Love Notes. Keeps The Spark Going

I'm going to take this time (which I never do and need to give him credit more often) to gloat a little about my hubby.  You know...the one that: provides for us, loves and adores me and Boston, is my rock, is the better half of the two of us, is an amazing husband and daddy, gave me my precious Boston and most of all....the one that keeps our spark alive and our fire burning.  That hubby.

Simply put he is Irreplaceable.  Simply perfect (just like our son).  I couldn't have asked for a better life partner.  Why am I telling you this?  Well, just the other day I got into his truck (since he took my car to work) for a playdate with my good friend Stephanie O'Dell and I noticed this when I got into his truck.

Yup, a Love Note.  Jer is notorious for leaving them and I love them!  Just when I don't expect one, I find one.  They make me smile every time.  And I must admit, sometimes they make me teary-eyed.  It's little things like that that don't cost or take up too much of his time that he does that I love the most.  Simple but to the point.  So, I give a big THANK YOU to the Love of My Life for the small ways you keep our fire burning.  And keep it burning HOT.  :-)

P.S. Jer - a post like this won't come often, wouldn't want your head to erupt.  :)

Your eternal wife,

~Jeni

One year later...love at first sight

Today marks one year that we saw our little creation from God for the first time.  We were 8 weeks along (picture below).  He was perfect (even at 8 weeks) and A-mazing!  You can read about it here. 



I can't believe it's already been a year.  This year has passed so quickly and we can't believe we will have a 6 month old tomorrow.  Time flies when you're in love and having fun.  We have thoroughly enjoyed every-single-minute of this past year.  We couldn't feel more blessed by our Lord than we have these past couple of years.  I'm not sure what we've done to deserve everything we've gotten but we are so very thankful.  We'll always remember this day.  It was one of the best days of our lives and I know there will be many more to come with this little guy. 

TGIF,
~Jeni



When It All Began - Spring of 1996

Although we went to Granbury High School together, we did not actually meet until the Spring of 1996. At that time, Jennifer was a sophomore, and even though I had graduated in 1995, I was still living in Granbury. By early 1996, we had begun to socialize with many of the same people and we eventually met at a party on the Paluxy River. After a few chance encounters, a mutual friend encouraged us to exchange phone numbers. We started to talk often and for long periods of time, and nearly immediately we began to spend all of our time together, which was easy since we had so many mutual friends. Within only a few weeks, we knew there was something special about our relationship; something told us that we truly fit together in that we complemented each other nicely - Jennifer wanted a nice boy to get close to and I was all too happy to be that boy if only I could call that beauty queen my girlfriend. It was a very natural relationship that came easy. Adversity, however, was on the horizon. Prior to meeting Jennifer, I had already officially joined the US Coast Guard and was slated to leave for boot camp that coming summer. Though we knew it would be difficult, we decided to remain in a committed, long-distance relationship to see if we could pull it off. Given my USCG commitments, we spent the next 2 years living in separate cities, sometimes separate states. Our relationship, however, remained intact and we knew we wanted it to grow stronger and deeper.

Jeremy