Well where do I start......I guess I will go back to when I met Dave my husband. This is my second marriage. I was married before and had 4 of my children with him, and yes they were all planned. I was with B since I was 17 years old till I was 27. Our relationship was well over by the end of 2004 when he told me he wanted a divorce in Nov. A friend of mine called Dec 11Th and wanted me to go out with her which was I think maybe the second time I went out to a bar that year. Well my life changed for the better that night and I was even looking for anything. All I did was walk into the bar and he was standing right there....... Paying for my way in that night and showing me what life was all about. He was in the Army which just one month before my mom and I were driving home from a Toby Keith concert and I said to her "I can never imagine being married with a soldier, and how hard it would be to have a family". Well never say never is all I have to say. Well we met that night and dance and dance some more he made me feel so good like I was the only one that mattered to him. Nothing that I have ever felt before it was like a fairy tail. We hung out off and on but at least as much as we could, I worked full time and he was in the Army training and getting ready to deploy over seas Jan. 13Th 2005. He helped me move out of my house into a new place in a new town about 4o mins away from my ex. He got me all settled, I was just praying to god that this would actually work out. I mean how many people do you know that this all works for..not very many. I at first just thought he was promising me the world but not sure why. He didn't have to but he did. He proposed to me Jan. 6Th on my mom's birthday, I will remember that forever it was a very special night. Of course I said yes, but was very scared. Remembering he was getting ready to leave to the sandbox not knowing if he would even come home to me. He made sure that if something was to happen to him that the kids and I were taking care of financially. So the big day came and we put him on a plane, that was a very sad day for me and for my kids, he gave them all so much attention. He taught my oldest son how to ride his bike, he would get down on the floor and play with them, he would help them with their homework. He is just truly an amazing man. Not many of those out there in this crazy world. So he was to be gone for 1 year and come home in July to get married and then return and be done there by Jan. 06 and be done with the army unless he re-enlisted again. Well that was the original plan but that's not quiet how it all worked out. During the first six months it was really hard for me, I felt pretty much like a single mom with four kids. I was planning our wedding for our July 9Th date, that date is very special to me it's also my parents anniversary day. Let me tell you planning a wedding was difficult to say the least with 6,000 miles in between us. Lot's of pictures, emails, texts, and letters back and forth. I was very thankful for the fact that he had Internet and a phone to use quiet often. I remember my mom telling me how lucky I was to have all this stuff at my finger tips because when my dad was in Vietnam it took weeks to get a letter to him or vise versa. With all that Dave has done for us, I felt like I won the lottery but I had to wait to collect my prize.
He ended up coming home on Father's Day June 05 because my youngest who was 9 months old when I met Dave, was in the hospital with some really bad lung infection so the Red Cross contacted his unit and they ok'd him to fly home early on leave. Everything with her got a lot better. We continued to get things ready for the wedding etc. It was such a beautiful day that we married. My Grandpa from Southern Oregon and my aunt and uncle came along with all of my sisters and nieces. I loved having them all together, that's doesn't happen very often. My father and my Grandpa walked me down the isle and I was about to start crying when I seen my dad that day for the first time. See with my first wedding we (B and I) just went down to Reno and got hitched, nothing fancy and no one there. So when I saw my dad all dressed up I couldn't believe it but my life is changing for the best. My Grandpa walked with broken ribs but it meant so much for both of us to have him there, he was 90 years old. Well at the end of the day when everyone left a friend of mine took our kids for the night so we could be kid free. We had a bonn fire party out at our house and my friends house that lived next door, out in the country with a total of five acres, I think. After lots of partying and drinking I was heading to our home and Dave took off to take a walk. Well he ended up stepping off the side of the road and rolled down a ravine and messing his knee up. So needless to say we spent our honeymoon in the ER. Well since his knee wasn't well enough to travel back to over seas I got to keep him home. We went to the ocean with the kids and friends of ours and about a month later we found out that I was pregnant with number five. Not exactly planned but we knew it could happen, if that makes any sense.... Baby Zach joined our family in June of 06 and a long story short he just got out of the Army after 2 1/2 years on med hold. We moved from Washington to Idaho, half way between his family in Boise and mine in Western WA. We got a house that fits our family perfect. The only thing missing is acres of land but that's it. The kids all love their school although I have my issues with it, their happy and that's all I want.
We have entered a new part of our life and that is trying to get into shape and be healthy. We joined a Gym and we now have a nutritionist and trainer. So there is no excuse for us now. Dave is trying to get on with the state which so far is going great. I am enjoying being able to stay home and being a mom. I want to be the best wife and mom that I can be, of course there will be challenges and I am willing to take them on.
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