Cardinal flight...

Welcome to my BLOG!
To start off, I guess I need to catch up... so here goes!

I am so incredibly blessed that I don't even know where to start! I have such a great family and a very sweet mother who has always been such a strong influence on me. Everyone always says I am her made over, and I take this as a very sweet compliment! See what you think...

In the summer of 2003, when I was only 17 years old, I met my best friend in the world, and he has steadily became more and more important to me. In April of 2007, he proposed at one of our favorite spots (at Cherokee Rock Village), and then on April 13, 2008, he became my husband. I feel so lucky to have found my soul mate at such a young age, because I get to spend my entire adult life with the person I was meant to grow old with! And basically, that is where our story starts...

From there, the good news just keeps coming!! We had our first daughter, Kami Ray on September 17,2008, and being a mommy is one of the greatest gifts God has given to me! Our second child came along 18 months later. Kensie was born March 8, 2010, and instantly became Kami's pride and joy (and ours as well, of course!).  I am so excited to watch the two of them grow up together. Of course, there will be some intense "disagreements," but ultimately, they will always have a best friend to be by their side through everything.

Becoming a father has done such wonderful things to Jared as well! I absolutely love to watch him light up at the mere sight of his little girls! He is such a manly-man and always wanted a little boy but those girls have stolen his heart and turned him into the greatest Daddy in the world!

Another perk to getting married, is that you gain a whole additional family! Yet another blessing in my life is my amazing inlaws! Jared has the most kind-hearted family and I am so very honored to be a part of it now (and yes, I really do mean that with all my heart!). Anyone who has ever met Toni and Lance knows that they would do anything for anyone... honestly putting everyone else's good ahead of their own. I have so much love and respect for them and I am so thankful for all the things they do to help us out. They, like most grandparents, do their share of SPOILING, but it's all out of love, and my girls absolutely ADORE both of them beyond words!

This blog will be a fun way to keep track of all the fun we have together, so I am excited to get started! I honestly can't believe it has taken me this long to start BLOGGING!