Courtney's FCCLA

Today, I was thinking how lucky I am in general to have such a great family. I then realized I failed to post how proud I am of Courtney and her recent accomplishment at the FCCLA competition.

Over the last several months I have watched this wonderful young lady work very hard to document and put together a presentation on career investigation. Needless to say because most of you know already Courtney took the championship at her competition and now gets to go to Tennessee this summer to compete. If any of you have any extra cash please send her way, she needs it.

Courtney, I just want you to know how proud I am to be your Dad! You are a terrific young woman and I love you very much. I love you because of the person you are, not because of your many accomplishments but simply because of who you are.

I love to tease you, but know that it is only because I love you and want to be close to you!

Love Dad

19 years and still going strong!! . . . . . . .

Wow!! Time flies . . . Dawn and I just celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary. I'm not great at the blog thing but this is one event worth talking about. I honestly cannot believe it has been 19 years. Wow, that must mean I am getting old. I'm still convinced the grey hair in my beard is blonde but that's another subject for another time.

Dawn is my soul-mate, and am so grateful to have her in my life. She is a wonderful Mother to our kids, she is my best friend, and has put up with a lot of my garbage over the years. We have now been together longer than we have been without each other. It's difficult to remember a time without her . . . it seems like another life.

I appreciate her love and support. We have had our ups, downs, and bumps in the road but I wouldn't trade a single day!!

I love you LOTS Babe!!! We have so much in front of us and I look forward to every step!!