My WIFEY!!!

So today is my 8th Anniversary and I thought I had better give a bit of much deserved praise to my wife.

I can't believe it has already been 8 years...though they have been the best of my life. My wife is my best friend. She is very outgoing, adventurous, patient(you'd have to be to live with me!). I am always amazed at the lengths she will go to to entertain my crazy ideas. Recently leaving UT, where she was born and raised (never living more than 100mi from home) to venture to the east coast...for my career. She has adopted so many of my hobbies, I believe against her mother's will, she rock climbs with me, mountain bikes, skis, and paintballs, it would seem anything I want her to! She fortunately for me, is very fit and athletic and therefore has done very well at conquering all of this....except maybe her first Downhill Mountain bike trip on Squaw Peak...hehehe! (she went over the handle bars at least 15-20 times and kept riding...no exaggeration!)

Along with her sense of adventure she is the best mother I could ask for! Our kids adore her. She has the skill of some how juggling three very young children and managing to keep them all very healthy and happy! A feat I have yet to perfect. She is incredibly selfless and becomes more so everyday. Her welfare and needs you can plainly see are always 2nd to that of mine and our kids! She is great homemaker, though I am not sure where she finds the time and energy,...since she is regularly up numerous times in the night!

Lastly as a wife, she is great! She is very understanding of me, patient with my crazy quirks, sarcasm,"humor", ideas, races, and hobbies. I know I don't always tell her enough, but I want her to know how grateful I am to have a wife as amazing as she is! I think there are very few others like her...try living with me for a week and you will see!!

Thanks for a great life honey! I love you!

Dave

Family Time

We have had so much fun spending time together as a family and we have had a chance to do some fun things. I forget to take pictures of some things we do and other times I forget to post about them. I just wanted to post a few picture of those good times.

Dave and Taylor got to go to a Mets vs Dodgers came at CitiField. Dave won 4 tickets at work and they took Mike and Bentely. They had a really great time.

While my parents were here we went to the Statue of Liberty. Thanks to Great-Grandma Lee and Grandma for helping with the kids, we really slowed down the sight seeing but had so much fun. We were sad that Grandpa couldn't come but he was really sick. Taylor really enjoyed seeing the big statue.

Last week we walked through downtown New Milford. We enjoyed the Farmers Market, the tank and the great little shops.

Over Memorial Day weekend we pulled out the slip and slide and had a blast. Good thing Dave and Mike are so willing to have fun with their kids.

Candlewood Lake is 5 minutes away and they have a city park with a great beach. We got a season pass and hope to use it often. The kids enjoy it a lot. Drew and Lana love to eat the sand and rocks.

The Party

We had a wonderful birthday party for the twins. We are so happy that Mike, Alison, Isabel, Cecily, Bentley, Lydia, and Grandpa Bramhall could come. We missed all other family. Our friends Ryan, Lua, Ali and Lexi joined us for the party as well. THANKS to everyone for the gifts and the great time.