Our 6 year anniversary

Wow 6 years ago on June 22nd we were married. I can't believe its been 6 years all ready! 6 years ago we stayed surfsides a hole week for our honey moon, that was the best week ever! We went and stayed at that same hotel this last week. We took Katie but left the boys with Grammy Pat. It was still a little hard trying to find us time while taking care of Katie but we still had a great anniversary. It was sunny and warm a little chilly at night but great weather. We went to all the sites we used to always go to, we walked down by the boats in down town Newport which was so neat. We just had a relaxing time together. one of our traditions that we started when we where dating was at least one morning at the beach for breakfast we would have raspberry filled donuts. Why we do this I don't know but it has always stuck with us so of course we had to have this yummy desert like breakfast again. We sure had a great time, I wish we could go back.

I cannot believe we have been together for so long. I will take you back to when we met. It was may of 1998 I was going through a bad streak of guys I was having a really hard time in my life. I was sitting in the bowling alley in Molalla when in walked Ricky Young, I thought hum hes kinda cute. I called my friend Amanda and told her about this guy, she new who he was a was surprised that I was attracted to him since I had been been attracted to the bad guys for some time. I Walked over to him who was hanging out with a friend I new Mike. I said Hi he said I'm going to walk to the store do you want to come? I said sure, we walked to sentry, I was thinking wow this is actually a nice guy. He came over to my house a few days later with my sister Kim I told her I like him so she told him. He then walked over kissed me asked me asked me out and I said yes! I know a little slutty but hey we where teens full of heads with no brains:} Rick turned out to be an amazing guy with a huge heart. He got me through allot of really hard times, I was very thankful he was there for me. We did slit up for about a month in 1999 it was a really hard time he dated someone else and so did I but those relationships did not work out. I felt like I was dead inside for that long month away from him it was the hardest time ever. I think he was young and just needed to test the waters but soon we would get back together. we soon did get back together and a month later surprise I'm pregnant, it was a very very hard time for us here I was 17 and pregnant like I said we had to brains back then. Ricky quickly stepped up and embraced the fact that he was going to be a father. We moved to Eugene where we welcomed Jordon lee Young into the world on April 22nd 2000. In may of 2000 Rick asked me to marry him with a bunch of roses and a ring tucked inside, I of course said yes. We began to plan our wedding for June 22nd 2002. We moved to Albany in 2000 for Ricks work. We where married on June 22nd 2002 in Oregon city. It was the best day of my life! To see him standing up there in full blown tears was the most amazing moment of my life. When I look back at that day and I see him standing up there crying it just reminds me of what an amazing person he is and he loves me and our family so much. I got pregnant in november with Austin we welcomed him into the world on August 3 2003 what an amazing day! We moved into our first house in August of 2006. What an amazing time that was. I remember the first night Rick and I stayed up till 1:30am painting the living room we had so much fun! We where laughing to hard. That was one of my favorite memorise of us. In 2007 I got pregnant with Katie and what a blessing that was I got my baby girl! A girl who melts Daddy's heart every time she looks at him. Our family is now complete 2 amazing boys and one sweet baby girl. So this sums up our lives together in short all though we have been though much more. my house being smashed by trees, Car crashes, grandparents passing, the stress of babies and children, having no money, having lots of money, having the best times and the worst times. There have been some amazing times together and some times I'd like to forget but through it all we are still together going strong after all these years. Even though our relationship has changed a bit and there are now 3 kids that come before us I still love Rick just as much as I always have. we may not have every second to spend together anymore and we may go all day without a huge our a kiss but at the end of the day I know he loves me and I love me and for that I am so thankful. I thank god for bringing him into my life and giving us our beautiful children and one amazing life.