"I Do" Photos only

Blogtember  Day 12 topic of the day "only pictures".  
What would you choose?  I thought about this for most of the day, I am still not sure but I think I will do our wedding day.  There were over 2,200 pictures taken and I did not want to bore you to death, this was a difficult decision making process.  It truly was one of the best days of my life.  I hope you all enjoy!

 

Memories of mom

Blogtember topic for today is "a memory you'd love to relive".    I took a sneak peek last night at the topic and thought about it throughout the day.  It had me motivated to go through 3 bins of pictures and old memories from my childhood.  I lost my mom 10 years ago and wanted this memory to include her, of course.  After spending hours going through bins and bins, I decided that I have multiple memories I would love to relive.  

My mom was the hardest working, most loving and dedicated person I knew. But most of all she was an amazing cook, everything was made from scratch, no measuring cups no recipes just from memory and her fingers.  I would LOVE to have my mom's spaghetti sauce again, it is a smell that would fill the whole house, the sauce simmered all day and it was amazing as soon as it hit your mouth.  Her recipes were family recipes, that were a couple generations old and by the time they got to my mom they were no longer on paper, or maybe they were but she never shared the recipes with us.   

She was also the queen of holidays, the house would be decked out for any and all holidays.  The Christmas tree was always in the window, she also would do animated characters in the windows.  The front door was wrapped as a present, the stockings were hung on the walls ( we never had a fire place), the mistletoe was in one of the door ways.  She would cook on Christmas day and it would be a full spread.  One thing I miss dearly is Christmas Eve mass, we did not attend church regularly but every year for as long as I can remember we went to Christmas Eve mass, I hope one day to go back to mass to honor my mom and relive that memory.  

     

I ride with my husband on our Harley Davidson, I probably get my love and joy of riding with my husband from my mom.  She was a Harley Davidson mamma, she did not own a Harley but she rode all the time.  I loved watching her get on the back of the motorcycle and ride off with her boyfriend. 

 



A love letter or two

Blogtember topic for the day: Write a public love letter to someone in your life. It doesn't necessarily need to be romantic.

Who would your love letter go to?  I asked myself this question this morning as I started thinking about the topic, the obvious came to mind one to my husband of course, then I started thinking well maybe I could write two?  So two it will be, one to my husband and one to my best friend.

My husband-

Where would my life be without you?  I honestly do not want to know the answer to that question.  You have made me the happiest woman in world, I know that is so cliché but it is very true.  As a child I dreamt that I would find my "prince charming" and he would give me my "fairy tale", you are my prince and you have given me to the best of your ability my fairy tale.  I love our life, I love the love we have, I love how you work so very hard to provide for our little family that we have right now.  You prove over and over everyday that you are so madly in love with me.  Some days I can not believe the amount of love you have for me, what have I done to make you love me like this?  I still can not believe we have been married a year already and that we will be together for 3 years in February.  You have changed my life in so many wonderful ways.

Please know my dear husband that I love you to death and I am so proud to call you my husband and for me to be your wife. You are my soul mate, my lover for life, the father of our one day children.  You are the man that has given me everything that I could ever ask for in life.  I look forward to what the future holds for us, I know we will have an amazing life together. This first year has been a whirlwind of ups and downs but I would not trade it for all the "sunshine and roses" most newlyweds make the first year look.  I love you so much!  Thank you, husband for being my true best friend for life!

Love your wife,
Fire ball


My husband on our 1st wedding anniversary trip to Atlantic City, NJ.

Trisha-

Can you believe we have been friends for almost 5 years?  When you sat at my table in class Jan 2009 I never in my life figured we would be such amazing friends.  In the 4.5 years I have known you I have spilled my whole entire life to you, like I was making up for lost time.  You have proven to me that you are there by my side in this friendship, even though at times I have turned from you.  To this day I still can not pin point why exactly we are such amazing friends, we are so different from one another.  Maybe it is the balance we bring to each other, you show me that I can let loose and have fun a bit more and I bring you down from your "anxiety girl". 

Even though it has been a few months since we have had a real "Friday" night I enjoy our pretend sessions we have.  I enjoy our laughs, our talks and of course your guacamole.  You are an amazing friend and I appreciate our friendship.  I know we will be friends till we are gray and wrinkled.  Until that day though, I thank you for the commitment of friendship you have shown so far.

I love you dear friend. 

Tarra