Anniversary, crazy kids and life.

Brett and I celebrated our 6th anniversary this past Sunday. We had a perfect day. The first few years of our marriage we did a lot of growing. A lot. Like a lot, a lot. ;) We are both very passionate and very stubborn, and we don't always think things through, especially the big decision anyway (a bit counter-intuitive huh?). We just go with our gut and our heart. We were engaged just 3 months after we started dating and married just 9 months later. We have gone through our life together since them much the same way. We make a decision and make it work. Doesn't work for everyone, but it works for us. Making the decision to marry that Coastie that lived a few states away who wouldn't stop calling me was the best decision I ever made. We've made it through some rough patches, and we've had a lot of amazing blessings and some unforgettable memories too.

We both agreed that we've never been more in love and never been happier in life, in spite of the icky stuff we all have in our lives. We have so very much to be thankful and a whole lot to look forward to. I'm so glad we are on the same page about the direction of our future because it sure is fun dreaming together. I can picture life in a simple white house (with a pool for Brett of course) with chickens (and who knows what other animals...if you've met his Papa Jack you'd know why. He's just like him.) and a big, huge garden. One day. In the meantime, I'm so happy to be by his side exploring this world together, living in new and exciting places and raising two beautiful girls.

Thank you Brett for making me be a better person, for teaching me how to be more patient and more kind, and for giving me this wonderful life at home raising our girls. You have such a gift with people, and I can only hope that it will rub off on me a little. I admire you, and I love you. Hoping we've got at least another 60 years together. 

This is the first picture I saw of Brett. Ha! He looks so, so young. This is the crazy boy I fell in love with. <3

We spent the day in Napa and Sonoma just driving around and stopping whenever we saw something fun. We had the girls with it, and it was a perfect family day complete with window shopping, playground fun in the Sonoma town square, duck watching, driving and enjoying the sights, and even a visit to a vineyard V. Sattui is very, very family friendly if you wanted to know. There is perfect picnic areas, a self-guided tour and a nice variety of food and gifts. They even have a cookout on the weekends with BBQ oysters. Yum! We ventured home to beat the Nascar race traffic (and let little monster get a nap). We had one of our favorite, quick, easy meals for dinner and just relaxed in the backyard for the rest of the day. (If you've never tried lemon garlic pasta, do it now. It is heavenly. And more importantly easily.)

A chocolate milk break in Sonoma Square

Yum! A rare chocolate milk treat. :)

Fun during "school"

Other than our anniversary, we've been busy this June...saying goodbye to friends, celebrating Father's Day, preparing for our move next year with a massive garage sale and just enjoying summer. The girls are keeping me busy, and we are continuing school during the summer. Kayleigh and Campbell have made HUGE progress in school, and it is so fun to watch them learn and play. We've got a lot more fun things planned this summer with friends. We are trying to explore everything we can our last year here. We still have SO much to do. How is that possibly when we've been here 5 years already? Oh yeah, there is endless things to do here AND we had little babies...that are growing up...to fast! I'll post more pictures and stories about our summer adventures soon. So far we've struck out. We went with friends to the Discovery Museum, which is the most amazing kid museum ever, last Monday. We were so happy that we were there early before it was crowded. Well, that would be because it was closed. Ha! We went to a park instead, but I will definitely use my friend Google before we take off next time.

One last little story for you before I need to get dinner ready (and by that I mean pull out the leftovers...poor husband). I went to the bathroom last night before going to sleep to take out my contacts. I notice Campbell's door wide open, so I start to look for her. She is no where in her room... no where in her sister's room...I start to panic. I wake Brett up to help me find her. I hear him laughing in Kayleigh's room, and he is looking under Kayleigh's bed at little Campbell curled up on the hardwood floors in Lily's favorite spot. She was being very sneaky and quiet and gave Brett a big smile when he found her. This was a 10 o'clock at night...2 hours after she had gone to bed. We might have to watch out for her, oh for say the next 15 years. She has also decided that she doesn't like naps, so she pitches a fit...unless you put her pillow on the floor and she can nap there on her rug. I guess she's a minimalist. Whatever works right?