Bowling

We went with the other Bells bowling on Friday night. We have NEVER done this as a family before. It was so much fun. I will admit it was a little crazy trying to keep the kids from running everywhere, but it was well worth the effort. The kids had a blast and Jensen could just pick up those bowling balls like they were nothing. We must do this again soon.

V Day

 For V Day we spent time as a family. We just got the kids some non candy items like a sled play dough and a ball. Then we ate some pizza and made cupcakes. The kids thought it was pretty awesome. Randy got me those pretty flowers. 3 roses= I.Love.you. It's our thing.

This is my lame attempt to decorate. I used just what I had on hand but it was still fun. As for this sponge Bob bag, Jay needed something to put his Valentines in for school and insisted it be something sponge Bob. So I dug up this yellow bag and drew the face with a hand from Jay. Not at all Valentines...but whatever.

 I wanted to go the non candy option this year. So, Randy brought home a bunch of fire erasers and I bought some pencils and made this little valentine on my computer. I think it cost me $2 for everything. Score.

Yum!

Bff's at it again

Jensen and Ruby are just two peas in a pod. This was on Valentine's Day after preschool. We both ( Ruby's Mom) braided the girls hair with out knowing we were going to do the same thing. They were so happy they matched.

12 Years

Then and Now

 It is crazy as I sit here and think about my time with Randy. Twelve years feels like so long, but also that it should be a lot more then that. I feel proud of us. Is that weird to say? I mean, I know Randy had his share of girlfriends  (That I don't like to think about.) but, the longest relationship I had before Randy was 4 months long. So, yes, I am going to say I am proud of us.
   If you would have asked me on our wedding day if I could love Randy any more I would have told you, "Impossible." I think that just shows how young and naive I was. We were too people who met and pretty much fell instantly in love. It was something out of a movie. It was, we just knew. In the beginning as we shared our married time together we realized that we weren't perfect human beings. We had to figure out marriage the way we knew we wanted it.  We basically knew what we didn't want and then focused on trying to not do that. It was our plan for our life together. It  is a plan that we still stick to today, I think.
   As our family grew, our love grew. We started to experience a new kind of love that we had never known. And equally, we got to share that love together, three times. Having children changes you, it just does. So, here we are, 5,6,7 years into our marriage and we are totally different people. We see each other as a Mother and a Father and recognize the sometimes excruciating trails we have been through on our own that have made us stronger together.
Now, we have doubled that time together. That growth and that learning process of who we are. We stand as two people completely changed by time. The part that gets me is that I get another chance. I get to take all the love I had on my Wedding day and see it multiplied. Randy is a completely different person, as am I. But, now we get to fall in love every day like it were the beginning. We can laugh and flirt and date with the added bonus that we already love each other. And that, completely amazes me.
Now, if you would ask me again if I could love Randy any more then I did today,  I would give you a different answer. I would say, "Absolutely." Absolutely, he drives me crazy and knows exactly what to say to make me mad. Then I could make a great long list of all of his imperfections. (That he could then counter back with me and my list of many imperfections.) But they are what makes him, him. And, no matter how many years go by, they will still be the things that make him, him. So I would say, absolutely, absolutely I could love him more. Because I know, that if 12 years has accomplished this, then I can't wait for 12 more, and 12 more after that. All that love we have now, we get to take with us. We get to start over yet again on into eternity...Happy Anniversary to us. :)

Jensen/Crazy Model

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