Fantastic musician!

Those of you who don't know my sweet husband, he is a keyboard player, he also plays mandolin and sings(he has a great voice if I do say so myself)! Tonight he is at a gig, I didn't feel like going so I am home missing him and so I thought I would blog about him a little bit! I actually met him when he was playing gigs in the Outlaw and I would go there with my girlfriends to dance. I thought he had the nicest eyes I'd ever seen and was completely taken by him. But I didn't think he even noticed I was alive! A previous post tells about most of this so I won't elaborate. I just wanted to say I think he is a great musician, he has written some really cool songs and I'd love to see him sell them someday. I keep telling him we are gonna take a little trip to Nashville and see what we can do about getting his songs noticed! He comes from a very talented family and I just think it is really great how talented and smart they all are. His oldest brother is a doctor and had his retirement party in June and it was the first time I heard him sing, and he wasn't too shabby! His oldest sibling is a sister and she was a CPA before retirement, I'm pretty sure she does ok on the piano. His brother just older than him is an attorney and his baby brother has a PhD in Music and is a great musician in his own right! Plus they are all just the nicest of people! I love them very much! Chad is proud of his siblings and I just wanted to say how proud of Chad I am and I know his dad sure was before his passing a few years ago. His mom passed before I knew her but I have read her journals and she was quite proud of Chad too! Anyway,

It's a boy!

So Jennie just let us know she is having a baby boy! So we will have a Macy Wade to add to the mix of grandchildren we have when number 16 arrives in April 2009!

Ralph Waldo Emerson...I'm sorry.

I guess I have to apologize to Ralph for taking a little liberty with his words....he said: "What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us" I heard it changed a little and I wanted to post in on my blog because I think it is my new marriage theme!! I was just thinking about it tonight!

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies between us"
I just think nothing is as important as finding your soul mate and then making him your number one priority...all the rest is just 'small stuff', no one or nothing can get between what you have for each other, your true love! You know if you gave up when things got hard...well it seems it would prove the 'big stuff' (your soul mate) just wasn't worth it! Marriage is worth working at...it's a really important job! But well worth the effort in the end, well the blessing in it is ...no end!

Cruisin!

These are a few from our Mexico cruise with our friends Larry and Sue! We had a blast...
Chad at Cabo Wabo!
On a tour in Mazatlan!
Mazatlan!
Me in our state room!

My sweetie in our state room! Wow I love this man!

Brrrr....take me to the tropics!

I would rather be somewhere warm right now! It is so cold and it just got me thinking about all the really beautiful places we have gotten to travel to and wishing we were somewhere warm right now. We love tropical places and have visited many islands and someday we are going to retire on one of those islands! Hawaii, Mexico, Aruba, St. Martins...we love them all! Here are a few photos from our many wonderful vacations to warm islands! We have seen these places and they are all so warm and sunny...and simple! I love simple...

Just a really cool picture I took at Xcaret, Mexico (Riviera Maya)
Chad in Mexico!
We were just having a good time at dinner (mexico again) those are not our legs by the way! We were shocked when these guys came dragging these to our table!
One more that night!












Volcano on the Big Island or at least the steam coming off it very early in the morning!










Me in a lava tube on the Big Island, Hawaii!









Sarah and her friend in Aruba!










Me and Chad in Aruba...awwww














Another shot of the love birds in Aruba!