Malon! (So Pretty)!

I went to a birthday party for some very special people last weekend. McKenzie and Markus. While I was there I had my camera (ofcourse) and the only picture I was able to take was a picture of Mckenzie good friend Malon. I had to tell her that he mom wanted me to take her picture, because she is very shy, and I don't think she like to get her picture taken. I'm sure glad I was able to take this. Isn't she beautiful!???!!??

Meet Malon!

Renzo and His Ducky

Renzo fell in love with his duck that the easter bunny brought him last year. Today it was as if he just noticed it. He couldn't put it down, he kept hugging it and kissing it. Here are a few photos of him and his duck.

Tatianna

Here are a few of Tatianna from today!

My Boys!

I finally was able to take some photos of my boys today. Usually they don't cooporate with me when I pull out the camera. Thank you boys!!!!

More from Sanford Farm

Here are two more from the farm. These are a horse barn that was burnt up. From the front it looks like there is no damage, but from the side view you can see that is has no roof.

Farm

Took this photo yesturday it's the Sanford Farm behind Wal-Mart. I did a new technique called HDR. I took some other photos that I'll post later today.

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Blue Belt One Stripe!

Congatulations to my husband who received his first stripe on his Blue Belt. James has been training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for about a year, but just recently started going to Spa City BJJ to get his belts. I am so proud of him. Here is a photograph.

A Day At The Park

We went to the park the other day. Renzo loved it. Although he did fall a few times he still really enjoyed himself. Right up until he started having his tantrum! Here a few from the park.

Six Years

As my wedding anniversary quickly approaches, I can't help but to think about how it all started.




When I was 15 years old, I met a boy who was 14. I thought he was cute, but I also thought he was way to young to be my boyfriend. After about a month of him being as charming as any 14 year old could be, I gave in. We declared ourselves to be boyfriend and girlfriend! He was my first real boyfriend. We immediately became inseparable. I loved to be around him. He was funny, cute, athletic, everything a girl my age wanted in a boyfriend. I remember he would leave me roses in my locker! I would walk around school with them and felt like the luckiest person in the world! One time, we went for a walk and carved "James loves Amy" on the back of a sign. I remember thinking that doing that was just so wrong. I kept telling him that we were going to get into trouble. He assured me that,that was not going to happen. (he was right).



Two years later we had our daughter. Now I know what you are all thinking, I know that we were way too young to have a child. Once again, he told me that it was going to be alright, and he was right. Together we made it work. Now I'm not saying that we had an easy time, because as you can imagine we didn't. We had a tremendous help from our families who understood that we needed to do this on our own. There were always hard times, but we always managed to get through it. One child was not it for us, a year and a half later we had our son, NINE years later we had another son. We've been married for 6 years now. Like every marriage we have our ups and downs. But together we are able to make it passed anything. Just like this photo, we may have a few scratches and dings, but underneath all of that, we will always be the 14 and 15 year olds that fell in love and felt like together anything was possible. James and I have been together now for 16years. We've been married for 6 years.



Thank you James for always standing by me, for always supporting me, and for giving me the most precious gift a girl can ask for, the unconditional love of a great man.






This is what the back of that sign looks like today!

NAGA

Nick and Paula
The Crew from Spa BJJ
Just a fraction of the competitors
Justin from Spa BJJ
My husband (James)




This weekend, my husband entered NAGA. It's the worlds largest grappling tournament! It was held in Newark NJ. We went with some good friends, Nick and Paula. We arrived on Friday an went to the IFL fights. We had such a good time. Our hotel was minutes away from the IFL event and only about 15 minutes away from the NAGA tournament.

I was absolutely not expecting to see as many people as I saw at this event. There were over 3,000 competitors, and 2,000 spectators. James entered the intermediate division and came in fourth. He won his first two matches, and lost his next two. I am so very proud of him, and can't wait to go to the next one! Congratulations to everyone at Spa BJJ!

Thank you Nick and Paula for coming with us. We always have such a great time with the two of you! I took at total of 940 pictures!!! I was just clicking away!