Oct. 19th, a day late

Hey everyone,
Sorry I have not written lately... life has been busy.
Yesterday Chris and I celebrated our 13th wedding Anniversary. It's hard to believe we have been married for so long, yet we feel we have been married forever. I am so madly in love with him, more so than I was 13yrs ago, and every day even more. I feel like we have never gotten over the honeymoon stage. I can just stare at him for hours. I love spending all my time with him and the kids, and the more we are together as a family, the happier we are. He makes me so very happy, and fills my life with so much love. Man, I just love him to pieces. Chris has made being married for 13yrs a piece of cake, and the happiest years of my life.

I met Chris when I was 13yrs old. I was starting out as a freshman, and I had Algebra with him. We never dated in highschool, but we were friends, and there was always something about him. I would have never guessed I would marry him 5yrs later.

We really dont do much to celebrate our Anniversary or Birthday's except for every few years. Last year we went on a cruise with his family to celebrate our anniversary, his twin uncle's bday, his sister's birthday, and his grandparents 60th anniversary. This year, we had 2 sick little girls at home, but we snuck out to a resturate 3 blocks from our house and had the quickest Anniversary dinner ever. I just stared at him and couldnt stop smiling and thinking, 13 YEARS!! I am blessed. We are blessed.

Thanks babe for making all my dreams come true.
Thanks for loving me and giving me your all.
Thanks for being the best husband and father in the entire world.
Thanks for making my heart so very happy.

I love you so much,
Shel

Heaven's newest angel

My Uncle Jaime has been sick in the hospital for a week now. He had Pneumonia, and started to respond to the antibiotics. Then his heart stopped and they got it going again with just a few compressions. My mother flew out to New Jersey yesterday and took my Nannie up to visit him. He is Nannie's brother. 3 hrs after their visit he passed away. I am so greatful that my mother got their in time for Nannie to go see him and say goodbye. Uncle Jaime was the coolest man I have ever met. Im so greatful to have known him, and that my children got to know him as well. Kathryn remembers him as "crazy hair guy". Which is really funny because his brother Mossey, I knew him as "oreo cookie guy". I remember when they came up for my sister's birthday, and he was so impressed that we were playing Euchre. He wanted to sit and watch us play. He was so proud because this was an old Irish game and that being our heritage just impressed him. He also liked to do drinks and shots with us and was so much fun to hang out with. I will always be reminded of him when I play Euchre, and will always have a smile on my face thinking of his crazy hair, and his love for his family. I miss you so much already.

Labor Day Weekend

We went home this weekend and has a fabulous BUSY weekend.
Friday night we went out with friends. We went Kareokeing and had a great time. I cant believe I actually got up and sang. Then on Sat, we went out to dinner with the family to celebrate Kathryn's 13th birthday. She wanted Chinese and it was very yum. She got many nice presents, and even got a laptop and a bag of her fav. chips. I think she was very, very spoiled. Then Sat. night Chris and I , and Jen and Chad all took the kids to the Circus. It was AWESOME. We havent been since Katey and Brandon were little, and we are going to start going every year. I dont know how many times I screamed OH MY GOD, and LOOK AT THAT. It was fantastic. Next year, we need to get everyone to go and get group tickets. Sunday we went to Jen and Chad's to celebrate Emma's birthday. We had a very nice time and had a bonfire after. It was a very fun, busy weekend. Now we are home, and I am just exhausted. I hope everyone had a safe fun weekend as well.

P.S. My friend Natalie's daughter Sam and her boyfriend Zach made it safely home.