Thursday, February 14, 2008

To the Man I Love...

To the man who told me NH was too far away for him to date someone...

To the man who cried the first time my 2 yr old daughter called him "Daddy"...

To the man who, 2 1/2 years later, stood at the front of a church with me and promised to love me forever...



To the man who also promised to forever love and cherish my precious little 4 yr old...



To the man who danced to "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" from Cinderella, at our wedding, in his first official dance as a father...



To the man who would learn to spend a LOT of time on the dance floor making his daughter happy...



To the man who changed Teddy out of his suit and cleaned him up when he blew out his diaper at my brother's wedding...



To the man who suggested we start a new family tradition and go apple picking every year...



To the man who found us a tree farm to go cut down a tree at b/c he knew his wife didn't want an artificial tree...



To the man who convinced me our kids needed to grow up with a dog in the house...



To the man who patiently waited by my side through the awful pregnancies and the delivery of each of our children...



To the man who cried as he held each of our babies for the first time...



To the man who can proudly wear a burp cloth as an accessory...



To the man who, every year, puts on a Patriots jersey because he knows how much his wife loves her team...



To the man who buys our daughter flowers and teaches our oldest daughter how a man should treat her on a date...




Who humors me and takes the kids to the ocean when we go home to NH, no matter how cold the water is..



To the man who plays softball year after year on a team with a losing record, just so we have an activity we can do together...



To the man who knows how important it is to me to go back to Petosky every year, and to take the kids to the spot where he proposed...




To the man who poses for way too many family pictures, just so his wife can scrapbook them...



To the man who, no matter how tired he is from work, is always able to transform himself into the best horsey in town...



To the man who braves the snow every year to get his wife that real tree...



To the man who took his wife to a Red Sox/ Tigers game, and sat next to her as she cheered for the Sox...



To the man who took on the responsibility of 3 kids for 2 weeks so that his wife could go on a missions trip to Peru...




To the man who has taught our son all the things a little boy should know... like how to play Poker...



To the man who is secure enough to let his wife be in the back of the canoe...



To the man who braved the 100+ degree days to take the family to Disney...



To the man who loves Donald Duck just a little more than any grown man should...



To the man who pulled this wagon up a muddy hill so the kids wouldn't have to walk up and get dirty...



To the man who knows how many tries it took to get this picture...



To the man who grew up with no sisters, and ended up with 3 little girls....



To the man who can play gameboy and quiet his cranky daughter at the same time...



To the man who puts up with his wife buying him and his son matching clothes...



To the man who puts up with his wife's obsession with covered bridges...



To the man who drove around to find a roadside stand to buy me fresh strawberries up North...



To the man who went out in the middle of a tornado and took me too Lake Michigan so I could watch the lightening over the lake...



To the man who stood on this spot 5 1/2 years ago and asked me to be his wife...



To the man who probably has sore shoulders from all of the times he has carried our kids...



To the only man I know who would try to pull off this hat...



To the man who is willing to learn new things to get projects done around the house...



To the man who said "let's bring the dog next year too!"...



To the man who knows this picture is a true capture of our home life most of the time... and is OK with that!...



To the man who can tell me what vendor supplies which items at Melting Pot b/c of his job at GFS...



And to the man who has been my best friend, my lover, and my husband for the past 5 years...


God truely blessed me the day he brought you into my life. I thank Him every day for you, and I love you SOOO much! Happy Valentine's Day Jeff!

Sunday, December 23, 2007

Merry Christmas!






Merry Christmas from the Fanco kids!!

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Decorated Christmas Tree





A Few Random Pictures

Chessie has decided she wants to feed herself now. Behold, the results...


Teddy at his first hockey game. Jeff and Teddy went to see a Grand Rapids Griffins game, and Teddy even caught a shirt from the Griffin Canon in between periods!


KISSES!

Finally standing up on her own.

"patting" the dog. Chessie is learning to be gentle (not quite there yet though...). Banjo puts up with a lot from her though!

Saturday, December 01, 2007


Anna ready to go get her tree!


The hayride out to the field to cut down the tree. It was 23 degrees!


Teddy picking a tree he liked...




Chessie and Meg found a tree they liked too!

We had a great time (albeit a little cold), going on our annual family trip to the Red Flannel Tree Farm in Cedar Springs. We chose a nice Balsam Fir and cut it down for our family room :-). We got home right before the snow hit and the kids are looking forward to putting it up and getting lights on it!
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

More Pictures

So, it has been brought to my attention that I've been a little remiss in posting pictures lately, so here are a bunch from our summer. Enjoy!

Meg's first day of 5th grade!

Sisters (and yes, they're wearing matching outfits- I LOVE doing that!). Anna is intent on teaching Chessie to walk.

Anna with one of her "head scarves" on. We have her wear them to help remind her not to pull her hair (and hide the areas where she has)

A happy, chubby Chessie ready to go swimming in Petosky.

Chessie enjoying the view from up high :-)

Jeff and I celebrating the 5 year anniversary of the night we went out to dinner at La Senioritas in Petosky before we went to the beach and he proposed. We went back to the same restaurant :-)


A tradition when we go Up North- golfing at Pirates Cove.


Anna and Daddy snuggling by the campfire.


A chubby in the tubby :-)


Jeff and I celebrating our 5 year anniversary with a (kid free!) trip to Williamsburg, VA.

Sitting pretty.


Chessie still sleeps with that stuffed lamb on her head (and thinks it's hysterical!)


A trip to the locks at Sault St. Marie in the Upper Peninsula.


A cool action shot at the water balloon toss while camping.


A return to the spot where Jeff proposed exactly 5 years earlier. Oh the changes since then!! (like, the addition of 3 kids!)

Time for some new pictures

Our happy crawler :-)

Chessie's first trip on a plane. I'm not quite sure what's up with that facial expression though. I apparently caught her by surprise :-P


This year's softball team. Jeff was sick the day the picture was taken, so he's missing

Anna enjoying the indoor pool at Ponchos' Pond in Ludington where we went camping with our small group this summer.

I love this picture! Jeff took it of the kids after they climbed to the top of Sleeping Bear Dunes up in Manistee.