A few pictures of what Brinkley and Diego like to do all day long...
Happy 6th Anniversary!
Yesterday was our 6th anniversary. Since I don't have a scanner, I took a few pictures of my favorite pics from the wedding. We are really exciting people...we spent the day at home hanging out together watching tv and playing with the dogs. Jeff mowed the yard and pulled weeds and I cleaned all the spider webs and dead bugs off the front porch walls (the downside to owning a white house...you can see everything). You can tell we are getting old when a day of yardwork is the best we could come up with to spend our anniversary.Last night we went to Diamond Back's for dinner, one of our favorite places to go eat, and then stopped at Chick-Fil-A for yummy shakes on the way home. We spent the rest of the night hanging out and watching tv. Unfortunately our anniversary falls around the same time as the trading deadline for baseball. All I have to say is thank goodness we have a laptop and wireless internet so Jeff could hang out with the dogs and me and still be able to keep up with his Astros.
My Anniversary Present!!I have been wanting this buffet for what seems like forever. Every time we would go to Spice Furniture, I would look to see if the buffet was still there before continuing to shop. The store had a furniture sale going on this month, and I thought for sure this would be my chance to convince Jeff we really, really needed it...but it was one of the few things not on sale.
I was at home on Thursday, when I heard the dogs barking like crazy at someone at the door. When I opened the door I saw a truck with "Spice" written on the side and two men standing there who asked where I wanted my furniture. I told them I had no clue what furniture they were talking about and did they have the right house. As soon as they said it was a big buffet, I knew what Jeff had done. He knows I like surprises and this was definately one of his best!
In honor of our anniversary here are a few things you may or may not know about our relationship...
1. The first time we met, I had just woken up from a nap...something I did frequently in college. I am not the most pleasant person when I first wake up, so I'm sure Jeff thought "who is this crazy person."
2. The second time we met (a few months later) was at my roommate's boyfriend's apartment. A bunch of us were cooking out and Jeff was also there. He talked to my roommate but not me at all. I thought he was a snob.
3. The third time we met (a few months later) was again at my roommate's boyfriend's apartment. Jeff was hanging out over there and we actually had a conversation. I can remember everything from what he was wearing to what we talked about...nothing important, but enough to make me rethink the snob part.
4. At the beginning we spent most of our time hanging out with my rommate Kim and her boyfriend, playing golf at Bogey's, watching movies and cooking at our apartment.
5. I officially asked him out first to my sorority's pledge dance. A week later he asked me to his fraternity's rush dance.
6. Our first alone date was on Valentine's Day to Outback Steakhouse.
7. The first present Jeff ever gave me was at midnight on Valentine's Day. He gave me a penny and said "now you can't say I never gave you anything." The next day he gave me a dozen red roses. I still have the penny and wore it in my shoe when we got married.
8. Jeff asked me to marry him on picnic in his apartment (in August it was way too hot to have the picnic outside). Jeff moved all the furniture out of the family room and had everything set up with flowers and candles. He had gotten Outback for us in honor of our first date. He had the ring in a container, which I thought had the dessert. He had me open it and I guess the look on my face made him think the ring wasn't in there. I guess I was in shock (or maybe I really wanted my dessert). Anyway, I finally realized what was going on and I of course said yes! We later celebrated with our friends Brandy and Josh (who are celebrating their 7th today...happy anniversary).
We had a beautiful wedding...I can't think of one thing I would change. I am so happy I married my best friend. The first 6 years have been awesome and I know the next 60 are going to be even better.
Remember When
Remember when thirty seemed so old
Now lookn' back it's just a steppin stone
To where we are
Where we've been
Said we'd do it all again
Remember when
Remember when we said when we turn gray
When the children grow up and move away
We won't be sad, we'll be glad
For all the life we've had
And we'll remember when
I love Alan Jackson's song Remember When. It reminds me of why I scrapbook and why I wanted to start a blog. There have been so many times when Jeff or I have said "remember when we first met," "remember our first date," "remember how great our wedding was." Hopefully writing this blog will help us not forget the big events and even the little things that happen in our lives...and when we are 80 years old, sitting in the rocking chairs on our front porch, we can look back at our life's blogs and remember when.
Since this is my first blog I thought I would post a few pics of the family (even though everyone reading this probably already knows who we are).
Jeff and I met during the last semester of our senior year at Baylor (Go Bears!). We spent the first year of our marraige in Waco while Jeff was finishing law school and then moved to Houston (his hometown) after his graduation. We just moved back to Waco two years ago and are so happy we made the move. One of the great things about living here is that we get to go to all of the Baylor football, basketball and baseball games! This Saturday is our 6th anniversary. Time goes by so fast...it's hard to believe we've been together for 81/2 years and married for 6.
Our babies...Brinkley and Diego.
We got Brinkley (named after the dog from You've Got Mail) four years ago when we were an hour early to my niece's birthday party. We decided to stop at Petco to kill some time and a rescue organization was set up inside for pet adoptions. Two hours later, and an hour late to the party, we had Brinkley. He is part Beagle and part Golden Retriever. To me he looks like a small golden with short hair. He does have a belly like a Beagle and also the howl. He adores Jeff and his blankie (which he carries with him wherever he goes).
We got Diego (named for my hometown of San Diego) from the same organization exactly one year later. This time we went to my niece's birthday party first. Everyone was joking that we didn't show up with a dog...little did we know what was in store! We went to Petco after the party to get Brinkley some Valentine's Day presents. Instead we got Diego. I guess you could say we got a pet for our pet! We have no clue what kind of dog Diego is. He is long like a Dachshund and I have seen an Australian Shepherd that looks just like him. Diego adores Brinkley and copies everything he does.
