17 Years Strong - Happy Anniv. 2 Me

Today is our 17th anniversary. So much has changed since then. Greg and I have both lost our fathers and grandparents. Both of our mother's have moved back to town. We've had three children. Wow....17 years. I thought I would do a short reminiscing ...I did say short :)

This was us on our wedding day....we definitely look YOUNG.


Me...pregnant with Stefan. Greg, his sister, Teresa, and his dad.



1992 - Stefan and me at the hospital.

Greg and Stefan...at home.
10 - 1/2 years later...Greg with Emma...
I said it would be short. Actually that's all that I found still sitting on my hard drive. Needless to say, we have changed. 17 years is a long time. Just look at us now....that's us on the profile pic. It's good though....it's worth it. Definitely worth it :)

StudentLife Camp - Orange Beach AL - 2008

So...I mentioned that Stefan went to the beach. Here is a picture of the whole group at Student Life Camp. I stole it off of Stefan's camera. I know no shame :(

Pretty good group though. He had a lot of fun at camp...except for the whole losing his glasses thing.

Now you see them....now they are gone

Stefan went to Student Life camp at the beach this past week. When I received a call from him on Monday, I was actually excited. I thought he was calling to say hi and tell me how much he loved and missed me and...NOT. Yeah...I'm not that stupid. I get a call from Stefan the first day that he is camp....my reaction....What's wrong?

Well, there are these really cool things at the beach called waves. And if you don't pay attention, they might just blow you over and wash your glasses out to sea. Yep, Stefan called to let me know that his glasses are now drifting somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico. I can only hope that somewhere out there swims a dolphin with optically improved vision.

Guess I'll be at the doctor's office yet again this week.

Jinling's Garden

My sister-in-law just loves Greg's garden and Greg likes for me to take pictures of his garden every year...so here are some more for Jinling to look at...since she isn't here.

Just a few more finds

So Greg and I went to Scarborough Faire again at the beginning of May. We actually bought a little point and shoot to use.....we haven't had one in a while. It was supposed to be a big thing and we were going to take lots of pictures. Yeah...well...here are the two that I found.....I think we took maybe 10. Oh well...and isn't that just such a great shot of me?

And here is just a quick pic of Stefan at the end of the year band banquet. Point and shoot again....I'm thinking that I don't like the point and shoot.

Fort Worth Zoo

I forgot all about these pics from the Fort Worth Zoo. We took the kids there when we went to Dallas for a family weekend. Here's a brief slideshow of some of the things we saw there.

Stefan Update

Just wanted to let everyone know that we finally got Stefan's test results back. The doctor said that Stefan has a rare premature heart beat, but it occur with regularity and is normal for him. All his vitals were great. He then told me that this isn't actually rare and happens alot in teenagers...AND that they usually grow out of it. He said that he felt like Stefan is a healthy 16 year old and we don't need to do any further cardiac work.

THANK GOD!!!

Issues of the Heart

Some of you may remember that I said Stefan would be going to the cardiologist. Well he finally got in yesterday. They did say that he looks like he has Sinus arrhythmia, which the doctor said can and probably is completely normal...nothing to worry about. However, just as a precaution, they made him wear a 24 hour heart monitor. Needless to say, Stefan did not enjoy having a little friend strapped to his chest :)

Here is the monitor:

And here is Stefan...wired for sound...

We have to turn in the monitor today. It will take a few days to get the results.