Happy Birthday McCarrey!

Dear McCarrey,

You are such an incredible man! There is not a day that goes by when you don't surprise me with your thoughtful ways, or your amazing ability to bring calmness and joy into my life. You are such a loving and kind person, and I am so glad that you are the type of person that reaches out to help others. I am so grateful for your faith, and your desire to be a strong, upstanding husband and father. You are such a hardworker, and do so much do provide a stable and wonderful life for us. Our children absolutely adore you- and it makes me so happy to watch your relationship grow with them. I have sat back and just smiled several times while watching you play with them, or sitting and having "serious" conversations. It is so important to me that our kids have such a wonderful father figure to look up to. I truly don't believe that any child could ask for more than you are. You are my best friend, and I am so amazed at how our relationship continues to grow and get better and better. I can't wait for the next 50 years- and all of the crazy, wonderful adventures that will be coming our way. I can't imagine wanting to experience them with anyone else.

I love you more than ever-

Happy Birthday!

Love,

Shannon

Just a quick visit-

Woohoo for last minute getaways! We just got back from an awesome trip to Seattle to visit Neil, Annie and the boys. SOO much fun! We were sitting around on Wednesday night feeling like we had nothing exciting going on- and randomly decided that we needed to get away- so Friday morning we hopped on a plane and off we went to beautiful Washington. The weather was fantastic and we spent the weekend combing the beach for shells, playing in the sand- and walking through Pikes Market and the various piers. We went to the Wetlands and wandered through scenes that literally made me feel I had either gone back in time, or I was on a different planet, like Pandora in "Avatar". Everything is so lush and beautiful over there! And with the ocean so close- it literally makes it one of the prettiest places I have ever been- THANK YOU Neil and Annie for letting us crash at your place- and for playing long and hard with us. We loved it!! Horrible person that I am- I took my camera- but forgot the charger for it- so my rockstar sis, Annie- sent me some pictures of our adventures that I thought I would post. Mostly of the kids- which is how I like it- and my sweet boy Elijah playing peekaboo. He puts his hands up and covers his ears and not his eyes. I think it is so adorable!