Happy Birthday!!! My Flexy is 19!!!

Well his name isn’t really Flexy. He just asked me to call him that when he was about 5 years old. It has been 19 years today, since he was born. When I had Alex, and they handed him to me, they said, Here is your baby“. I was quite overwhelmed, because I had a 19 month old baby at home. The first thought I had was…”What was I thinking?” Well, I must have been thinking…”This will be fun!! Let’s have another baby!!” I remember going to the grocery store with Riley in the front of the cart (you know, where I probably shouldn’t have put him), Kelsey in the baby seat and Alex hanging off the front of me in an infant carrier. GOOD TIMES! I only left the house to go somewhere, if I could take my time. People would pass by and say, “You look like a busy, mom.” Honestly, it has been fun. Alex has been such a fun little boy, teenager and young man. He is getting ready to go on an LDS mission and is soooo excited. We’ll let you know where he gets his call when it comes!!
I love this darling boy!!!
Happy Birthday, Alex!!

True Love!

Love
is not a life spent with someone you can live with, it’s a life spent with someone you cannot live without.
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When I first started dating my sweetheart,I knew he was the one for me. I actually had known him for about seven years before we dated. I knew him all through high school and always thought he was a great guy. He was very shy; not so much now. It was quite a effort to get him to ask me out in the first place. We would talk after church for hours and sometimes save each other a seat during church (we went to the same ward). Then we had our first date and then many, many more. Somewhere in the dating, an old friend called. Someone I really cared about before I started to date my darlinest. He wanted to see me again…yup, it was a kink. I didn’t really want to date him, but my sweetheart told me he wanted me to go out with him so I would know for sure that I wanted to be with him and not with “old guy”. I agreed and went on several dates with my other friend until I knew that I wanted to be with my sweetheart, for sure!! I had spent time without “old guy” and survived! And the thought of living without Mr. Wonderful just about broke my heart. I KNEW I COULD LIVE WITHOUT MY OLD FRIEND, I ALREADY HAD, BUT I ALSO KNEW THAT I COULD NOT LIVE WITHOUT MY DARLIN. Remember…”Love is not a life spent with someone you can live with, it is a life spent with someone you cannot live without.”