20 weeks, the beach, and halloween, oh my!

CRAZY week or so...here's a peek at all the fun we've been having!!!

 

 

 

A beach trip courtesy of my company I work for, Plexus Worldwide! Destin was amazing! Halloween was great but tiring, and yes, I'm starting to resemble a beached whale at 20 weeks!!! Happy Wednesday!

10 Years and going strong!

Happy Anniversary to my amazing husband of 10 years!!! I can't believe it! I have no idea where in the world the time has gone.  We have laughed, cried, learned, loved, and shared so much over the years.  I'm seriously in awe of all the wonderful things we've experienced together!!!  Thank you for all you are and have been to me and our family.  I love you more than words can say!!!  Here's to a million more and a little trip down memory lane!!

Honeymoon- September 9, 2001

2004

Our lives changed forever when Jackson was born! We were no longer the center of the world.  We had this amazing and perfect baby that God blessed us with and didn't think life could get any better!

I am pregnant with logan in the picture below and we had no idea how wonderful life would become with two boys!!

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Wow! What a difference 10 years makes!! It is truly amazing how much we have changed, grown, learned, moved, and loved in these 10 years of marriage.  I am grateful for the opportunity to spend the rest of my life with such an amazing person.  God has mapped out a story and we are seeking Him always to stay on His path for our lives.  It is going to have ups and downs (and already has) but we are blessed beyond measure and I look forward to many more happy anniversaries!!(and at least one more baby!) I love you!

hanging...

So this pregnancy thing is really great...except when it's not.  I don't do pregnancy well at all.  I was very sick with both of my other pregnancies and knew it was coming when I found out with this one.  Last week I had just very little nausea, tolerable and able to function.  The last 24 hours has hit hard.  I went to bed at 8 last night and woke up sick today.  Spent the morning throwing up until I could get my Zofran in me and some greasy food! (mcdonald's always helps me, thus the extreme weight gain the last 2 times around)  I vowed early on that I would not blow up like a whale this time.  It is so hard when the only thing that helps me feel better is a full stomach of really bad food.  Would it be awful to mention that I had McDonald's for breakfast, Chick fil a for lunch and Waffle House for dinner? Well, I did, and am feeling ok right now.  Hoping for a good night sleep so I can be ready to do it all over again tomorrow.  I know I'm going to be excited eventually, but right now, it is so hard knowing that I was so sick for so long with the other 2.  I am praying continually for strength and peace through this whole thing.  It is all still a little shocking and I'm still adjusting to the idea. 

We had planned a quick getaway before I knew I was preggo, so we went ahead and took the boys to the beach.  I felt ok some of the time but know that I was a drag a lot.  My poor hubby has so much to put up with!  Anyway, here are a few pics from our quick trip!!

and now, unpacking

Our beach vacation was absolutely wonderful!!! We had a relaxing, enjoyable, beautiful trip and hate to be home starring at a pile of laundry and suitcases to unpack. The boys had an amazing time building sandcastles, body surfing, swimming, and just being boys. They love the beach so much, we spent about 6 hours a day on the beach, about and hour swimming, and then went to dinner and sight seeing in the evenings. Here are a few more pictures from our trip!

an awesome trip thus far...

a few sneak peak pics from our amazing trip thus far!!!! home tomorrow and it's over way too soon :(

wordless wednesday

back to reality...

We are back from vacation and had the most amazing time ever! The beach was perfect, the weather was beautiful, the boys were happy, and life was good! The water was crystal clear and we stayed at the beach for hours on end enjoying each other and making memories! I am working on editing a gazillion pictures but will post a few just for tonight. I have loads of laundry to do and unpacking is always so overwhelming! The boys start school on tuesday so it is back to reality. I am so grateful that we are able to take such wonderful vacations to rest and relax and enjoy what really matters!

THANK YOU

Just wanted to say thanks to the people who stop by to share our lives with us! Just hit 6000 visits last night! crazy. Well thanks and have a great week! We are headed out on vacation so I won't be blogging until we get back!

LOVE the beach...Show us your life!

We absolutely adore going to the beach. John and I have gone since we were dating and it has continued as a tradition every year (minus a few when he was in grad school and we couldn't go). I thought as we look forward to our annual trip this month, I would take you on a look back at the previous few years. My boys LOVE the sand and the water and could play for hours building castles and driving trains. I am hoping this year they will be interested in playing on a boogie board! We have gone to Gulf Shores,Denstin, and Pensacola and just love anywhere the sun shines, the sand is hot, and the water is blue! Isn't God amazing to create all of this for us???!

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This year we stayed in Destin and it was a forced evacuation right after hurricane Katrina hit. We tried to make the best of it just grateful we would have a home to go back to.

I was huge and pregnant with logan in August 2005

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Our miracle family we always wanted!