Happy Birthday to My Husband!

You may have noticed I skipped yesterday.....yeah, it was Mother's Day. It turns out we didn't order our Mother's Day gifts in time to get here
so we will be celebrating that in a few days, ha ha.

Anyway...Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband today!!! He was born May 11th, 1980... Corey Jason. ELEVEN POUND and EIGHT OUNCES! This will make the 10th birthday that I have known him through and the 9th we have celebrated "together." I would like to say that he has grown up so much and matured since I have known him,
but as George Washington never said, "I cannot tell a lie." HA! Just kidding.

Click on the collages to see them bigger and better!

A collage of just a few of the silly pictures we have. Notice top left and bottom right...
Andy and Corey showing off how much they have matured in the past years....ha ha!

Corey, in truth...is not the man I married almost 8 years ago. And I am SO happy for that. Don't get me wrong, he was (as all brides think) Absolutely WONDERFUL the day I married him...(ha ha).. but I am so happy that he has grown in being more responsible, more understanding, and who knew he would be such an awesome DAD?! I have never ever had to worry about him being a provider because he has a dedicated work ethic and would work anywhere he had to in order to provide for our family. I know that without a doubt!
He has stated that he would work two jobs before he took me out of the home again and that means more to me than anything!!! I am so happy he is accepting and supportive of my opinions about raising our children and has been agreeable about homeschooling and my "new thing of the week" that I come up with that is the best thing ever we need to try for our home/diet/finance/school/vacation.

Thanks for putting up with me.

We are really a good match. I love Corey so much... and I am thankful that God saw the potential we had and has let us grow together into it.

Happy 29th birthday!!!!!

If you know Corey, feel free to leave him a little birthday note here... check out his mom's tribute on her blog HERE. At least go over and commend her for bringing 11 pound into the world....and that was before the rush to do C-sections if you get my meaning on that ladies!!

Corey: Day 6

Well, there will only be one more post after today before Corey's birthday.
Poor Corey, his birthday is almost always overshadowed by Mother's Day. :(

I even almost didn't get a question posted today, and he probably won't get to answer it before tomorrow! ha.
We have had a great date night and day last night and today. We ate a huge meal at The Melting Pot last night and then today we drove up to Chattanooga to scope out McKay's Used Books (got some AWESOME deals on homeschool stuff for next year!) and ate lunch at P.F. Chang's.
So, here is a weird question for today based on eating out:


If tomorrow, every single fast food restaurant had to be the same, what fast food restaurant would you want them to be?
Same for sit-down restaurants. What would your choices be????

Corey: Day 5

I was very disappointed that Corey did not submit a caption for his photo yesterday. boo! But, he chose Frank as the winner, pretty funny caption though I had to look up who that person was...
Yeah, many times I don't "get" jokes bc I don't have a clue about the reference.
Anyway...

Today's question (a classic):


What superpower would you want to have...AND WHY?
I know that Corey has thought about this question before,
so I expect an answer from him today...
and anyone else too....

Corey's Birthday: Day 4

Today's question is really not a question, but it will be fun anyway. I decided to do something "Corey-esqe" and add some humor with a caption-contest,
except there will be no prizes. ha. So, submit your best caption for this picture of Corey.
I am thinking it could be pretty funny....so caption away!!!!!

Birthday Countdown: Day Three

Today's question is completely an excuse to put up this picture:

This is Kilie and me at Sips n' Strokes in Marietta. You pay a flat fee and they walk you step by step through painting a picture on a canvas! It was SO MUCH fun and I can't wait to go back! Thank you, Kilie, for taking me...it was a fantastic idea for a birthday present! I am so proud of our paintings and thought it was so cool that they showed everyone the same steps but everyone's painting was unique...kind of an interpretation of their personality!

So, here is today's question for Corey's countdown:

What completely unlikely and/or impractical profession would you wish you could be successful in?
For example: I would love to be able to make money being an artist of some kind... either in painting or music or something similar to that. I think it would be great to get paid good money for doing something that was 100% pure fun to you! I find this to be a very unrealistic possibility for me! ha ha!

And...everyone else... what is a job that you think would be really really fun but extremely unlikely for you to be good at or make a decent living in?

Husband Birthday Countdown: Day Two

Corey, here is your question for today:

What is your desert island food?
What food could you eat 3 times a day, 7 days a week, and not get tired of it?

Other readers: What is YOUR desert island food? If you recall, mine was spaghetti...YUM!

Birthday Countdown: Round Two

I would first like to say that I have not bailed on my prize winners...it is coming! I promise!
That Target gift card is as good as in your hands and spent! I just haven't made it to Target yet...

Secondly.... I am starting my second birthday countdown... As it is now 358 days until my next birthday.....


HA!

Just kidding.... I am actually going to countdown to my husband's birthday which is on
May 11th, exactly 6 days from now.
He was born on Mother's Day, 1980.

Turning 29.. his last "twenties" birthday.

So, in honor of his birthday, I am going to try to get him to comment on my blog everyday for the next 6 days by asking HIM a question. Please check back to comment on his answers. They are sure to be interesting.

Question Number One for Corey's birthday countdown:

Does turning 29 make you feel old? and WHY?!

There will be no contest for this one. The last one about broke me! ha ha!

In case he boycotts my countdown, would some other people answer the question to make me feel better? :)