Twice the Fun Plus One

Yesterday was a rough day around our house.  Ellie and Gracelyn were into EVERYTHING!  I know, I know, they are 2, they are going to get into everything, but this was more than usual.  I couldn't leave them alone for 30 seconds.  First it was wet red chalk all over the front of their clothes.  Second was play doh in the carpet, Third was syrup ALL OVER Ellie, AND the kitchen table & chairs!  All that by 10 in the morning.  My attitude was in the dumps by the time Dave got home.  Being the supportive husband that he is, he took the girls to Home Depot for a while so I could get myself cleaned up.  Some good friends gave us an mp3, You are my Sunshine by Elizabeth Mitchell, when Ben was born.  I just figured out yesterday how to download it onto our computer and listened to the first song right after Dave and the girls left.  Here are the lyrics to the first song: I'm so glad I'm here, so glad I'm here, so glad I'm her...

Christmas in New York December 2007 A friend of mine, Kara , told the story about how she and her husband met a while back and I thought it was so sweet. I have to warn you, though, I have the worst memory so I probably won't remember all the details, but a girl can try! I guess the story starts with a shy freshman at Texas A&M University. When I declared my major at freshman orientation, I had no idea I was on the path to meeting my future prince charming! (Pretty cheesy stuff, but this story is how I met the love of my life! I think a little cheese is necessary!) I decided to major in Psychology, due to a lack of any real vision of where I wanted to end up someday, and because I thought getting in people's heads would be interesting. A friend of mine from high school, Charla , also happened to be a psyc major. We didn't even know we were the same major until the week before school started! Coincidence? I think not! Well, Charla introduced me to Casey , who was a ...