2 years ago I met Mike. 

2 years ago I had no idea I was meeting my best friend for life. 

2 years ago I didn’t have a clue that driving 4 hours away was where I would find a guy who literally lived 20 minutes from home. 

2 years ago I went to the world’s greatest tractor pull and came home smitten in love and a fortunate gal. 

Our first photo together.

On the way to the tractor pull I can remember the other girls who knew him telling me how great we would get along because we were both so funny and personable.  They showed me a picture of him and I could tell from the photo he was my type.  Country boy through and through.  Infectious grin.  Heavenly blue eyes. 

We arrived and they didn’t even have to point him out.  I knew which one he was.  There was a slight problem though.

This guy was not talkative.  He said nothing.  He wasn’t smiling.  He just stood there like a bump on a log. 

Little did I know that he was nervous.  And when he gets nervous he doesn’t say much.  Plus, he didn’t really know me yet so I couldn’t blame the guy.

After a few hours we were enjoying gorgeous weather at a tractor pull.  Later that weekend we were practically inseparable.  It was depressing when the weekend ended and we had to ride back home separately. 

I knew when I got home late that Sunday that my life was about to change.  For the better.  Finally.  We took things nice and slow those first few months.  Harvest helped that a little bit.  In the end I think that was the best way to start a relationship.  Look at us now.  Look at how far we’ve come. 

2 years has flown by.

Here’s to 100 more baby!

I’m the luckiest girl alive to live and love with my best friend.

I am truly,

Ever have one of those songs that you hear and just think, “Yup, that’s my life right now!”?

I’ve heard one recently and although it has yet to actually change any of my actions….I’m hoping it does soon.

My guy got a new job.  His new job has him extremely busy.  It’s a busy time of year for the ag business because fall and harvest are upon us.  So, I fully expected to not see him a whole lot.  I really thought I was quite use to this time of year and the lack of time we get to spend together.  However, it’s starting to really get to me. 

On top of that, my job has me running circles as well.  You would think after six years at it I would have everything down pat.  Unfortunately the “powers that be” have decided to challenge us by requiring much more.  Documentation.  Documentation.  Documentation.  I love creating valuable lesson plans.  I love what I do.  I do not enjoy the paperwork.  Enough said about that. 

So, when I hear the song “Time is Love” by Josh Turner I am instantly reminded that I need to step away from my desk at work.  I need to step away from my numerous commitments.  Heck, I even need to step away from this laptop. 

It’s hard to remember those things when he’s home.  Our evenings together are rare.  Our time together is precious.  Time is love…

i know i gotta put in the hours,
make the money while the sunlight shines
but anything i gotta get done,
it can get done some other time

time is love, gotta run,
love to hang longer,
but i got someone who waits,
waits for me and right now
she’s where i need to be,
time is love, gotta run

i only get so many minutes,
don’t wanna spend ’em all on the clock
in the time that we spent talkin’,
how many kisses have i lost?

time is love, gotta run,
love to hang longer,
but i got someone who waits,
waits for me and right now
she’s where i need to be,
time is love, gotta run.

time is love, gotta run

Gotta run,

1. I am not meant to be the girlfriend of a traveling worker.

2. I am probably also not meant to have a loaded gun in case I get scared.

3. Shiloh is just as much of a spaz about this situation as I am. See picture below as she waits by the door each and every night.

4. The first night wasn’t so bad. The second night I was a sobbing mess. A realization that I couldn’t do this very often.

5. Nobody makes my coffee quite like he does.

6. His new beginnings means big adjustments for our relationship, mostly positive with just a smidgen of negatives.

7. We can handle it.

8. This guy is totally my best friend. My confident. My amigo. My pal. My buddy. My boyfriend. My bestie. (ugh. I despise that word and totally just used it?!)

9. I have some pretty amazing people in my life who care so much about me that as I’ve been “growing up” this week they’ve still been calling to check in on me and help with things.

10. We are meant to be together. Forever. Grow old in rocking chairs. Have babies. Then grand babies. Maybe even great grand babies. forever.

Best friends.

I came home the other day to my man on the lawn mower and Shiloh following him around the yard.

It made me realize how thankful I am for a hardworking man. His hours are unpredictable and long this time of year but despite that he still manages to take care of the yard work among many other things.

I love that I found a guy that works hard just like my dad.

Plus, he’s super cute when he’s riding the lawn mower. I even caught him singing quite loudly when I went outside later on to get something.

He’s so adorable. He makes me laugh He’s all mine and I’m so lucky!

If you’re not familiar with Garth Brook’s “Unanswered Prayers” song you may need to listen to it before you get my point on this one.

One day a while back my guy and I were traveling somewhere in the truck and the song came on.  Of course I sang along because I sing along to everything that comes on.  He was singing as well.  I felt like out of the blue we got to talking about the song and what it meant.  He told me he liked it and it reminded him of us.  At first I was clueless and had no idea what he meant.  Once he explained himself I wanted to cry, curl up next to him, and just hold him.  He was so right.

And that, folks, may just be the one and only time I put down in writing that HE was right. 

Kidding 🙂

He said that long ago before we met each other we’d both been in some pretty rough relationships.  Each of us had probably said some prayers (which was true) that things with those people from our past would work out.  Both of us longed for people to love us like we loved them.  Both of us longed for a beautiful marriage and family.  We both prayed to have that with those from our past.

Well, thank goodness for unanswered prayers.  God obviously had better plans for us.  Those prayers were unanswered and that led me to him and him to me.  And I couldn’t imagine my life any better than it is right now.

So yes, Garth, some of God’s greatest gifts are unaswered prayers.  

I’ve told you before how much I adore love notes. Well, I wasn’t just talking about love notes from M.

My niece is becoming quite the scholar. Recently she and I shared our birthdays together with a dinner at our favorite breadstick joint. As she walked in she delivered me a precious rose plant with this sweet note.

I cried. Of course I cried. I’m getting old and very emotional. Like a menopausal pregnant woman. None of which I am! Far from both. I hope, anyways.

Then I cried again some more.

The kid kills me with her every little move. I can’t imagine that I will ever love a little person as much as I do her, little B man, or C Dub.

A bad week filled with drama on all the spectrums of my life?

M sends flowers and not just flowers but ginormous beautiful flowers.

And he reminds me that no matter what’s going on we have each other always. We don’t need the people or things that simply try to ruin it all. We just need each other.

Life is much simpler that way.

Here’s our conversation via text tonight while M is out getting dinner:

M: McD’s is out of buns.
Me: Every. Time. Really?

You see whenever M runs out to get dinner he always texts me to tell me that they are out of whatever it is that I want.

It annoyed me at first because I was upset I wasn’t getting the food I wanted…until I figured him out. Now, it makes me smile because I know he is full of it and just teasing me.

The boy knows how to make me smile. How in the world would I ever live without him? Every day he seems to amaze me even more. Every day he makes my heart smile a million times.

He knows how to love me just perfectly. I’m a fortunate gal!