Happy Anniversary To My Valentine

Happy Anniversary Michael. I love you more today than yesterday and I will love you more tomorrow than today.

You are the one,
In my dreams at night.
You are the one,
I’m holding so tight.
You are the one,
I want to be kissin’
You are the one,
I don’t want to be missin’
You are the one,
Who holds the key.
You are the one,
I want with me.
You are the one,
I want to touch.
You are the one,
I need so much.
You are the one,
That I’ll forever love.
You are the one,
Sent from heaven above.
I chose you,
I want you to be my everything.
I love you so much, and forever do.

- Anita Ziolkowski

I can't wait to see what our next year of marriage brings for us. We will have quite a few adventures I imagine.

XoXo ~ Happy Valentine's Day
Kelley

Happy Anniversary To Mr.M

One year ago today, I married a wonderful man. He is my best friend and biggest supporter. He is also my favorite person to argue with. Heck yeah we argue, no healthy couple doesn't. And very appropriately, he got me a rolling pin for Valentine's Day. The best part about us is we talk to each other and we listen to each other. Without out that form of communication most relationships wouldn't last. So I want to thank you for listening to my voice and making me feel special and important enough to you. Also, another one of your many talents that always makes me smile and not the one you are trying to teach our son.... your perfectly timed hugs are amazing.

Now for all the ways I love you....



Cooper River Bridge Run 2009

I love the way you take part in all the things I like. Especially when we wait in line for 2.5 hours downtown just to get a race packet so we can get up REALLY early the next day and run 6+ miles together.


I wear my sunglasses inside ~ the movies



Clemson vs Carolina Game 2010 ~ Hot Wings

I love how you get all goofy with the girls and don't care who is around to see you acting silly. Then do it all AGAIN just so I can get a picture of it.

Lacrosse 2012

I love how you encourage the girls to try new sports. Teach them how to play and make sure  they have the right gear so they don't get hurt. I love how you bought an extra stick for me so I could play too.

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I love how you are not afraid to get down and dirty and can play like a kid.

Bill and Guilliana Ranic - Chicago 2010

I love how you waited in line at a Borders just to meet my All Time Favorite Celebrity Couple and had them autograph my book ~ that I am still reading.

I love that MonkeyMan looks just like you.

You are my Lobster! I love you will Wikipedia this to see what that means.

GQ Pose

And Lastly, I am so grateful that you love me so much to take care of me and the girls. We are so lucky to have have you. You are a wonderful father to MonkeyMan, BigGirlH and LilMissJ.

XoXo - I love you.

Happy Valentine's Day Family and Friends

Our Love is Like

Retro Romance

Thanks for always making me feel special and beautiful. 8 more days...

Black is the New Red

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Being a Lover of Scarves, I couldn't resist

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As a photographer I can appreciate this

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And Lastly, this is how I feel about MrM

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11 more days Ya'all!!! I need to get cracking on my Valentines Day Blogger Swappy Thingy too! Still looking for ideas.

Valentines Day Cards

Card ideas for Mr.M

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and from the girls to Mr.M.

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only 12 more days to go...

And it begins

The countdown to Valentine's Day!! 13 more days until my 1st Anniversary!! I am so excited to celebrate this day with MrM. He has been the best father and husband to our little family.

This little inspiration worked for me in the past, so lets try this again.

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Now there is humor in Valentines Day too

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I know you always have my back!!

There is definitely a theme going on with my Valentines... Can you figure it  out. I will leave you with one last idea.

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If you make it back to Chicago in 13 days there is always Marc Jacobs.

Valentine's Day Blogger Swap



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I'm in!! Sounds like a lot of fun no matter your situation. I am actually Married (duh) with children (double duh). BUT Valentine's Day is my 1st Anniversary to MrM. I was once like Christina and her friends a long time ago it seems like. I was always the girl that was broken up with RIGHT BEFORE the V-Day. I do not need to worry about that anymore because MrM is.....

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So lets all celebrate this holiday for Lovers. All of us are loved by someone and we can all use a smile. Christina over at Hungry Meets Healthy is hosting a Valentine's Day Blogger Swap. Basically you contact her via email and give her your details. Then she will match you up with another person and you send them a Valentine. How awesome is that. The best part we get to be creative. Hmmm ... what could I possibly send?

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What will you be sending your Blogger Valentine?

Happy 1st Bloggerversary to Me!!

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It’s my 1 year Bloggerversary!!

One year ago today was one of the Top 10 happiest Days of my life…. I am literally counting on one two hands to make sure this is an accurate statement. Yes it is!! Today is the day I found out we were having

Due September 20, 2011

You can read all about it here. I also started my blog to help me to document all the steps, feelings, pressures (literally) along the way. I never imagined that I would “get into” this whole bloggy thing. Let alone meet some bloggers or have my own followers. There are some people out there that I am obsessed… yes I said it obsessed with reading their blogs. I cannot wait for the next post whether it is funny, creative or sad. I look forward to it. Now I know I am not “THAT” person to anyone else except maybe our Canadian family but they just want to hear about the kids. (I love you for following!!) I never intended to be” THAT” kind of blogger. I apologize for using the reference of “THAT” but you all know who you are.

I used to attempt to create scrapbooks of all the images that I take. And I take A LOT… Remember my children only know me as this person.

My last scrapbook and materials I received as a gift from my wonderful husband children for mother’s day 2010 is still sitting in its original packaging waiting to be created. Now mind you, all the supplies were of the girly nature which is good because I had only girls back then.  BUT they were of the Baby Girly nature and I could not find the creative juices to make it work for my then 7 and 8 year old girls. SO, I went to doing digital scrapbooks. Which I loved. Also, time consuming. And I was slacking on that too….answer – the blog. It is better than Facebook. People Family can see what we are up to and read a story to go along with the pictures. I can put To Do projects out there that inspire me and either Follow through on them like the maternity dress or still not complete  Start them.

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I see everyone is coming up with Blogger goals for 2012… I just want to find the time to Blog AND double my followers. Today I have 13 followers and a year from now I would like to have 26.

All in all, I am so excited that I made it a year and did not leave this unfinished. This is something I started and have maintained. I feel like it is a craft / passion I am harnessing. I have also in my first year learned so much. Like how to make a Header on Photoshop, how to not be the Do Not Reply blogger, how to create a Button. I won my very first Contest!! And I participated in a few photography contests here and here. Lastly, I started a blog just for my kids.

In 2012… I plan to do all this AND MORE…