12 years and still in love...

(sorry for the sloppy writing, I'm soooo tired & I know the pics could be better, but give me a break for crying out loud I just moved!!!)

It's hard to believe it's been over 16 years since the day I asked my future husband to hook me up with his best friend Mike. I eventually "saw the light" and threw Mike over for Brandon. That may have been the best decision of my young life.

After about 4 years of dating I got a call one morning. Bran was in jail. I could have just died. I had to lie to my Grandparents so I could go bail him out! I went straight to the County Jail. I was shaking so hard as I walked up to the window to find out what I was going to have to do. The poor guy at the window had no idea what I was talking about. He told me I should go to the City Jail. So I headed over there. Just as I was about to leave a bail bondsman stopped me and told me I would probably need him and that he would follow me to the jail. When I got to the jail the bondsman told me he would wait outside until I needed him. I was once again shaking like a leaf when I walked up to the bulletproof window in the little concrete room. I told the officer what I was there for. He said he would be back in a minute. When Bran came to the window he looked like he was about to pass out. His voice was shaking and he was pale as a ghost. I asked him what we would need to do to get him out. He said he would find out and disappeared out if sight. A minute or two later he came back and said they told me the only way they would let him out was if I said yes. YOU GOT IT! He was proposing!!!! He had slipped the ring through the little gap at the bottom of the window. I was so mad I just walked away. I was crying and laughing and just generally dumb struck. I had been so ready to bail him out that I was having a hard time grasping that this was the moment I had been waiting for for months!! Needless to say, when we walked out of the jail the bondsman knew something was up. He got a good laugh out of the whole thing right along with us. The worst part came when I had to go home and tell my grandparents that I had lied about the reason I had ran out the door so fast.

So, 12 years ago (yesterday) we tied the knot. I could only find a few pictures in this mess of a move...but here it is in a nutshell.

Brandon (right) and the man who brought us together!

Before we were dating Brandon still found a way into my pictures. (note the blurry face between our heads) I blurred him out just to prove a point!


Bran and my baby brother just chillin.


The only snapshot I could find of me at the wedding.


Bran and his dad getting ready for the big event.


Bran and I getting ready for the next big event one year and 2 weeks later.
(this is really a pic of me preggers with Riley, but it's the only one I could find)

King Boston (first grandchild for everyone!)

Caden, our only "planned" little angel.

Riley, our sweet little gift that came a whopping 10 months and 2 weeks after Caden.

What little dolls!

The fam... (2004 I think)

In 2006 my mom surprised us with a vow renewal for our 10th anniversary.
(checking out our new rings)

Last Christmas (and the most recent pic I have of us together)

Here's to 12 more amazingly, wonderful years!!