7 years

On Monday, Jonathan and I will celebrate our 7th wedding anniversary! These seven years really have been the happiest of my life. I am so thankful to have a husband who is a faithful provider and leader to our family. He works very hard so I can work part-time and stay home with our children. I love the way he rubs my back at night until I fall asleep, plays with our girls, keeps track of our finances (because I have no idea), makes a special trip to gas up my car (I mean van :)), grills up a mean burger, and brings me home Starbucks frappachinos. There are so so many more. In these 7 years, we have moved 4 times, lived in 3 different cities, had 6 cars, adopted our first pet, survived 3 years of seminary, and produced 2 very beautiful, wonderful, precious little girls. And this, my friends, is what 7 years of marriage will do to you!!!

I love you, baby! Happy Anniversary!!! Love forever and ever, Johanna

Bi-vocational Abigail

Today while Jonathan was putting Abigail down for her nap, she was talking about our jobs. Jonathan told her about our jobs and that Mommy was a Speech Pathologist and Daddy was a Minister. When asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, she replied " I want to be a speech padologist AND a lizard".

Dad

Today is Father's Day. I am so grateful and blessed to have my Dad. On November 3, 1985, my Mom married Paul Huggins. He is my step-dad. He jumped into our family and began raising my brother and I as if we were his biological children. This is the Dad who taught me how to ride a bike. This is the Dad who taught me how to swim. This is the Dad who helped me with my highschool math homework until 11:00pm until I got too frustrated, began to cry, and just went to bed. He is the one who used to call me his "little princess". He is the one who will do any handy man job without complaining. He is the one who started a Roth IRA for me with "babysitting money" when I was 13 and had no clue of the importance of investing. He is the one who, together with my Mom, paid for my entire four years of my undergraduate degree. He is the one who walked me down the aisle on my wedding day 7 years ago. I may not be related to him by blood, but as far as I am concerned, he is my Dad.

From the mouth of babes...

Since Sunday, Abigail, Rachel and I have been down here at the beach while Jonathan is at Beach Blast with his youth kids. Tonight we snuck into the pool of the Royal Garden Hotel to swim. While I was holding Abigail and attempting to teach her how to swim, she was holding onto my underarms and begins to make a funny face. This is how our conversation went: '
Me:"Why are you making that funny face?"
Abigail: "Because I am touching your scratchy hair."
Guess it's time for a shave!!

A few quick pics of Rachel

Photography by Creative Portriats by Cha.

Funny Story

Ok, so this morning I stopped at McDonald's in Chapin for a cup of coffee on my way to work. Of course McDonald's does not have the best reputation for customer service, but with only 2 people working in the restaurant and the drive thru line a mile deep, this poor guy really was doing the best he could. I walked inside and stood in front of the counter about 2 minutes before he was able to look at me to take my order. Meanwhile, an EMS worker parks his ambulance outside and comes inside. He stands behind me in line MAYBE for about a minute and a half and I begin to hear him grumbling behind me and how dissatisfied he was about the cashier not even acknowledging us. Finally he screams this and walks out: "If I treated people like this, they would be in body bags!".