Category: Home Life

Here are some photos Mike took from last weekend when Nadia was sitting in her chair coloring. She can now identify by name 11 colors. She likes to tell us what color all our clothes and her toys are. She even points out that our athletic socks are white AND grey. She is too funny for words!

And I had a hard time deciding which ones I liked as color and which as black and white so I just uploaded them all. Click on the photo above to see the album.

I totally forgot to say in the Father’s Day post – THANK YOU to Catherinethegreat for sending the chocolate for Mike. We can’t get this certain type in our area and she sent 4 bars to us. I stashed them until Father’s Day – I can’t believe I was able to hold on to them for a month! YUMMY!!

Thanks again CTG!

Mike and I have been married 13 years today.

Top quotes from that day back in 1995:

• “Oh, you needed those CDs?”
• “Get those poodles away from my dress!”
• “What’s that lady going to do to me?
• “Save us a piece of the grooms cake.” (they didn’t by the way, so we didn’t get any cake. HA HA)

Some of my favorite moments included the few minutes Mike and I had in the sanctuary together before the guests arrived. Also, just before the doors opened for me to enter for the ceremony, my dad said, “Hold on!” and he proceeded to fix the train of my dress. It was a wonderful day with people attending from all over the place. We had our share of entertaining stories, but no major upsets.

I love our life and am so blessed to have the husband that I do. Here are my 2 favorite photos from our wedding day.

Last year on Father’s Day we had Nadia’s photo, but were still waiting for travel approval. I bought Mike a Father’s Day card and wrote the following inside, “Daddy, I can’t wait to hug you. Love Nadia.” And boy does our sweet child love her Dada! When he gets home from work in the evening she stops what she is doing to run to the door screaming, “Dada!!!” Then as she gets close she usually says, “Shoulder” and once she is on his shoulders she says, “Nana.” Which means take me to the mirror. It’s their cute little daily routine and I get the biggest kick out of how excited she gets to see her Dad.

Mike you are the best dad ever just like you are the best husband ever! We love you!

Here is what Nadia got her Dada.

On Saturday we took the little boy I mentor to the CATS baseball game. We had a great time and Nadia found everything interesting as always. A’Jani got a baseball which was cool. The guy in front of us was getting all the balls from the players and then handing them out to the kids. It was really cute! Here are Nadia and Mike with the CAT.

Happy Father’s Day to all the new fathers we know! Now I am going to go back to eating my Frosty. *it’s for the kids*