~ My Husband Rocks! ~ I just love to look at him . . .

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Yep, this one's mushy :)



Austin is so cool, and he's a total hottie!

This pic was taken the last time we saw my fam - at the Cheesecake Factory in Denver!

My mom had said something to make us laugh - something that we do a lot, and I love the moment that she captured in this pic! :) It is definitely one of my favorites!

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As always, on Fridays Union 28 will refund your shipping on any order of two or more items if you mention the great adventure and ~my husband rocks! Fridays~ in the "how did you hear about us?" section of your order form, so run on over there and check them out, too! Thank you Union 28!

Hope you all have a fantastic Friday, and a wonderful weekend!

~ My Husband Rocks! ~ Family :)

Better late than never, right? My world has been frought with technical difficulties lately, so I apologize for my tardiness - I'm hoping for a new computer in the relatively near future :)


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Austin never ceases to amaze me. As noted in my previous post, we had a whirlwind adventure to Colorado last weekend. The drive to Akron, where his cousin's wedding was, is an even ten hours. Austin drove the entire way there. Once we reached Akron, and his aunt & uncle's home, he set up our pop-up and got it ready to go, unhooked the Escape and drove the additional two hours into Denver - at just about rush-hour - so that we could see my family as well!

That evening, we ended up spending upwards of four hours sitting in the Cheesecake Factory, enjoying my family! It is difficult for me to put into words how much it means to me to have the people who mean the most to me in this world - especially the two men who have had the biggest impact upon my life - laughing and joking and just basically loving each other and taking advantage of the time we get to spend together! Not only did we all have a fantastic time together, but what really did it for me was that it was never even a question in Hoss's mind about whether or not we would go the literal extra miles to get to spend even an evening with my parents and my sisters. He wanted to see them. (This totally reminds me of that scene in The Break Up where Jennifer Aniston says "I want you to want to do the dishes." lol) I know that may seem kind of silly, but it absolutely meant the world to me!

He's pretty awesome :)

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Be sure to check in with the other ladies who are bragging on their rocking hubbies today by clicking on the "My Husband Rocks Participants" button in the left sidebar.

If you are a MHR blogger, and have not been added to the blogroll, plase comment or e-mail me and I will gladly add you to our little group!!!

(if you would like to add the MHR Fridays button to your sidebar, use this code ).

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If you're not a blogger, but still want the world to know about your amazing husband (or wife, or husband to be, or wife to be, etc.) leave a shout-out in the form of a comment! If you're unable to comment, e-mail me at katylinvw [at] yahoo [dot] com and I'll add your shout out to this post!

As always, on Fridays Union 28 will refund your shipping on any order of two or more items if you mention the great adventure and ~my husband rocks! Fridays~ in the "how did you hear about us?" section of your order form, so run on over there and check them out, too! Thank you Union 28!

Hope you all have a fantastic Friday, and a wonderful weekend!

Quick Update! :)

Hello everyone!!!

Yes, I am alive . . . and kicking! Imagine that! Austin and I just returned from a whirlwind trip to Colorado where we saw both his and my extended families (well, part of them at least)!

We left Wednesday night just as soon as we could get our butts in gear and get out the door after work, and pick up his parents (who went with us) at their house! We stopped in Lincoln at the CampAway campsite (which was very nice, and would have been cool to stay longer), then Thursday morning headed out to truck right along to Akron. Once there we set up our little pop-up buddy in Homer & Sandra's driveway, then Hoss and I flew out the door again heading to Denver.

We got into Denver around 4:15 in the afternoon (just as the Rockies game was ending, I know, we have impeccable timing), found a parking space that did not require our firstborn as collateral, and met up with my parents for dinner at the Cheesecake Factory :) mmmmm . . . Tom & Pam, and Steve & Bethany joined us for the first part of dinner, but they had to leave around six to go meet Pam's family at their house who were coming in for Steve's graduation. We enjoyed the enormous appetizer sampler while they ate their meal. After they left we waited around for Kindra & Arin (sp?) to get there, and when they arrived we ate the dinner portion of our meal with them. All in all a total of 4 1/2 hours (or somewhere thereabouts) was spent in that little table - I think that has to be some kind of record.

Steve & Bethany graciously put us up in their guest room on Thursday evening, so we did not have to drive back to Akron late, and the next morning, rested and refreshed, we headed back east for wedding setup.

Austin's cousin got married on Saturday in Akron, and a great time was had by all! :) Friday was spent setting up the reception hall, then at the rehearsal - followed by a yummy barbecue rehearsal dinner (my favorite kind :) - although our pizza version was very fun, and delicious as well . . . ) Saturday morning the boys went dirtbike riding and washed up the semi truck that was the bride and groom's getaway vehicle. The wedding was beautiful, with Austin's uncle Homer officiating, and we had a blast at the reception.

We took off bright and early Sunday morning in order to get back at a decent time last night because today was my first day at my new job!!!

Which is totally awesome!

I know I've left out a lot of detail, and there are no pictures (even though we took almost 200 this weekend) - I'm blogging via my ancient desktop which is very slow and laborious, and which will not accept our high-capacity SD card from the camera, so I am unable to upload any pics :S - such is life, I guess!

Hope you're all doing well!