December 8, 2008

To My Sweet Baby


I am having a hard time saying goodbye to all things baby. Brielle is my last child, and I have been trying to savour the last of her baby days. I tend to not hold on to things if I am not using them. All of the baby things are disappearing from our home. Pacifiers, bottles, cribs, baby clothes, sleepers, recieving blankets, burp clothes, car seats....the list goes on. I am having a hard time saying goodbye to not all of those things -but the memories that those things hold for me. When I look at a certain outfit or see a certain toy, it reminds me of my precious memories of when my kids were so little, I could hold them in one arm. Time goes way too fast. I sometimes wish I could have had more children. I find myself wondering what I am going to do with myself when all three of my kids are in school full time. I know time is not going to reverse or slow down, so I am getting on with potty training, saying goodbye to diapers, pacifiers, cribs, and hello to a toddler bed, big girl underwear, and a 3 year old that thinks she makes the rules. What happened to my baby girl? Time has a healing power all it's own, but it also can be a robber if you are looking too far ahead or too far back. You miss making memories of today. So today I am remembering with fondness and love the day my Brielle came into my life, and celebrating the big girl she is becoming! I am so lucky to be her mommy! She blesses my life in so many ways. I love you baby girl!!

Christmas Cheer!!


Rasmussen Fun 2008


Fun Projects


Great Wolf Lodge 2008

November 11, 2008

To my Lovely Sweetheart of 13 years

Happy Anniversary Darlin!!!

What an amazing ride the past 13 years have been!! I am so incredibly blessed to have you in my life!! I truly cannot imagine life without you!! I can still remember when I first laid eyes on you. I remember thinking how beautiful you were...and still are! I was so happy that I got to know you. I certainly don't think it was an accident that we saw each other at the Armory dance that night. We got to be pretty dang good dance partners after that didn't we?

How lucky I am that I have been able to share my life with you. How blessed I am that YOU are the amazing mother of my 3 wonderful children. They and I are blessed beyond measure to have you in our lives.

You are an inspiration and a strength to me. I don't think you realize how much your support, understanding, guidance, advice and simply being there for me means to me. Your love for me amazes me and I pray that I can live to be worthy of it.

We have been through some wonderful and amazing moments the past 13 years together. We have also been through some incredibly difficult challenges as well. I think it is a true testament of our love and loyalty that we have only grown closer through both the good and the bad. That is what it is all about isn't it?

I love your kindness, your strength, your sweetness, your beautiful eyes, your musical talent, your creativity, your great sense of humor. It is so funny to see you laugh when you see other people scared. :-) I love your diligence and perseverance in the face of challenge. You have definitely seen your fair share of challenges, especially this past year. I am so proud of you!! I love your laugh and your smile. I love your loyalty to family and the incredible strength and guiding, nurturing influence that you are in our home. YOU are what makes our house a truly blessed and wonderful home.

I am so grateful for the past 13 years with you!!!! I look forward to the next 13 years and beyond!!! Happy Anniversary babe!!!

I LOVE YOU!!!

Love, TOBY

How SWEET it is to be LOVED by YOU!!

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I am so in LOVE with this man.
We have spent 13 WONDERFUL years together.
He is the LIGHT of my life, my SOUL MATE, my BEST FRIEND.
He is the FATHER of our three babies.
He is my EVERYTHING.
I am so BLESSED to be living my LIFE with him.
We have shared LOVE, HAPPINESS, Sorrow, LAUGHTER.
He is such a AMAZING person to be sharing life with.
He SHOWS me every day how much he LOVES me.
He LOVES me when I am unlovable.
He is PATIENT, UNDERSTANDING and GIVING.
He HELPS me to become a BETTER person every day.
He GIVES and SERVES our FAMILY with his WHOLE HEART.
He is a HARD WORKER and he ALWAYS puts his FAMILY FIRST.
He is GENTLE, KIND and FUN to be with.
I FELL IN LOVE with him the FIRST TIME we met.
I keep FALLING DEEPER in LOVE with him every day.
He has BLESSED my LIFE in so MANY WAYS.
He has SEEN US THROUGH some DIFFICULT challenges.
SUPPORTED me and our children in so MANY WAYS with his
QUIET STRENGTH
of CHARACTER.
I STRIVE every day to be for him, what HE IS FOR ME.
I LOVE you babe!
You are my FOREVER LOVE!!
Thank you for choosing me to spend your life with!!
To many more years of love, laughter, and come what may.
We can do anything together with our love and our family!!