Family Party 2007

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Mike and I host a family party every year for my family and we love it. Everyone comes over, we play games outside, eat a ton of food and just enjoy the day. This year we had perfect weather - it was the most perfect tempature with beautiful skies and just the right amount of breeze....absolutely beautiful! Whenever we can spend time together is such a blessing! The boys had fun playing with eachother and I think we covered every bit of ground playing bocci ball. The day was wonderful and we had such a fun time!

Date to Science Museum!

On Friday, Mike and I went on a date to the Science Museum! We went to see the exhibit for Pompei which was really cool! It's always fun to be together and do stuff like that. Having children is going to be even more fun and we are having the best time thinking about our little one and planning for him or her - we can't wait!

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Birthdays!

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Jess invited us over last Friday to celebrate Dad, Matt and Trevor's birthdays since they all celebrate their birthdays within one week of each other. Mom got dough from Casettas' and we all made our own pizzas - the pepperoni was so spicy!!! It was great to get together like that and just have fun together. The guys always enjoy hanging out and we sisters don't mind either! :)

Today was so much more special just knowing that we are finally going to have a family! We had Matt and Jess over after the activity and told them. We thought that since we were with them and saw them first we would tell them instead of not telling them and how can we not share the news! :) We decided to then go up to my parents and surprise them with the news. We chose not to call ahead of time and when we walked in Mom was wondering why we were there and we tried to make her think that she had forgotten we had talked about going out to eat which was so funny! Dad wasn't there and we couldn't get a hold of him on his cell so we just went ahead and told Mom and she was so excited! And then just before we left, Dad came home so we were able to tell him too!!! We only spent a little while with them since it's Saturday......but we just got done telling Mike's parents and they are so excited too! The feeling is so amazing! I am so excited and I cannot wait for the months ahead! I want to remember every part of it!

Okay, so this morning, we decided that it was time to find out if we were pregnant or not......so.......I took the test and we are!!! We have a youth activity today - we are all going to the zoo and I'm not sure how we are going to keep the news to ourselves......I'll write later tonight....

Celebrating Five Years!

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We just got back from South Beach, celebrating our five year anniversary! The weather was perfect and we stayed at a hotel right on the beach and just a couple blocks from Lincold Road Mall and the Art Deco District. We were on the beach every other day enjoying the sun, slept in most days, went up to to Aventura to the Mall and downtown Miami. We tried to eat somewhere new every day and do something that we hadn't done before. It was such a good trip and I wish that I were back there. I think that I will wish even more when the snow gets here! We're hoping that we are pregnant but so far, we don't know......try to keep you posted!

We were married on Friday, August 30, 2002! We met through church as Mike visited my church with his sister for a special meeting. My sisters and I were singing that night and I sat a couple of pews behind him. I was smitten from the minute I saw him and had an immediate crush on him and still do to this day! We couldn't date at that time because we are almost 8 years apart in age but we waited for God's will, and I was praying, and the Lord brought us together in the most special way through our sisters. Mike is the youth pastor at our church but we also work full-time jobs at large national banks. Our goal is to one day be full-time completely at our church because we love the ministry and serving! We hope to add to our family soon and pray that God blesses us with healthy babies! This blog represents a new time in our life, one that Mike and I are excited to share!