Happy 27th Birthday to my Greatness!

Manny,
you just turned 27. i officially feel like you are old. you are no longer the young youth pastor. you're just the youth pastor. {and a darn good one, but still just a little old}. but 27 looks good on you.
we may be tired and worn out parents of 2 young boys. we may be the busiest people in the world.
but 27 looks good. you lead our family with confidence and joy. you work hard. you willingly help me do things you would probably never do on your own. you love on a bunch of middle schoolers and high schoolers better than most. you listen and love that crazy wife of yours better than anyone in the world. you make me laugh every single day. you parent well. you seek after God with all you've got. you are constantly learning. you selflessly help lead our church. you are the best friend to so many. you make this life so wonderful.
i am so thankful for you. for your wisdom and love and humor.

Happy 27th Birthday my Greatness.
i love you!

ps. i kind of hate this picture. but this is life when you turned 27. late night picture. tired eyes. baby on hip. just put the other boy in bed. about to collapse on the couch. i love this life.

4 years

i keep thinking back to myself and how i thought our lives would be at this point... 

never would i have thought that in 4 years we would have:

had 2 babies

bought a little green house in Monument

help start a church

buy the cars we bought 

work the jobs we've worked

traveled to the places we've seen 

moved 5 times

struggled through what we've been through

or known such great joy!

these four years have gone by quickly &

i am so thankful for each day we spend together!

 .this adventure is better than i could have ever imagined.

i can't wait to see what the next four, twenty, and fifty years bring! 

Manny,  you are beyond the greatness.

i love you too much. 

Happy 4 Years!!!

{see what i wrote for our 2 year & 3 year anniversary}

Boulder Sunrise Year 2

last friday we loaded up the car... and head up to boulder for Manny's first triathlon of the year.
Boulder Sunrise.
this was the second year in a row that he's done this tri. read about last year's here.
he did an olympic. twice the distance as the one he did last year.
so proud of you babe!

SWIM

1500 meters in boulder reservoir 

 

BIKE

26.4 miles

 

RUN

10K

 

FINISH

 

SO PROUD

my husband is a stud