The Jones Family: 10 Years today

Friday, August 14, 2009

10 Years today

Two hands of fingers -- that makes ten.

Two hands we have entwined,

A symbol of the love we share

In body, heart and mind.

10 years ago today I married my best friend. I am so glad for the mutual friend that called me that night in August from his college dorm room 14 years ago. Kenny and I talked on the phone every night for a week and had never seen each other. We decided we would meet on the weekend when he came home from college. He was just starting his Freshman year and I was just starting my Junior year in High School. The week before we meet we talked about everything and I knew I already liked him no matter what he looked like. It was Friday night and me and my girlfriends went to Duncan to drive around. We found the mutual friend and he showed me where Kenny lived and it just happened that he was not at home. We drove around some more and then went back by his house and he was there and outside. We had finally met. For me, I knew this was it and his looks were as nice as his personality. We hung out that night and went on our first date Saturday night to dinner and a movie. He had to leave Sunday to go back to Southeastern in Durant and I cried and cried and cried. I knew this was going to be something much bigger than the rest of the relationships I had ever had. So for 2 years I saw him most every weekend and the summers. There was no doubt where I would go to college after I graduated. We spent another 2 years together in Durant while he finished college. The summer of his Junior year in college we were back home working for the summer and he asked me to marry him. Of course I said YES and a year later we were getting married. My wedding day was a dream for sure. Everything was perfect and I knew I had picked the right man. He is loving, caring, and very compassionate. He is a Godly man and makes sure his family is always taken care of. He is as good of a Father as he is a friend and husband. He will do anything for anyone anytime. He has been through a lot the last 5 years with his cancer and getting his medicine adjusted right and no matter how he felt he has still taken care of his family.

Kenny I love you more today than I did 14 years ago.

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Danelle V. said...: CONGRATS!!!; August 16, 2009 at 10:25 PM

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Funny things the boys do and say....

After I picked Jared up from daycare and we were on our way to get Jacob we were stopped at a stop light and Jared said, "that is a red bud tree" and sure enough it was. I said, "you are really smart...how did you know that?" He said that his daddy told him that this morning. He looked out the other window and he said "mommy look at that big tree" and I said "yes it is big" and he said "yeh it is called a green bud." (April 8th, 2010)
This morning Jared got in bed with us and when Kenny asked him why he got in our bed he said he had a night dream that's why. (March 12, 2010)
Last night when we got home Kenny was outside and Jacob said, "I am going to go play a Frank on Daddy." I asked him if he meant a prank and he said, "No a Frank". Kenny said that Jacob got him with the Frank. (August 25, 2009)
Jared told me the other day...."Excuse me...I Bert(Burped)".....So I said, "Hi Bert I am Ernie". Jared said, "Mommy you not Ernie and I said I Bert." (July 2009)
Jared calls his sippy cup a sikky cup. (July 13, 2009)
Jared says Bannana "Pannana" (March 16, 2009)
Lately, when you tell Jared something he says, "I know it!" I told him yesterday that he was getting big and he said "I know it." Silly boy (Feb 27, 2009)
Jacob has always had a hard time understanding the difference of Today and Tomorrow. If you ever say we are going to do something Tomorrow he says you mean "Today when we wake up."(February 6, 2009)
Today on our way home from the mountains Kenny was acting silly and Jacob said that he was being "Retaded" when asked what that meant he said he was when you recorded a movie. I asked him why he thought his daddy was "Retaded" and he said because he is coping me. (February 7, 2009)
Jared and I were in the car and I asked him if he wanted his drink and he said, "No Thanks" and I said, "You're so nice" and he said, "Yeah I am smart". Silly little boy. (January 16, 2009)
Today on the way to pick up Jacob from school....Jared had a piece of gum and he kept taking it out of his mouth....I told him if he took it out again I would make him throw it out the window and he said, "OK Mister"....I told him I am a Misses because I am a girl and he said,"You are not a girl you are a mommy woman"...So there you have it I am finally not a girl anymore! (January 8, 2009)
Sunday the boys were all dressed and waiting on me to get ready and Kenny said come on mommy lets go...and Jacob said, "Women...they will never learn." Boys...boys...boys...were is my girl that understands. :-) (January 4, 2009)
Yesterday, on the way to pick up Jacob, Jared said, "Hey mom...me and you go get bubba...how 'bout that" and I said ok...how 'bout that...and he said, "I told you twice mom." (January 6, 2009)
Jared has been saying, "In the dirt" about everything lately...he will say "I love you, in the dirt"...he adds it to the end of almost everything he says. Not sure how he got started on this but he thinks it is so funny. (December 2008)
The other night on the way home from Nana's, Jared said see my booboo and was showing us his bandaid. We asked Jacob what happened and he said, "Well, we were going outside when nana told us not to and Jared fell on the concrete, Wow I am making that up...really he just fell and scrapped his leg." (December 23, 2008)
Yesterday when the boys and I got home they wanted to go outside and play and I was going to clean my car. We went in the house to get them a snack and I changed clothes. I guess I was taking longer to change than Jacob thought I should be and he told me that I am just like a woman. I asked him why he says that and he said because I was taking forever. (December 2008)
When you see a little black and white animal running across the road and you are praying it does not raise its tail Jared will tell you that you are not seeing a sKunk but instead are seeing a sTunk. That's right those sTunks really stink. When Jacob was first learning to talk he also called sKunks...sTunks.(November 2008)
Lately, when Jared is trying to do something and cannot seem to get it to work he says, "This is driving me nuts". (November 2008)
In the mornings when Jared comes into my bathroom I say "oh no the Monster is here" and he always says, "no mommy, it's Jared"! (November 2008)
Jared also calls the Bathtub a Tubbub!(October 2008)
Today on the way to pick up Jacob from school....Jared had a piece of gum and he kept taking it out of his mouth....I told him if he took it out again I would make him throw it out the window and he said, "OK Mister"....I told him I am a Misses because I am a girl and he said,"You are not a girl you are a mommy woman"...So there you have it I am finally not a girl anymore! (January 8, 2009)