Happy Anniversary!

To my wonderful husband. Today Alex and I celebrate 3 years of marriage and wow what a ride we have had. They always say that the 1st year is the hardest, but we have had a rather rough 2008. I love my husband more than anything.

Some reasons why I love him...

1. He is my #1.
2. He supports me in everything I do (even when if it is buying bare escentuals on auto-delivery or purchasing another Vera Bradley)
3. He makes me feel like I am the only person in the world.
4. He gives me my time every night to take a bath.
5. He waits on my when I am sick(special trips for 7Up, Gatorade and magazines).
6. He listens to all of my woes.
7. He understands my love for my family and my friends.
8. He understands my dedication to our family (even when I just want to have a family night over pizza hut and so you think you can dance on OUR anniversary).
9. He loves me unconditionally.
10. When I have arrgavated him to the point in which he is mad, I get talk funny and tell him that he can't stay mad at me and he laughs.
11. He shares my love of Sams Club and WalMart.
12. He is devoted to God and our church.
13. He is the most amazing Dad that is in the world.
14. He gets up early on Saturday morning even when he wants to stay in bed.
15. He loves my family as much as I do (and I am serious).
16. He bought me Abbie.
17. He lets me buy lots and lots of shoes.
18. He calms me down when I am at my worst moment of worry and fear.
19. He has helped me to give my heart to God and live my life for Him.
20. He makes me a special "ode to Alex" shirt every year for Christmas.


Well heck there are a ton more things I could say but I have to go now-the rest of the Rodriguez family is playing in the living room and I HAVE to join in on beating up on Daddy.

Alex-you are my rock, my world and my forever love. I couldn't imagine my life without you. I love you, I love you, I love you!

GREAT NEWS!!!

Alex gt the job offer from BMW and of course we are accepting!

Thank you all for your support and prayers.

Like I say...God is good all the time and all the time God is good

A few vacation pictures

Ready to go!

Our first stop!

Does it look like we annoyed him?

The kids on the 1st floor balcony


The House!

Making changes

So I feel a little like an elementary blogger so I am trying to changs things a bit. Let me know what you think!

Back from vacation

What a week we had! We left last Friday and drove to Charlottesville, VA. The ride was really really long (I mean really really long). Aaron was a pistol pasking Pete-my Mom and Grandma have always said that and I think it means a real handful. He was so miserable the entire time. We had made a trip to the doctor oin Thursday and he had a shot of cortizone so he was all hyped up. He wanted OUT of his seat and everythign we tried didn't work. By the time we stopped we were all fried! Then to make it all better we stayed at a hotel that had entrances on the outside of the building-I was ticked off. I hate hotels and this was not a choice of mine by any means. The room was nice, but give me a break!

The reat of the tip was perfect. The house was amazing and I do mean amazing. It had four bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms and an incredible main floor. All but 1 bedroom had sliding glass doors onto the 1st floor balcony and it wrapped 2 sides of the house. We were right on the ocean so the smell and sound of the ocean were always there. There is so much to tell, but I am so tired. I cannot wait to sleep in my bed and fall asleep in Alex's arms. We had a bed buddy all week! I already took a bath-YES!!!! and our 1st stop was to get our baby girl!

God is good all the time and all the time God is good!

Alex heard from BMW today and it sounds like he will be getting an offer (the Recruiter's words) early next week. However, he does has 2 additional 2nd/3rd interviews scheduled in the next 2 weeks.

I asked for your prayers for my dear friend Colleen before I left and I am sad to report that her aunt passed away while we were gone. However, Colleen and her family are in a very good place right now and are glad that she is no longer suffering. Lena-I love you and I will be thinking about you!

Good night! I will be posting pictures soon.

What's new

Not much that is for sure. Right at this moment Alex is at BMW-I am praying. We leave for vacation when he gets home and we are all s excited about it that I am not sure what to do. The kids and I (all but Aaron) packed the van last night at 12:00-fun! They are still sleeping and Aaron is watching Meteor with Aaron. He cam eup to spend the day yesterday with us which is really nice. I am not sure what to expect in the Outer Banks I just want to get there. I will in in touch while I am gone.

Please pray for my friend Colleen whose Aunt Jan is very sick She is having a hard time coming to terms with everything and accepting how her Aunt is choosing to handle it all.

Lena-I love you and I am here for you please know that. Think back to these things and maybe you will smile:

-swing hard and level and run like the devil

-barfing at kent

-writig our names in sand at the bottom of the pool

-finding Michael after he ran away

-Ryan Frey and Free Fallin

-I cannot think of the name, but the song we would play on the way to football games

-wet willies

-Joe Mann

-Tom Schaffer and how he broke my heart!!!

-ham and cheese sandwiches with mustard and mayo

-the first few days at home with Connor

-Curt Cobain Lives

Those were the days huh? Oh and one more-when you were madder than hell at me and especially Preston for peeing in the tunnel! I will be praying for you-call me anytime.

Life

Today my Grandma passed away, I will leave it at that.

Old Friends...New Friends...Best Friends

Old Friends

New Friends
Best Friends

Oh Missy. I am not really sure where to begin with everything. We have been through so much in our friendship, but NEVER once have we even started to drift apart. I can't say there has never been a fight because there was that one time over Brian and that one time I was madder than hell at you for not taking me home from Megan and Jeremy's. It is funny how we have grown up and our lives have changed and we have managed to stay as close as we were when we lived a minute from each other. I love you so much and am so thankful for the blessing of you in my life. I cannot imagine my life without you-you Pizza Hut Slut!

Oh do you remember Bobby Boyd? What about being chased down Sunset, going to Dominos in our semi shoes, pizza bites, olives from my fingers, shark bites, pepsi and vodka at Granny's, Rico, letting Jackie drive your car, driving in the FireBird in our bras-the memories could go on forever. One of the things that I like most about our friendship is that I don't have to think back to the good ole days to have good memories because you have always been by my side-through it all for all my life. Thank you!

I am thinking about you and praying too. My heart is with you tomorrow, I wish I were there to be with you. I will be waiting for your call that everything is going to be OK.

Love you!

Progress is being made

Alex has had several interviews in the last few weeks. He had a 2nd interview last week for ajob that we are really praying about and had a call today for another 2nd interview for a job that is another really great option. We have both accepted that the one making the decision and things happen is the Big Man upstairs so we are trying to be patient.

Our house is so full of excitement these days. There are tons of screams and laughs and I just love love love it. This is what it is all about, what I dreamed of. Andy and Ashley have been more amazing than ever before which is a rather high standard. They are taking turns getting up with Aaron in the morning so Alex can sleep, helping with lunch and dinner and today cleaned the entire house. I am so blessed to have them in my life. I love them so much.

Next week is vacation and I cannot wait. I am so excited to play with the family and see how Aaron reacts to the water. We are all counting down the days.

God is good all the time and all the time God is good.

Love to you all!

Missy-I am praying for you my sweet friend. I love you so much and I will be thinking about you. Hugs and kisses to you from all of the Rodriguez clan!

I finally did it...

I have been really sad the last 2 days-lots and lots of Don thoughts going through my mind. I was given a copy of the funeral video and haven't been ready to watch it. Well, with all of my feelings tonight I watched it and I am not really sure how I feel. Happy that I did such a good job, amazed that I was able to convey how important he is, scared to go to sleep-lots of things.

I miss him so much and it hurts to know that he is forever gone. I lost an amazing part of me.

Aaron's Birthday

Aaron's birthdy was such a great day. His actual birthday we went to Build A Bear and he got a Power Wheels truck from Mamaw and PaPa. He is still trying to figure out how to drive it, but he sure looks cute as can be while he is in it.

His party was just amazing. There are people that think I am crazy for making such a big deal about it, but my goodness he is a reason to celebrate. It isn't just about him, but also celebrating all of the people that we are blessed to have in our life to share him with. That is the way that I look at it and always will. The day was perfect in every imaginable way, the cake was awesome and the weather cooperated perfectly.

We all had a really good time and it was amazing to have so much love in our home. There were first timers here this year that I know will be around for the long haul and then there were our trusty regulars.

I took very very few pictures of the day. Once I get John's CD I will post more.

The Rodriguez Happenings

Well...Happy Fourth of July folks! For some reason I love this day. Maybe it is my like of all things red, white and blue...I am not sure. Ashley and I have our toenails all done up for the weekend (tradition) and we are ready to go. Today we are all going to Mom's for dinner, tomorrow we are going to the Howard's 4th of July picnic/Collin's birthday party and then Sunday is Hannah's birthday party. It will be a busy weekend, but a fun one.

Tomorrow Aya, Abu and Angel are leaving. Ashley is rather excited to get her bed back and I am sure than Andy is just as thrilled to get his room back to himself-he is just a little more kind about voicing his feelings.

I hope you all have a great holiday!