28 years and she can't believe it!

Happy Birthday Alexis,

This post is dedicated to my beautiful, wonderful amazing wife. Those of you familiar with our blog, know that this is a rare occurrence for me to write anything here. So rare that this very well may be the first time. I don't believe there could be a better day for me to give it a go. Unfortunately for you, I can be a bit long winded and hard to stop once I start writing. So to make sure you don't leave this page before I finish my dedication, I will include intermittent photos taken of Alexis with our family and at various locations. Alexis is "my heart" without her I would never have made it to where I am today. Today she is having a hard time believing that she is 28. She said this morning that she never thought about being this age and said that, "the next thing she knows she will be 30, and then what's after that, death." I can tell her differently after once believing the same thing, although now I find myself doing the math and determining what percentage of my life I have lived if I were to die at different ages.

As for the pictures I will include these two first ones as you all will recognize them from a recent post.



This post made me laugh because of the way Alexis can make even difficult things for her, funny. She mentioned that her hair looked like dog ears, she kept talking about it so I started calling her fluffy. She definitely did not like that name, but I must say she quickly stopped using that comparison.

One of the things I really appreciate and love about Alexis is her adventurousness (word?) she is always up for traveling and going on some sort of family outing. One thing is for sure, she is not afraid of new things. Here are some pictures of her on some of our family outings since she usually doesn't include them in her posts,

Niagara Falls with sister Hillary.

Baseball Hall of Fame.

Getting ready for the maid of the mist.

Posing by Niagara Falls in February.

How we really felt.

We have felt so fortunate to live here in Western New York with so many places to go and see at the drop of a hat. My only hope is that I can find more time to take Alexis to some of the places she has really wanted to go see since we got here, such as Gettysburg, Punksatony to see the groundhog, New York City together, Connecticut, Massachusetts, etc.

Opening weekend at the Toronto Blue Jays vs. Boston Red Sox, Lexi's favorite team.

In Kirtland at the Newel K. Whitney store after deciding at 7 or 8 in the morning to go, hardly talking about it at all and totally unplanned, we were on the road by 10:30.

Sitting on the beach at the very south end of Lake Seneca on the fourth of July weekend.



This last picture is of the "Super Wagon" after hitting a dear on our way back from the Baseball Hall of Fame. This was a humbling experience for us as we learned how close we are at any moment of losing the other. The one funny thing that came from this that was never shared, at my request, is the (scream, as Alexis would say or as I say, yell) I let out right as I saw this huge furball coming at me out of the darkness. Just so it is never mis-stated it was a yell!

As most of you are well aware and these next few pictures demonstrate is where you will most often find Alexis in pictures. Actually one of the places I can always count on catching one of her smiles that mean so much to me.

Behind her children, always willing to take a backseat and put their want's and need's first and foremost.

I just mentioned a little bit about her smile, well there is one other thing that her lips can do that I hold dear and try to get from her every chance I can. So Alexis here is a dedication to our kiss, with pictures of just a few of the many thousands, hundreds of thousands, nay millions of memorable kisses we have shared. For those of you with children in the room, best have them leave if you are going to continue to scroll down.

What I see when kissing her.






What she see's yet still does it!

And lastly,


Alexis I love you and wish you a Happy Birthday.

p.s. For those of you reading and made it here, thanks for spending the time reading about my wonderful wife.

p.s.s. As it is December 10th, I must also send a birthday wish to my sister Shanna, here is a picture of her on her trip out with her family last spring.


p.s.s. I told you I am long winded, this will make you like me grateful for one more thing that Alexis does, and that is keeping this blog up to date