Oh....how you have grown!

Happy Birthday Collin!

Do you remember all of these years? You have grown into such an amazing man that I love so much!

Cute baby boy

(Is that better Kelly?? :) Thanks)

You have always been a fabulous dresser. Check out the yellow pants!

Again, such a love for sports. It is good that now that you are now bigger than the ball. Makes for a much easier game:)



You have such a love for sports. I know that you don't even come close to enjoying them like you would like to. Your family always comes first to you and that means a lot to me.

Look at that beautiful hair...I am really missing the part honey...let's bring it back!


High School grad!

Check out that chiseled chin:)

Off to New York to serve for 2 years.


Probably the best day of your life when you got to marry me;) ;) ;) Well it was one of the best days of my life. We have had a great 9 1/2 years together.
After 9 years...look what we have! 3 amazing and darling kids...(I must say that back of their head is pretty cute too)
I love you! Thanks for all the memories and how much you do for our family. You are the most unselfish person I know, you give up so much for us. I hope you have a great day!!

It is the month of "love"...so now it is time to let you know some of the things I "love." Some serious, some not so serious...

I HEART Collin...

One of the things I love about this guy, is just look at him...he is pretty much always happy! People love to be around him and I LOVE to be around him, I am not sure if it goes both ways, I am always not the happiest person and always not so fun to be around.

But I do love that besides my unhappy moments he still LOVE's me and does anything in his power to make me happy:)

US Open

Last Sunday Collin left me to go to the practice rounds of the US Open with his dad. He had such an amazing experience. I think he was truly just in La La land because it was so awesome. He was just a few feet away from Tiger as he would practice and T off. They said the first day they walked 10 hours straight maybe resting for about 15 minutes, just going all over the golf course following all of the players. He loved the fact that when he was actually watching the tournament on TV, he knew all the holes and he knew exactly what the course looked like. I am so glad that he was able to go and spend this time with his dad, it was just the two of them and he absolutely loved it. They hope to make it back when the tournament is at Pebble Beach again. And go Tiger! Congrats on being the champion!

Who woulda' knew...the big 3-2!

Happy 32nd Birthday Daddy!Thanks for being such a great dad! We love you and hope you

have a fabulous day.
Picture from a early birthday celebration on Sunday
Peiton and Aunt Kelly
Grandpa Charlie and Bode

{Recap = My husband the "gimp"}

Well we got the MRI results yesterday and we were told that Collin would be needing surgery on his knee. Apparently he tore the cartilage behind his left knee and it needs to be fixed otherwise, there can be some serious damage to his knee. He tried to talk the Doctor into letting him do it after the cruise, but he said "no way, you need to get it done right away." We were very lucky that they were able to fit him in today. So, my husband had knee surgery today...pretty crazy. Now, that it is all said and done, the surgery went great. From the MRI results it looked like the cartilage tore in a straight line, which was a great thing. If the doctor got in there and it was all torn up, it could have been pretty bad. When they got in there, it was a straight tear, but he still had to remove some of the cartilage. The doctor hopes this will make the recovery quicker...we are praying that it does. Now my poor husband has to lay in bed for the rest of the week, and his feet can't touch the ground unless the bathroom is calling his name.
We are keeping our fingers crossed that he will recover quickly, like 11 days quickly. I am so glad that everything went okay and that he is home safe and sound.

My husband the "Gimp"...

On Wednesday night, my darling husband decided to injure himself. (Well I guess he did not decide to, it just kind of happened.) He was playing a vigorous game of basketball at the gym and injured his knee. He got home about midnight from the gym and told me he was on his way to the ER. His good friend Chad was taking him there and his dad was going to meet them. They were at the ER until about 2 in the morning and then he just went home with his dad and spent the night there (this was the night that the snow was a comin' down and the roads were awful). So, they took some x-rays and couldn't find anything wrong. He went to a Specialist on Friday morning who has now ordered a MRI to be done on Monday. So we will see how it all comes together. I don't know if I should hope nothing is wrong and he will just have to deal with the pain (he is in a lot of pain) until it heals, or hope that there is something wrong so they can fix it. I think both ways are kind of a bummer. Now the bigger bummer is that we are leaving for a cruise in two weeks and if he has to walk around on crutches the whole time it will kind of put a damper on the whole thing. He does assure me that he will still be in good spirits for the cruise and everything will be okay. The other bad thing is that I am not a very sympathetic wife, I get this from my mother (thanks MOM!), she never really babied us when we were sick, unless she knew we were really sick, we had to buck up and move on. And I think I carried this on to myself. So, honey I am trying a little bit more to be sympathetic because I know that you are in a lot of pain. It just makes me realize on how much I depend on you to do things for me, and not having you constantly at my side is kind of a bugger. So, I guess on Tuesday we will find out what the deal is. I will be sure to keep you all posted.