Our Story!

I decided to participate in Show us your life over at Kelly's Korner. Today is how you met your mate. I love our story so I thought I would share.

Here it goes:

He was born into a small community just outside of Murfreesboro, TN in January 1983. 

Just approximately 15 miles away and close to 1 1/2 years later I was born.

He went to grade school and church in the westside community.

While I did the same in the woodbury community. All along remaining just 15 miles apart.

We attended the same school functions, summer camps, and church functions, but never met.

We new all the same people, but not each other.

I had "heard of" him, and he had "heard of" me.

But never met.

During the summer of 2002, my home church congregation held an area wide singing in which Caleb attended.

 I did not!

However, my youth minister and good family friend did. He approached me with big news the following Sunday. He mentioned something about meeting my future husband and mumbled a name I had heard before but wasn't very familiar with, Caleb Barrett.

I laughed and went on with my life.

I started Lipscomb and dated a few other guys here and there in the year that followed.

July 2003, I attended Bible Camp as I had every summer I can remember, whether counselor or camper.

So did Caleb.

 

He had not attended camp since he was 9.

The flirting and pressure began.

It came naturally!

When camp was over, we attended our first date.

Several dates followed.

I knew after our 3rd date, I wanted to marry him.

He did too!

But he was a chicken.

We took a "break".

It didn't last long.

He saw the light and we were reunited officially in spring of 2004.

It turned out to be a very beneficial break.

We had become best friends.

We were married July 1, 2006!

Amazing things happen when you trust in God!

God knew all along!

Pink eye, an unexpected long weekend, and a new table!

Little Brady woke up this morning unable to open either eye. They were matted closed and swollen. We skipped church last night, because he was acting like he didn't feel well and his right eye was getting progressively worse. We dismissed it as allergies until this morning. I decided to stay home from work/daycare and called the Dr. It is a good thing because the Dr we saw took one look and said looks like a bad case of double pink eye. He is contagous up until 24 hours after starting the drops. So, I am staying home with him tomorrow as well. Although I am not thrilled with the circumstances, I am a little excited (o.k. maybe a lot excited) about an unexpected long weekend. I am looking at the bright side here. 

 But, I HATE to see him so pitiful! I am not sure how he can even see right now! It looks really, really, REALLY bad! I feel so sorry for him! It looks worse in real life than in the pictures. You can't really see the oozing gunk and the redness isn't as bad. You are lucky! The oozing is so gross! I hope the drops help soon!

On a more positive note, our new kitchen table arrived today. I am so excited! I love it! It is quite a bit bigger than our old table so it is going to take some getting used to. We were hesitant to invite people over for supper because we couldn't all fit at the table. The old table was so small, mine and Calebs plates would touch!!! I had it when I lived in an apartment before we were married and it worked great for a while, but now we were ready for a table fit for grown-ups. We gave the old table to a friend who is moving into a new place and just needed a table. She was very excited, since she was going to be using a card table if she didn't find something. Ha! I love it when things work out like that!

Old Table:

New Table:

There are six chairs and room for a couple more. We plan to eat a lot of dinners here in the future.

A great opportunity

Andrea over at Andi inc photography is have a great giveaway. She did Brady's 6 month and one year photos. We have gotten so many wonderful compliments on her photos! People ask me all the time how much she charges and where she is. This is a great chance to get an hour session and beautiful photos for free. She does a wonderful job and is so sweet and patient! You have to enter before April 23. Go check out her site, leave a comment, and tell her I sent you! If you win, I promise you won't regret it!!!

Bubbles and Basketball

Yesterday, Brady finally woke up a little before 4 so we decided to get a little outside play in. My sister gave Brady this ginormas bottle of bubbles for Easter. We played with that for a while. Then it got too messy so we put them up.

We enjoyed some other outside activities instead, including an exciting family game of basketball. I am so happy we can get outside and play!

It was the perfect ending to a fun weekend!

I wish everyday was a weekend!

Friday after work, I picked up Brady and we did a little shopping. We only made it to 2 stores because Brady had his whine turned on and that is all I could stand. We got some good stuff anyway. Brady needed some shirts and I needed a necklace and earrings for a skirt I recently bought.

Brady looks thrilled to be shopping, Right?!

Then, Saturday morning Caleb had to go into work for a few hours so Brady and I were on our own for the morning. Brady woke up at 6:30. Ate some breakfast. Went down for a nap at 9:30.

In the meantime, Brady managed to single-handedly turn our living room

from this

To this

I don't know if you can tell or not but there is a bowl, a sippy cup, a water bottle, a few pieces of cereal, a mug, and a pair of socks that migrated into the living room from other parts of the house. By the way, this is a mild day! Ha! He is so crazy!

During his name I cleaned everything up and Brady woke up just in time for Daddy to get home. We all got ready and headed to shop for a kitchen table. We found one!!!  It will be delivered Thursday, so I will be sure to post then.

We then visited each set of grandparents and topped the day off with a devotional at some friends house. 

Brady has been asleep since before we got home from church today. We really tire him out on the weekends!  

Easter 2010 Day 2

Brady and daddy got up at normal time Easter morning. I am not sure what time that was, because I was fast asleep. They had some breakfast and then came and woke me. Brady was bursting at the seams to see what goodness the Easter bunny brought!

We played a little. Then, got ready for church with Caleb's parents

Brady was not thrilled about getting his picture made!

 After church we had a huge lunch with Caleb's family. It was so yummy!!! Brady had a little attitude adjustment and let me get a picture in the rocking chair at Papa and Gigi's house. Brady got a few more gifts. Then we attempted the ever so popular one man easter egg hunt, but the one man wasn't very interested once he discovered there was no candy in the eggs! (Smart kid, I tell ya!) So, he clapped while we picked up the eggs and enjoyed the steps to the porch instead!

Brady was soooooo worn out by the time we left!

Easter 2010 Day 1

We had Easter yesterday with my side of the family at my parents. We had a wonderful meal and a super fun Easter Egg Hunt!

The men hiding the eggs!

The next 3 pictures are what happens when you try to get 4 kids under 5 to sit down and take a picture before hunting eggs! Not an easy task nor a successful one!

This is the starting line and learning the boundaries. Brady didn't quite understand the wait until go part!

Brady and Daddy hunting eggs. Brady would find an egg, open it, get the candy out, put the candy in his basket, drop the egg on the ground, and go find another egg! Smart Kid!! Ha Ha!

Brady with his basket of eggs! I think he had 20 in the end!

So, he won the prize for the fourth most eggs, $4!

We blew some bubbles! All the kids LOVE bubbles!

I discovered that apparently we are horrible at taking group pictures! This is the best we could do at a family shot!

Madi(my cousins little girl) giving Brady some love! So sweet!

We had a great Easter with my family. The weather was perfect and it was so fun watching the kiddos! I will update the rest of our Easter 2010 weekend later!

Happy Easter to All!!!!