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Interesting conversations Nicki and I have with our children…
This is a conversation Nicki had with Gavin this morning about earning money.
Nicki: “If you want to make good money when you grow up you’ll have to go to college and get a degree.”
Gavin: “How can I get my degree now so I can make a better allowance?”
Smart kid.
Other Conversations with our kids…
It was on Saturday, November 4, 2000 that my life changed forever. On that day, it appeared not to be a big deal, just a simple Wedding Ceremony. A small gathering of family and friends, a small wedding chapel, repeat a few words, say ‘I do!,’ and then the Honeymoon. Nothing much would change (so I thought), I practically saw Nicki everyday anyway, but now we got to live together. Hey! I’m a guy!
That’s why I tell everyone who says, “Wow, you two got married young!” that we actually got married “Young and Dumb,” however I had enough wisdom to land Nicki while she was dumb enough to say ‘Yes!‘
10 Years later…I have no way of telling all of the great and not so great memories that we have shared so far in a blog post, but I can say I am eternally grateful to God for giving me the greatest wife in the whole world. She has stood by me when I’ve followed some of the dumbest dreams and ideas that have ever popped into someone’s head, she’s let me make horrible decisions (and only brings them up every once in a blue moon), she’s been hard headed and difficult (which I am thankful she’s not always been who I wanted her to be), she’s helped me grow and become a better person, she’s been flexible to not always demand her own way. She is loving and merciful when I am a little less so. She is a great mother to our three wonderful children, Gavin, Tristan, and Hailey. Simply put I love her for who she is.
As a bonus…she is an awesome cook and is sexier than your wife (and if you are a woman, she’s sexier than you)!
Happy 10 Year Anniversary Nicki, I love you and look forward to the next 10+ years together!
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted a conversation between my children and Nicki or myself. Today, Nicki had a conversation with Gavin that I could not resist posting.
Gavin finished his bowl of cereal and wanted a second bowl. Nicki was getting ready for work, so she told him to fix the cereal himself. Several minutes later Nicki walks into the room to find Gavin sitting on the couch watching cartoons and not dressed or ready to go to school, when she inquired why, Gavin exclaimed there was no more milk for his cereal. I guess his refusal to get dressed was in protest to our running out of milk. Several things happened from this point until it was time to leave for school (spilled kool-aid, Nicki couldn’t form milk for my teenager drama queen 7 year old out of thin air, earth shattering stuff like that) which led up to this tearful conversation…
Nicki (in the car): Gavin will you shut Tristan’s door?
Gavin: Why do I always have to shut his door?
Nicki: Gavin, let’s have a good day today, its already started out bad, so let’s make it a good day.
Gavin: How can it be a good day when your starving me?
Yes, I think my 7 year old boy is a diva.
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Here are some of the pictures we had taken yesterday by Jeri Ann Dean in Augusta. Jeri did an amazing job, so if you are ever looking for a photographer just leave me a comment to let me know and I’ll email you her contact information, or you can find her on Facebook and her blog. Check out the pictures:
Nine years ago today, the most amazing and beautiful lady changed the story of my life with two small words, “I Do!”
Those two words sealed into history a love that’s never ending; even when we’ve felt like letting go, the love that we share held us together. I can’t count the stupid decisions I’ve made in my life and all of the wrong choices I’ve made, but one thing is certain and one thing is clear, asking Nicki to marry me was the best decision I have ever made, and at least I can always say I did one thing right! Our story has changed in many ways over the last nine years, together God’s blessed us with three amazing children who have taught us to love deeper and in ways we had never experienced. I am thankful God put our paths together all those years ago, and that today is just a reminder that we’ve just begun and that there are many pages to our story that has yet to be written.
Nicki, you are the greatest wife a man could ask for. Thank you for sharing the last nine years of life with me and for being a great mother to our children. I know you do a lot every week (college, your purse business, 3 kids, working at Cudos on the weekend, cleaning the house during the day, cooking dinner, helping me etc, etc, etc…….) but what is more impressive to me is that you do not complain and you do it with a personal sacrifice unmatched by many women. Thank you for doing all that you do selflessly. I look forward to next chapters of our story together 😛
Happy 9th Anniversary! I love you.
