ISHI: January 2014

Monday, January 13, 2014

Happy Birthday .... to my Wonderful Wife

Today is a unique birthday celebration .... no it is not any of the big ones like 35 or 40 .... but today is the fifth year I get to celebrate Laura's birthday with her ... and really that is more a gift for me then it is for her.

Yesterday myself, Kris and Sam took Laura out to the movies. We went and saw American Hustle ... a great movie. We were all talking about how well Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence played their roles ... and then they walked off with Golden Globes last night as did the movie. Laura must have been their good luck charm.

This year does become an interesting one as we will have a few changes throughout the year ... including Sam's graduation from High School and her deciding where she wants to go after high school. We will have to wait and see what the summer brings as that adventure unfolds so this birthday is the start of another new adventure.

For today is a day to celebrate and the first part of that is to say .....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Love you baby!

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Happy Birthday Sam!

Today my youngest becomes an official adult. There are lots of reasons why I could say she has been one for awhile .... She is very mature when it comes to her money and driving and also with her attitude about things in the world around her. But today she turns 18 so she is officially an "adult".

When I sit back and think about this .... the first thing that comes to me is that this was the last Christmas where we would have a child in our house.

Yes this Christmas we got to have all of our children, as well as my Mom and sister, at the house but next year it will be a houseful of adults. I would say that means people will be up late morning rather than the crank of dawn but myself and Laura are always the first up anyway and waiting for everyone else to rise.

I guess even if Sam is now an adult we can still keep our little piece of childhood .... and I hope Sam keeps her remaining childhood ways as well ... and enjoys them.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAM!

We love you!

About Us

In my life I am very proud of my three girls and I do everything that I can to make sure they have at least as many opportunities as I had and I hope in the process they will learn to be independent thinkers. As important as that is I am also very proud of my wife, Laura, who you will see as a new author on my - no let me rephrase that - OUR blog.

Laura and I first met on November 1, 2008 when she asked me out .... for pancakes. Turns out that pancakes was one of many things we have in common. I remember standing outside the diner anxiously waiting for her and around the corner comes a pepper white Mini Cooper S. I saw this very attractive blond-haired lady driving it and I was thrilled to see that it was Laura. That breakfast changed my life as I knew then that this was the person for me.

It has been wonderful to have Laura in my life and I look forward to many long long years of the same. We do hope you enjoy following along in this adventurous life with us, and with the girls, as we all take on new adventures. I know we are looking forward to our adventures, and a lot more pancakes.