Five Happy Years!

Five years ago today, I made the best decision of my life...I married my best friend and love of my life! Those of you that know Gabe know just how lucky I am! I can't even begin to describe or explain how much I love this man! He is my all, my everything! He laughs with me (well sometimes at me), he is my shoulder to lean on, he dries my tears, he is adventurous with me. To sum it all up...he knows me better than anyone else in this world, which means he knows what I need, when I need it.

In no particular order, some of the reasons this man makes my heart happy! =)

• I love how he is so laid back. He really is the most laid back person I have ever met and probably will ever meet.
• I love how sarcastic he is. Sometimes I get all fired up about something and then he comes back with some sarcastic comment. Even though I act like I don't like it, this is one of those things that is so wonderful about him! (He loves it when he breaks me by the way.) He reminds me that life isn't serious, that I need to relax and remember what is important.
• I love that he is a dreamer! If you have had a long conversation with Gabe, he has probably told you about his latest great idea of a business he is going to start up or an invention he has rolling around in his head. His creativity is endless!
• I love that he loves to be on the go. Gabe and I are forever going somewhere or doing something. I love it too!
• I love that he cooks. I mean really, do I even have to explain this....what woman wouldn't love this?! :) He has introduced me to all kinds of foods, whether I wanted to try them or not...ha!
• I love that he is playful! We go to parks, zoos, malls, aquariums..you name it!
• I love that he is a man of God. He looks to Him to make decisions for himself and for our family.
  
• I love the father that he is! Watching Gabe and Owen interact melts my heart! He loves Owen more than anything in this world and Owen feels the exact same away about him.
  
• I love his confidence!
  
• I love his looks! =)
• I love how he takes care of me! Most mornings he packs my lunch for me! (I know, I am way spoiled!)
• I love how even after a long day of work, he greets me with a kiss.
• I love that he plays games with me. Whether it be card games, board games, video games, guessing games, etc.
• I love that he wants to spend time with our families!
• I love that he is spontaneous!
• I love his laughter! (I especially love it when he cannot control it!)
  
• I love that he is random. And when I say random, I mean RANDOM!
  
• Can I just etc, etc, etc..........???? I could go on for days about how lucky I am! =)

Here are a few pictures of us from the last 5 years...hope you enjoy!

Evansville Fall Festival (I am a sucker for the goldfish game I pretty much can't turn it down and I am totally bummed if I don't win. I am pretty sure Gabe won the fish for me!)

Logan County Relay for Life. This was the woman-less beauty pageant. If this doesn't tell you he is tons of fun and doesn't take life too seriously, I am not sure what will!

Before heading to a concert.

Coca-cola museum in Atlanta.

Not a flattering picture of me....but these are the types of gifts I get from Gabe....random!

Our sweet little boy, Owen...BEST. DAY. EVER!

First Halloween as a family of 3!

First Easter

This Halloween

Kentucky State Fair

Thanks Gabe for the best five years of my life! I am looking forward to our many,
many more years together! I love you!

Snow Days # 7 and 8

Wednesday was the first time Gabe has ever been home on a day I have had a snow day. The three of us had a nice relaxing day and enjoyed some time in the snow!

My 2 favorite boys!We didn't have a sled lying around, but we had a Boogie Board. It was perfect!

Owen LOVED it!!!

Of course, we had to make time to just run around in the snow too!

And he wanted to help Dada shovel. He thought this was awesome! Wonder if he will think the same thing in a few years?? :)

We had another snow day on Thursday and we took advantage of it by lounging around the house! I am actually thankful we had one for once because Owen ended up getting pink eye.

Owen lounging with Bridget

Snow Day #6

Another snow day meant another fun day with Owen. We definitely entertained ourselves today! Take a look at what we did...

Looking cool in his bear claw gloves from his Aunt Lucy!Um...Mom...I lost a glove!

Little snow covered boy taking off for the neighbors yard.

When we got back inside, Owen saw our cat Pepper go through the cat door for the first time. He was very intrigued. Where did Pepper go???

Wonder if I can fit???

After his nap, we played hard!
Blocks...there is no way to do it but dump out the entire bag, or 2.

When the bag is empty, you can wear it.

Concentrating...

Then we went and jumped on the bed.

I love his hair when he plays with the ball popper.

Played a little on the drums.

He really thought he could fit under his crib, ha!

Mama, can you read it to me again?!

His two favorite books of the day, I can't even tell you how many times we read them. :)

Puffing and blowing his checks like the cow in his book. (Can we say raspberries??)

After his bath, we did our almost nightly game of chase. It is very hard to get a full body shot, this little guy is FAST! :)

Hope you had as much fun as we did! Although, I am kind of hoping this is our last snow day. I don't want to lose all those pretty days during spring break and the end of the year!

3 Day Weekend

Saturday we stayed around the house until meeting up with some of our favorite friends, The Watson's, for dinner and a game. We met up at Cheddar's and had a delicious dinner then headed to WKU to watch some basketball. A big thank you to them for hooking us up with tickets! The boys were so well behaved and were really into watching the game. We had a great time (as always) with the Watson's!

The Adkins'

The Watson's

After the game, Owen and Eli had a great time with the basketball!

On Sunday we went to the new church we have been trying out. They had a unity service where three church campuses joined together at a school in Bowling Green. The service began at 10:30 and we didn't leave until 1:00. It was a really interesting service! After church we headed to Evansville to go out on a date. We went to one of my favorite Evansville restaurants - G.D. Ritzy's. YUM!!! Then we went and watched The Dilemma. With the two main actors in this movie, we were expecting it to be hilarious...but it was just ok. Gabe and I both rated it a 6 out of 10. Nonetheless, we had fun! Thanks again Mom for watching Owen!

Gabe was still of on Monday! Wow! I can't remember the last time he has had an entire weekend off, much less a 3-day weekend! We did some things around the house and then headed to Hopkinsville for the evening to celebrate his Mom's birthday. We went out to dinner and then played at their house. All in all, we had a pretty good weekend!

Blurry picture...but part of the birthday celebration!

Another Snow Day

Owen is really starting to embrace snow days. He slept in until 9:20!!!! WOW! I didn't know what to do! After he woke up, we had some breakfast, watched Elmo, and then played.

We checked out the birds in the backyard. There were a ton!!!

(Sorry Mom!)Then we were just silly!
(As you can see, Owen knows all about wearing sweats on snow days!)

After his nap, we enjoyed some tacos and seasoned potatoes. Then it was time for some more fun...

We played with Play-dough that I made before Christmas.

We did a little coloring.

Then Dada came home and made us a delicious homemade pizza!

As for the rest of the night, Gabe and I will be watching The Middle and Modern Family. :)

Snow Day

Here is a glimpse of how Owen and I spent our snow day! Although I won't enjoy making these days up in the summer, we sure have had fun!!!

What is this stuff?

Doggy....

How cute are little footprints in the snow?!