Good afternoon friends,
I have decided that I am going to attempt to start really using my blog, even though it is clear to me that I have no idea how to make it super cute like my friends or really utilize the tool. While doing this, I must also make sure that I do not get sucked into this too bad and neglecting my responsibilities... and actually write posts that someone might actually want to read.

Kim and I passed our one year anniversary a month ago, what a fun time! And a stark realization that my mother was right - again. That the older you get the faster that life flies by! I have especially noticed this at least the past 2 years - if not the past 4! For our anniversary, Kim was so cute, he made all the plans and did all the plotting. He was so excited... which made me smile from the inside out! He took me out to Bahama Breeze, which is one of my favorite restaurants, but Kim didn't know that, which made it even more fun! He was also very cute and charming for he fell into what I call the "Greeting Card Isle Trap." I can stand in that isle for hours and not realize that such time has passed and upon leaving.... I have a cart full of cards that I loved and really can't decide between at that point. So I buy them all and file them in the correct category in my "Greeting Cards Drawer" in one of my two filing cabinets, to be used at a future time and date, saving me from my trap... Well Kim evidently got caught in this trap as well, although not to place the extra cards in the file, but to give them to me at all different times and hide them in new places. Our anniversary lasted for days this way, I absolutely loved it! I am so grateful to be married to my wonderful husband. I find that I fall more and more in love with him as the moments pass, and so grateful that I didn't marry others! lol. I really don't think I would be able to stand many others... : The Lord certainly knew what he was doing when he brought us together! How thankful I am! We really do tend to balance each other out, and when those moments hit where I am overwhelmed and stressed and breaking down... there comes my sweet husband with his smiles and jokes (this is his #1 favorite time to joke around) which bring me to this state of laughter and frustration fighting back and forth and I don't know whether to laugh or scream. lol I love the sweet things he does and the simple joy he brings to my life. I am most definately sure that I got the better end of this deal! Happy Anniversary my love!
(We also got to go up to Bridgeport, Connecticut for the weekend for an Angolan Family Reunion… That was fun too! J

Here we are the day before my favorite holiday. J Usually I have spent this day for most of my PA life, down in the city seeing historical sites and remembering what got us here, followed up with the Philadelphia 4th of July Parade, Concert & Fireworks. But I have to say… They have nothing on the Enoch and Cedar City style of celebrating…. Well the first couple years I was really blown away, but it seems that the last couple have left us very wet, so the firework shows weren’t all that great. And I found myself really missing the town parade where you know just about everyone there, the big to-do at the city park; with the dunking machine, the performances, the races, the fishing pond for the little ones and all the other exhibits. With excitement, joy and happiness all around. After you finish up there at the Cedar City Park, we would head out to Enoch park and enjoy a good old town BBQ (Burgers, Dogs and Salads). While there is a Baseball game going on with anyone who wants to join. Then performances and a little speech as dusk comes. Then you lie back on the grass and enjoy the dj’d concert and fireworks show. For there led on that grass watching my big old Southern Utah desert sky I’d feel the magic of the 4th of July… How I really do miss it. This year we are flying by the seat of our pants and seeing what happens. But after telling you of my 4th of July memories, it’s no wonder, that the past few years I keep being let down… they are definitely high expectations! :P Someday, I can’t wait to let my Kimmy see & feel that special kind of magic.