I'm Proud of my Hubby ♥

We have been pretty busy lately with work and life in general.Matt has been enrolled in the 122nd Police Academy for about a month now. He is doing VERY well and we are both excited about the career he has chosen to pursue. He is working very hard to be the best in his class and i must say that its paying off! He is the Vice President of his class and he is currently ranked #3 out of his 50 academy mates! (Hey..im allowed to brag :0) As a result to all of the physical training they make the cadets do in the Academy Matt is lookin' goood and puttin ME to shame in the workout category ;0) Its fun to hear about all the interesting things hes learning about the job and ive been helping him study alot! Matt is learning so much and i can tell that he has finally found exactly what he wants to do for a career. He is so excited to make a difference and im very proud of his decision to do so :0) He graduates in November and we are looking for places we want to live and work. He can either work for the Police Department or the Sherrifs. So far, the Sacramento area looks promising.Were considering some other neat places in CA like Morro Bay or Monterey as well. Or we might just stay in Chico, who knows :0) Its kind of a BIG decision so we will have to do alot of searching and praying but we are both VERY excited to see what the future holds for us ♥ Wish us luck!

Remember when...

Usually i think blog games are lame..HOWEVER this one seems pretty fun! U should try it :0)
Here are the directions:
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.It's actually pretty cool (and funny) to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

River Rats

SO after work the other day, Matt and i decided to go float down the Sacramento River for fun. So we grabbed our tubes and fishing poles and took off towards the river. We made it to the Sac in no time and 'launched'..Here's my cute hubby!

...and heres me right after we got in.

So ive decided that tubing while fishing is my new favorite thing! Floating down the river is so fun and relaxing and when you add fishing to the mix it equals perfection! As we were gliding along i heard loud splashing so i look over to see what it was and i saw 6 little heads poking out of the water! I thought they were beavers at first and was kinda uneasy because I heard they were vicious and didnt want to get attacked, but they turned out to be river otters! It was so cool to see those guys swimmin along and doing a little fishing themselves..those guys were too quick for me to take a pic tho..sorry! However i DO have a pic of one of the fish that i caught!

..its called a 'Shad'.

It was my first time catching a shad fish and it was exciting! Heres Matt lookin studly in his tube..

It took about an hour or so to float down to Scotty's..its a little BBQ place on the river where we ate some yummy burgers for dinner and i sang some kareoke in my fishing vest...a perfect ending to a perfect day on the river with my best friend!

Lots of Visitors

So last week Matt and i had some visitors! First Matts bro Andrew came down to hang out for a couple days before he moved to Russia!

Heres the boys eating taco truck goodness :0)

We played bocce ball at the park...

..and had a good ol' time :0)

We also said hello to the 'steed'

The next day Matt took Andrew fishing while i was at work and didnt take ANY pictures.......men...They had fun however :0) Thanks for coming to see us bro..we love youuu!! Then we had MORE visitors! My sister Tara, her hubby, their 5 children and my mom came up to see us! They all managed to squeeze into our little place and it was alot of fun :0) The kids enjoyed playing with all of our critters!

...this is our neighbors cat that we want to steal :0) jk

We had a picnic by the river and went swimming! look what i caught :0)

gross huh? The kids liked it tho ;0)

We also found this guy..isn't he CUTE??

..I thought so :0)

Then we walked to the park and wore out the kids a little more :0)


...the ADULTS had fun too ;0)

LOL :0)

Thanks for coming to see us!! It was sad to see everyone leave tho! Come back soon!

Dad

Life Lessons

You may have thought I didn't see,
Or that I hadn't heard,
Life lessons that you taught to me,
But I got every word.

Perhaps you thought I missed it all,
And that we'd grow apart,
But Dad, I picked up everything,
It's written on my heart.

Without you, Dad, I wouldn't be
The woman I am today;
You built a strong foundation
No one can take away.

I've grown up with your values,
And I'm very glad I did;
So here's to you, dear father,
From your forever grateful kid.
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Dad i love you so much and wish i could be there to give you a hug and wish you happy fathers day in person but since i cant i just want to tell you how much you mean to me. Youre not only my Father but you've become a cherished friend of mine and im so greatful for the friendship and love that we share.I hold the special memories that we have together in my heart and look forward to creating many more memories together in the future..Thank you for always doing your very best with us kids :0)Happy Father's Day! i LOVE YOU DAD!

Matt turned 26 on June 6th! For his birthday i bought him a SUPER COOL Toshiba laptop and he loves it! I like to mess around and tell him that hes almost 30 to bug him ;0) I gave him the option to do WHATEVER his heart desires on his B-day and guess what he came up with!?..

Yes..thats right..we fished ALL DAY long and had a blast! I love being married to my best friend :0) Happy Birthday mi ammore!