one more sleep.

guess what!!!

momma will be here first thing in the morning!!!

{her flight gets here around 9:15ish.}

sorry i didn't update yesterday's post.

soon...i promise.

i had a great birthday!!!

pics coming yalls way.

and thanks for all the awesome birthday wishes.

i ♥ my bloggy pals.

breithlá shona dhuit.

it's my birthday and i'll blog if i want to

blog if i want to

blog if i want to

tehehe.

so here it is.

i'm 26.

wow.

i'll let you know if i feel any different when i wake up in the morning.

lol.

so yes...updates coming soon to a blog near you.

p.s. momma will be here in '1 and a wake up'

waving goodbye to 25.

this is me...summer 1997...in colorado.
i was 15.

enlight of turning 26 tomorrow i started to ponder things.
have i ever mentioned that i'm a thinker???

so i started thinking...what all has happened between 15-25???

this blog comes with a warning:
i might get seriously choked up here, i already feel the lump in my throat and everything.
:O)

the summer of 97'
this was physically the last time i laid eyes on my {half} brother & sister.
sad i know.
{long story short...nasty divorce between my daddy & stepmother.}
but nonetheless, here i am.

98' & 99'
basic teenage stuff.
thought i found the love of my life, only to find out the hard way that he SO was NOT.
tehehe.

spring 2000:
i met and fell in love with shane!!!
{here comes the crying part.}
i met him one saturday afternoon at a mutual friend's house.
he was in the service {usmc} and just happened to be there on leave.
long story short...shane became more than my best friend.
he became my everything.
i ♥ shane with all that i am, because he made me who i am.

2001:

i became a mom!!!

shane jackson griffith

2002:

shane came home from the service!!!

2003:

just enjoyed shane being home all the time.

2004:

shane & i FINALLY tied the knot.

i know we did things backwards, but it worked for us!!!

{please don't be one of those people that email me and preach to me about it.}

2005:

i became a mommy AGAIN!!!

melanie nicole griffith

2006:

{11 months later to be exact}

i became mommy times 3!!!

so to go along with my love of all things irish...i offically had irish twins!!!

andrew jay griffith.

2007:

went by SO fast that i'm wondering where the time has gone!!!

present day:

shane & i have been together for 8+ years.

jackson is 7 years old.

we have been married for 4+ years.

melanie will turn 3 in december.

andrew will be 2 in november.

and you know when i look back on the last 10+ years, it amazes me!!!

of course there are a million tiny details in all those years.

but the most important stuff is there.

my family. the people that make rachel...well rachel.

sorry i went all sentimental on yall.

but it was in my heart to do so.

and with that being said:

there's only 1 more day until my 26th birthday!!!

and momma will be here in '2 and a wake up'

it's the final countdown.

it's the final countdown!!!

*que the band europe*

there's only 2 days until my 26th birthday!!!

and momma will be here in '3 and a wake up'

hi-5!!!

wham bam thank you mam.

how fun is this???

basically you go to this website and type in your url...

and wham bam thank you mam...you have your very own word cloud.

i thought that mine was pretty darn nifty.

{click on the pic to make it bigger.}

pay attention to the top left corner.

i think it's hilarious that is says:

"gonna hit momma"

omg!!! i know!!!

i would never hit my momma, but it made me laugh!!!

i love you momma!!!

yall should make one.

even if it's just to have a laugh like i did.

p.s. there's only 3 days until my 26th birthday!!!
{and momma will be here in '4 and a wake up'}
woot woot!!!