Happy 20th Anniversary To Us!!

Wow!  Doug and I have been married for 20 years.  It just doesn't seem possible!  It has been a crazy ride, and I'm so glad to have gone through it with my best friend.  I look forward to many, many, many more anniversaries.

And some pictures.

Our engagement picture

I'd LOVE to have that skin and hair again. 40 year old skin just doesn't look like 20 year old skin.  And I think I've lost 1/2 my hair in the past 20 years.  Doug, however, looks even better now!

Look at those huge puffy sleeves!  I don't think you can buy those any more :)

We didn't know how to dance yet,

but we faked it real well!

My very favorite wedding picture.

And here we are now!  We are more in love today than the day we got married. 

We've been through so much.  Our marriage truly is a miracle.

Babe, I love you more than anything!

Happy Anniversary!!!

Woo Hoo Isaac!!!!

Isaac is an avid deer hunter. He's been hunting for 3 years and has yet to bag a deer, that is until today!!

He was up and out the door at 5ish this morning. By 8:15 am he had a deer. A 7 point buck no less, weighing in at 125 lbs. field dressed! One arrow and he dropped it!

He has never field dressed a deer. He's never witnessed anybody else field dress a deer. He has watched YouTube field dressing videos. He went a little overboard on the field dressing, but he cleaned it totally out! So that is fair warning that you will see split open deer in this picture.

WAY TO GO ISAAC!!!!!

Life is busy!

Wow are things busy here!

We're settling into our 13th year of hs'ing.  It is so different to be schooling 2 instead of 3.  Nice I must admit :)

Jordan is working hard at his job.  He works the midnight shift at a plastic factory.  He bought a new to him car; '04 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder Convertible.  It's a sharp car!

Jordan bowled his first ever 300 Game! a few weeks ago!  Way to go Jordan!! He and Isaac had both come close (288 and 290) and we were wondering who would hit 300 first.  It was Jordan!

Isaac has been heading into the woods as often as possible, hoping to bag a deer.  We're all rooting for him!

Isaac and Allen have been busy working their dock business.  Jordan is too busy with work and has moved on and Allen moved up.

Allen is counting down the weeks (I think there are 5 now) until he can get his driver's permit.  Oh my gosh!  Where did the years go?

Doug and I went away for our anniversary last weekend.  We had a nice, although rushed, time.  We'll be married 20 years next week. 

I'm hoping to get away to visit a girlfriend in PA for a few days sometime this month.  I'm also hoping to take the boys to the lake next week for one last overnight, weather permitting.  Today it is a high of 43, tomorrow 38, and SNOW!  I'm SO not ready!  But it's supposed to be sunny and 50 the beginning of the week.  So we'll see.

So how are things going for you?

Some updates on my mom

I went to the oncologist with my mom this past Monday.  I really liked him, and so did she.

She met with a surgeon on Tuesday about having a port put in.  They will do that on the 21st.

Today she has a PET Scan.

She starts chemo on the 26th and will also get the results of her PET Scan at that time.  She may or may have radiation, depending on the scan results.

I appreciate your continued prayers for my mom and our whole family.