Weeklong Blog Fest of Love {A love letter}

My Love, My Life, My husband….

We have hit a big milestone in our lives…10 years of wedded bliss! Through all these years and all the changes in our life there has been one constant….you and our babies are the most important thing in my life. Each day I wake up and thank God that I have another blessed day with you. Sure there have been rough patches along the way, but the one thing that gets me through those rough times is your love. I can’t even begin to describe to you how intense this love I have for you is and as time moves on my love for you only grows. The love I felt for you as a girl of 19 when I walked down the aisle to meet you is nothing compared to the I have for you today. I had no idea then that the crazy love I felt for the boy waiting for me at the altar that day would fail in comparison to the love I have for the man you are today.

We’ve changed in so many ways since we were young and first fell in love. There are times that I don’t even love the person I have become so I am so grateful that you love me like you do. I love that I can be myself with you. I love your kisses and your hugs…I can’t get enough of them. When we are apart I ache for the moment that I can be in your arms again. I can’t let an opportunity to hold you or touch you pass me by because I don’t know how many tomorrows we have left. In all honesty, even if you told me we have an eternity of tomorrows to look forward to it wouldn’t be enough. Your love gives me hope that the best is still ahead. I have so many hopes and dreams for our future and for our kids. When I imagine my future, you are always in it. There is nothing in this world that I want more than having you to share my life with. I want our kids to grow up and look back on their lives as children and be fulfilled with all we gave them. I want them to know how much their parents love not only them, but each other as well. So that they can grow up and have strong, healthy, loving relationships of their own. I want to be an old wrinkly lady telling stories to our grandkids about how our love stood the test of time. And it will. Our love will live on for eternity through our children, our grandchildren and the generations to come.

Thank you my love. Thank you for being the wonderful husband you are. Thank you for loving me despite all my faults. Thank you for choosing me to spend your life with. Thank you for giving me the family I've always dreamed of. Thank you for the past 10 years, they have been the best...I can't wait to see what's next.
I will love you until the end of time.

Your loving wife,

Alice

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Here are a couple more shots from our anniversary photo session. Thanks to everyone who stopped by this week! Thank you Blancita (Sinsemilla Photography) for taking our photos in record setting time...can't wait for the family shoot.

I hope you all enjoyed the Weeklong Blog Fest of Love!!

I love this man...duh!
We kiss a lot....
That is one gianormous flower!! We picked it right there by the beach.
We crack each other up! :D

See what I mean?

Here's to the next 50 years!

Weeklong Blog fest of Love {Memory lane}

My blogger is not cooperating today...so this post will just be a short trip down memory lane. Here are jsut a few of our best moments so far.

(short and random...just like me!)

Wedding day with my Grandparents

This is a big deal because my Grandma passed just 3 short months later after a long battle with cancer. She was sooooo happy and insisted on standing next to my Rock. She loved him.

Cake time!

Don't let the smile fool you...I was mad. We spent hours on that make-up. My brother dared Rocky so I can't blame him. We don't back down from dares!

The arrival of our first born-Baby B

Here we are waiting for our c-section. Apparently he thought he was a doctor and was checking my "progress". Hello!?! There is a human trying to make it's way out of my body!!

Leaving the hospital with #2 (My little Rock)

He was soooo happy to have his boy! I was wondering how we made a little white baby. two halves due in fact make a whole!! :D

CHARGERS!!

I just like my shirt in this picture. This is from our first season being ticket holders. We are BIG Charger fans. We love out tailgates.

DISNEYLAND! We used to go each year for B's birthday...haven't been for the last 2 years. Time to start the tradition back up.

Our last trip to Disneyland for B's birthday in '05

This picture cracks me up cause you'd think it was the artic and not SoCal!

Gina's Graduation from 8th gradeThis is our most updated family picture even though it's from a year ago. We're taking more soon...I promise!

That's it for today...sorry I couldn't post more!! Tomorrow concludes the Weeklong Blog Fest of Love!

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P.S. There aren't any pictures of me having Gina cause I wasn't there. *GASP!!* I'm not her "BM" just her Mommy! She asked me to be her Mommy when she was 3 and My Rock and I were just dating. I'm glad we all decided that would be a good idea cause I totally loves her! :o)

Weeklong blog fest of Love {How do I love thee}

There are countless reasons why I am so in love with My Rock. I couldn't list them all if I tried....but I'll give you some of the little things....those are the ones that count after all. :o)

He's a Freakin' All-Star when it comes to any sport. However, we regularly play softball...and boy does that man know how to play. I love playing on the same field as him every Friday and I love the times I can just watch him from the stands. I love hearing people say "dang whose that at short" or "don't hit it to that guy, he's got a vacuum for a glove". Better recognize! haha!

Look white men can jump..or at least half white ones can. crap...that wasn't very PC...my bad. Anywho check the pic yo...told you he is an all-star. *Swoon*

He makes the best pancakes in the world! Seriously...they are the bombdotcom. I don't know what he does to make them so good. So good in fact that I don't even care that he can't cook anything else. He'll even randomly make breakfast for dinner. One of the family favorites.
(by the way grilling does not = cooking...right?)

I seriously never get tired of seeing this picture. It's a blog classic!

He gives our family & friends free haircuts in our garage. No he's not a "professional" persay but he does a damn good job! Plus he hooks it up gratis. It started because he cuts his own hair...and people would give him props then ask him to hook them up...sometimes they bring him special 'thank you' gifts.
cough *beer* cough :o)

Here is my favorite cousin "aka weekend kid" getting his mop of hair cut off. Thank God!! :D

p.s. see how he always wears his wedding ring...I love that too!!

He opens doors for me...still! Yeah even my car door to get in or out. If he is there and there's a door to be opened he does it. This drives the Heathers' nuts because I'm so used to having my door opened for me I tend to pause by doors no matter who I'm with and wait for them to open it. haha! I'm working on this I promise! He's also taught my little Rock to do the same for the girls in his life. :o)He was opening the door for me when I got home from work and was wondering why I was taking a picture...now you know honey!

He reads my blog- All by himself...I didn't have to ask him to...or give him "special hugs" or anything. He just decided he wanted to be awesome and read it. Or he could be wondering why he was getting egg jokes texted to him by random friends. He's not signed up as a follower....yet. Baby steps.

This is how I found out he reads it. He mentioned our "hook-up" story. Guess my gangsta look still draws him in! hahaha!

He picked me!! Out of all the girls in the world he chose to spend his life with ME!! He picked me to wake up to every morning, he picked me to have his babies with, he picked me to love! Gosh he's a good picker!!

I told you you'd get a wedding picture! And yes my eyes are closed. It's how I roll.

Weeklong blog fest of LOVE (the BF/GF anniversary)

12 Years ago today My Rock and I decided to make it official and become a couple.

We don't do anything special on our Boyfriend/Girlfriend anniversary...but we acknowledge the day that we decided we didn't want to date anyone else but each other.

Since we are friends...I'm gonna be honest. I was way ready to be his "main squeeze" way before he was ready to commit to that. So what does a girl do when the guy she has her eye on isn't ready to make her his one and only? She dates other guys of course!! Since My Rock and I were "just friends" I was sure he didn't mind hearing about all my fun dates with other guys. (Yeah I play dirty!)

So when I said yesterday that he "kinda" ask me to be his girlfriend...that's exactly right. There was NO romance for that occasion. I'm pretty sure it went like this: "So why don't we just get together then?"

And the rest, as they say, is history! hahaha!!

Here is a picture of us together when we first started dating

Please keep in mind this was 12 years ago!! (stop...I can hear you laughing from here!)

This is after we hit the one year mark.

Yes another crappy picture...which makes me sad cause I want you to be able to see how far I'd come! WAY better hair and make-up! oh and we love each other here...see the hugging? :o)

Rock-I love you so! Happy BF/GF Anniversary Love!

Weeklong blog fest of LOVE (How it started)

In honor of our anniversary week I am hosting a

WEEKLONG BLOG FEST OF LOVE!

So get ready for some cheesey semi-romantic ish.

It's not a fairy tale love story...it's our love story! :o)

I was 16 and a sophmore in high school. My bestest friend in the whole widest world, Tina, was dating a guy (we'll call him "tony") from a "rival" high school. She was all twitterpated and I was bitter because my boyfriend was far, far away.

Tina and I did just about everything together. So naturally all the pictures she gave to her boyfriend were of the two of us and our shenanigans (yes even back then). So one day Tina calls and tells me one of Tony's friends saw my picture and wanted to meet me. I had a boyfriend so I was not interested. It was this picture in case you are wondering....

Sorry it's blurry...I'll find a better one later. It's back when I was a "G"...I'm on the left.

So then one day I'm hanging out at Tina's house...sad because the college boyfriend is up to his old tricks and hasn't called in weeks...yes weeks. She mentioned her Honey coming over to watch a movie and I could care less sitting there in my sweats and messy ponytail. When "Tony" walks in he is followed by this cute jock looking guy. He looked over at me standing near the kitchen and I said out loud "I love him". I cracked up laughing and Tina's reply is "you guys are so gonna get married".

We talked for hours that night and exchanged phone numbers. We talked a few more times....but I had a boyfriend and Rocky was pretty cocky. (lame joke but so true). So I stopped returning his calls and eventually he stopped calling. Every few months he would ask about me (fine I asked about him too) and a couple of times he'd even call and we'd chat. He was a nice guy, but NOT what I wanted in a boyfriend at the time.

Then almost a year later...3 days after my "heartbreaking" break-up with the college boyfriend Rocky called. We had a fun conversation and he totally cheered me up with out even trying. We'd talk on the phone often and every once in a while he'd come over and we'd hang out and watch movies. We were great friends....I didn't need a boyfriend.

A few months later he went with me and my friends to Sea World....our first "unoffical" date. We watched the fireworks....he held my hand and I thought I was gonna pass out. I couldn't breathe...it felt like the fireworks were going off in my heart. *Swoon*. That was it...a few days later (July 21, 1997) he asked me (kinda) to be his girlfriend and I said yes.

A few weeks after making it "official" I accompanied him to his cousin Richard's wedding. I sat in the back and looked at him standing next to his cousin at the altar and thought...once day he'll be standing up there waiting for me. Tina's reaction to our second date ever being a wedding..."I'm tellin' ya Al...you guys are gonna get married".

On our one year anniversary (July 21, 1998) we went to the beach by Sea World to watch the fireworks. We sat in the bed of his truck all snuggled up enjoying the show. Right before the big finale...he gets up onto his knee and pours his heart out to me. This is a BIG deal for My Rock...he's not a man of many words...and then he asked me to be his wife. I of course said yes and he slipped the ring on my finger.

One year and 3 days later we were married in front of 200 of our friends and family.

July 24, 1999