In the Fullness of time

David's 36th Birthday

David had a fun birthday - fun for all of us... He started it out with a 5k run. You can check out that in the Dart Frog Dash post. Then we went out to breakfast as a family and with some great friends to IHOP. We enjoyed great conversation and even got to listen to the IHOP employees sing a birthday song to David followed by a pat on the head as if he was a toddler. That was priceless!
Is there anything funner than a game night with friends?

We LOVE game nights!!!

I hope when we move to Minot we can make some friends that enjoy getting together for game night. Anyway, we laughed ALL night. The game played is called "What is yours like?" Hilarious.... I highly recommend it. In the game you are suppose to describe something that is yours without giving away the answer to what is being talked about. One person has to guess what the "it" word is based on the answers of what each person's is like. Get it?
The best (and most risque) "what is yours like" answers that happened to go together coincidentally....

David's answer: "Mine is hairy."

Tera's answer: "Mine sometimes smells like tuna."

"Ours like to play together."

Can you guess what the answer is?

Our PETS!

You are so disgusting.

14 Fabulous Years Together!

David and I just celebrated our 14th anniversary. That is like an eternity in Hollywood years. I can't even imagine life without David now. We have come a long. long way. We have been dirt poor, rich in life, and very, very blessed. I don't know what we did right to get this far and be so happy... But, here we are.

May 17, 1997

To celebrate we went out to PF Chang's for dinner. We love that restaurant. The last time we went there was when we lived in Arizona about 11 years ago. We talked about all our years together...
The time we lived in Florida and watched the storms together from our apartment window... The nonstop drive cross country.... Our five babies and how much they have grown.... Our future living in Minot.... Our love for each other.... Our life is perfect.
I look forward to many more years on this earth with him.

The best part of my day was fishing with my sweet, sweet little man Justice. On the spur of the moment we decided to gather together some cookies and fishing gear and head down to the lake. It was am absolutely gorgeous day for it, too! The weather was perfect. We spent 2 hours out there. We had to avoid the crazy geese who were guarding their nests. One even started to chase me down until it realized I just wanted to get into my car. But, overall it was a very peaceful and awesome time to just sit at the water's edge visiting with my baby as we casted and reeled our fishing lines in and out of the water. That is the stuff that memories are made of....

My New Camera

I got a new Camera a few weeks ago.

It is a Nikon 3100.

I LOVE IT!

There are so many things about it that I don't know yet, but, I am learning and having a great time using it. David wanted to get it for me for our anniversary, but of course you all know me.... I can't wait for anything!
So, Here are some of my favorite pictures that I have taken so far with my Nikon....

Dart Frog Dash

Our family is really big into running. It all started when some good friends of ours took Courage to a race 1 year ago. That race was the Dart Frog Dash. This last Saturday was the anniversary of that race. Courage, David, and Justice all entered the race. David and Courage raced in the 5k. Justice raced in th 1k. Faith helped Justice along by running next to him in his race. Hope, Honour, and I just watched the fun.
The day was very wet. We got very wet. Hope threw up at the registartion desk.... THAT was fun. I felt bad for all th people that didn't notice the puke and then stepped in it. Yuck...
This race was particularly fun because Courage had a major competition against our friend Tom, who is a 36 yr old man. The two have close racing times. So, they are really competitive with each other. It is pretty funny. In the end, Courage beat Tom in this race by more than 2 minutes! Yay Courage!
So, now they are preparing for their next competition against each other in June. Hehe...
Courage finished this 5k in 22.32 minutes. It is his personal best.
David didn't do so well in this race. Unfortunately he was still a little sick. He coughed and wheezed the whole race. He finished with his worst time at about 28 minutes.

My boys.

Getting ready to run.

Justice finished his 1k in 1st place for his age group. He is VERY proud. He wanted to make sure that I told everyone that he finished in 1st place and Courage got 2nd place. HaaHaa... Little stinker.