With this ring, I thee wed, again 25 years later

I went to Phoenix last week, by myself, to watch my parents renew their vows and have a grand party afterwards. It all went great. My mom had a huge suprise for us! A couple of years ago when she got the idea to do this, her and her best friend, Annette, went and bought a wedding dress. We thought she was going to get married in her dress that she wore to Katie's wedding. Which is a very beautiful dress, btw.

We had the party in my parents back yard and it was beautiful! The weather was perfect, and the help that volunteered to help my parents were great! It was nice for us kids to just relax and enjoy the party instead of having to do all of the grunt work.

One of the best parts of the weekend was that I got to hang out with my sister Katie for most of the time! We got to chat and just be together, which was my favorite part. She lives in Virginia and is about to have a baby boy. So I won't get to see her for a little while, unless I can fly out to see her this summer.

All is well and we should be down in Phoneix in a couple of months. It will be nice to get settled, although, we are renting a house and should only have to live in it for a year. So we won't be able to get too settled.

Jamie is about to go on a camping trip with school. She's super excited and can't wait to spend time with her friends.

I am going to go to the beach with some girl friends next weekend and am super excited for that. :) :) :) Luckily Joe has the weekend off so he can be with the girls while I'm gone.

I hope all is well with all of you. :)

Sunday Gratitudes, a day late

I haven't done these for a while, so I think it is high time I get back into it!

1. I'm grateful for the chance to fly to Phoenix to spend time with my family as my parents renew their vows for their 25th wedding anniversary. :) It is going to be a fun time and I'm looking forward to see my sister Katie. She's very pregnant, so that will be a fun thing to see too. :)

2. My girls are both healthy, and happy. Faith is steadily improving in school and Jamie is excelling. How blessed I am to have two such wonderful girls.

3. I recently started making a menu for the month, and am suprised at how much easier it is when dinner time comes and I know what is for dinner! I'm thankful that I'm able to feed my family and that it is a little easier now that I'm a little more organized. :)

4. I'm grateful that my husband has a good job and that this job can move us down to Phoenix so we can be closer to my family. In a little over 2 months, we'll be in Phoenix! :) I'm so excited.

I hope all is well with you. I'd love to hear what your grateful for! :)

Some of my Favorite Things

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