(disclaimer on this post: the sap level comes close to bypassing the level of sarcasm... just this once, I promise. wink)
So his royal hotness.. aka, the hubs turned 32 this past Saturday.
I made this fancy collage for him and had a blast digging up all the old pics. I'm such a picture junky anyways. I literally time warp back to the place and time as soon as I glance at the still frame.
It's fun to look back on memories and times past, especially great ones... to see how your looks change, for one, but also just to remember back to how you felt at those moments compared to how things are in the present. The ebbs and flows and the occasional roller coaster rides.. ha
I think its healthy in a long term relationship to revisit your past moments together. In our case we have some dysfunctional spots, but the great by far outweighs the gray.
:)
This next picture is one of many, MANY from this trip that I cherish, but this particular one tugs at my heart strings. We had taken a Catarman in St. Lucia to visit the magnificent Pitons. The still air, the sun, the swaying of the water to the island music.. I caught a glimpse of this man in my view finder and lost my breath for a minute. Once I realized it was MY husband that I was there sharing this with, I couldn't help but smile and think how blessed I am to have him in my life.
In fact, unbeknown to him I giggle under my breath often when I get those moments of 'how in the world did I ever sucker this guy into marrying me??'
:) :) :)
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For the rest of this post I sporadically grabbed some saved images and what you see is what I snagged from the files. It's just a mix of some different time stamps we have together.
This one is Florida with my parents last Summer. Had my son at the beach for the first time along with my parents and THIS guy.. that trip will always be tops on the 'best' list for this girl.
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Here is one from several years back.. Destin trip with Jon's bff Clay and Racheal, our good friends. Pre- kiddos for either of us... is that enough said ?? :)
Great people and fun times.
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Negril, Jamaica
Our Couples Swept Away trip stands alone on its very own pedestal in both of our minds.
Maybe it was the new love in the air mixed with the romance and amenities of this resort.. who's to say.. but we both hold this trip close to our hearts.
We realize our 'adventures' are small scale compared to many, but to us, they are OUR own.. and honestly it could have been Paris, Venice, Greece, or a nice part of Jamaica and we wouldn't have cared. It was a week to live as King and Queen and that is exactly what we did!
Here we are snorkeling, 'little mexico' off the coast of Negril.
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Oh and then there was our Cleveland trip.. This one was probably our 'flawless' trip. Heck if you take away the fact that our rented Jeep kept routing us around a 10 block radius for over an hour to try and side swipe the downtown road construction and find us the Hard Rock Café.. this trip was perfection!
it was decisions, decisions.. do we go see King James in all his glory or do we watch T Hunter in all of his.. Well baseball won out. Sandusky does in fact have some amazing roller coasters and if you are a RC junky like we are then do yourself a favor and find Cedar Point on one of your next travel agendas. GREAT park.
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The Ocoee River was a wet and wild ride. We got our moneys worth on this rafting adventure. First time for both of us. Would go again in a heart beat. The 2 story enormous cabin we rented out like we were big ballers, was fabulous, don't get me wrong. I mean who doesn't love an outside hot tub in the middle of the woods... but showing up in the dark and being spooked the entire time was nuts. The morning coffee on the balcony overlooking a skyline of trees and purple sunset made up for it though.
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We went out to eat with my parents at Catfish Johns in this next one..
One of my special birthday memories is when I came home from working overnight at 'JB' and Jon had stayed up waiting on me, he had a cake with candles lit on the counter along with flowers and a card.. It was like 515am, still dark outside and the room was dark except for those bright glowing candles on that little cake.. Just enough glow to see that perfect smile waiting to greet me, and make my birthday so special. sigh
This was during the 'boyfriend/girlfriend' stage. When you start forgetting what night of the week it is or caring what your friends are out doing.. I realized this stage suited me well ! :)
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Can you tell we have been cruising it up for a couple days ?
Did the red faces or glazed eyes from long sunny days give us away ??
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and another from Destin, night swim at the hotel.
Pre-Kellen we really didn't stay at a hotel without trying out their pool at night time!
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and we've circled back to a picture from our beach trip with my parents.
This seems like more of an anniversary post, then a celebration of a birthday, but I felt the need to make sure my man knows he holds that number one spot in my heart
You can 'choose' who you spend your life with, but you can't fake undeniable chemistry or force true happiness with the wrong person.
I am amazed at how much we still want to be around each other.
Besties for life, sweet man!
Happy Happy Happy!
