Meet My Loves

Oh my goodness, I finally figured out how to upload pics INTO my blog! It's fun to be smart ;-) Well, these are my two precious "babies" pictured here. Elizabeth is 10 and Dylan is 8, although this picture is close to two years old now. My angel haired girl is the mature one; From birth, she has been wise beyond her years, and she keeps us on our toes. She is very popular at school and I have a hard time keeping her at home, because she is always being invited to her friends' houses.She is also very witty and  makes me laugh several times per day. She is also good at everything she does. Straight A student, gifted program at school, and she has danced for 7 years now, as well as taken karate for about 2 1/2 years. Today she ran the mile at school and was the second fastest runner in her class. Recently, she's taken up acting, and auditioned for her first speaking part in our church's spring musical. This is a major production that we put on every year, and she got one of the main characters! She's my little over-achiever. Then there's Dylan. He is 8 going on 8, and he is my heart. I think he loves me deeper than anyone on this earth has ever loved me. He has to be the sweetest little boy I've ever known, and I'm not saying that out of bias. I've been around a lot of little boys, and you know how boys have that innate rambunctiousness about them....? He doesn't have that at all. He is very content to just sit beside me on the couch and just be. I had lunch with him at school the other day, and he was allowed to sit on the stage with me and invite a friend to sit with us. He said he didn't want to invite a friend, because he just likes talking to me. Melted my heart. Things don't come quite as easy for Dylan as they do for his sister; He has to work really hard in school, but manages to make all A's and B's with help from his mom and dad. He is ticklish on every inch of his body and is just so much fun to be around, always laughing. Dylan is a Cub Scout and he actually won first place in the Pinewood Derby races this past January, which he is so proud of. The other night, I heard him talking in his sleep, so I went into his room, and he said, "I won first place! I won first place". It was his first win ever. Dylan excels at video games and art. He can beat the pants off of any adult at any video game, and he has created me the most beautiful masterpieces in art class. I almost forgot, he also loves soccer, and has gotten really good at it over the past 3 years.

Okay, so I can't forget Corey, my wonderful husband of 11 years. Corey and I met in college, and he was different from most of the guys I had dated. We were both very young when we met (20 years old), and very naiive. We fell in love very fast and very hard. My senior year of college, Corey moved 5 hours away to attend a different school, and I was devestated. But we kept our relationship going strong. When I graduated from college, I really had no plan for my future or any idea as to where I wanted to live. I had just broken my ankle, so I got a temp job as a leasing consultant, and moved in with my brother, the only family who offered to take me in until I (literally) got back on my feet, who also just happened to live 30 minutes from Corey. After working for the temp agency for 3 months, I was hired permanently and then promoted to Propery Manager of a community which was about 10 minutes from Corey's house. Coincidence? I think not... I think maybe it was meant to be ;) And the rest, as they say, is history....