we stuffed ourselves with all the delicious meat we could eat. Since we mentioned we were celebrating our anniversary our waitress brought us a dessert after we ate. It was a great time together celebrating eight years of marriage. It is always nice to get away and spend time alone. (We are grateful to live close to Michael's parents who are willing to take our kids for the night in order to make it happen.) It is so wonderful to be married to your best friend.

Father's Day

We loved celebrating Michael on Father's Day. He is a really great dad. The kids love him. They are always so excited when he comes home. I couldn't ask for a better partner to raise these crazy kids with. I am glad we get to mess them up together.

Michael's Birthday

Michael had to work late on his birthday, so we celebrated with him the next day. The kids and I got him a ladder and a wet/dry vacuum. Even though it was his big 30th birthday we kept it low key. I hope that he was happy to just celebrate with his wife and kids. We sure love Michael and all he does for us. Happy Birthday!

Please don't judge my solo, in fact please feel free to mute :)

Happy Birthday Michael

Happy Birthday to my amazing husband. I don't know what I would do without you. You are an amazing father and we are so lucky you are ours. 

Michael's Birthday

We had a great day celebrating Michael's birthday on Saturday. Since Michael had to work from home in the morning I took the kids out of the house and hit as many garage sales as we could handle. Hopefully this gave him some much needed quiet time to relax. Michael likes to cook and ended up making most of his dinner and dessert for the night. As usual he wanted Greek food for dinner. We kept it pretty simple with just the basics. We invited his Mom and sister, Rebecca, over for presents and dessert. For dessert he decided on key lime pie. Even though it was a typical type of day I hope Michael had a great birthday.

Celebrating Michael

Michael:

Thanks for all you do for me.

Life is better with you by my side.

Happy birthday my love.

 ^^March 2008^^

The Beard

Over busy season Michael had a beard growing contest with a fellow employee. I have to be honest, I am not a fan. I don't like kissing a hairy face, which is probably mostly selfish. Contrary to what he made others believe, he shaved it on his own accord. I walked into the bathroom and told him he should have taken a picture before he started shaving. Ends up he took one on his phone so now I get to document the before and after.