- HAPPY FATHER'S DAY HONEY -

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY HONEY!!

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who would've thought when we married 17 years ago, we'd be where we are today? - neither one of us would've, that's for sure

• when we married [1991], it was just you, myself & dustin, living comfortably in our home in lafayette about 1000sf, but that was fine just for the 3 of us, as...we were done

• after a few years of living there, we decided to move into something a bit bigger, so we built a home in lafayette about 1300sf & that was more than enough room for the 3 of us, as...we were done

• we then added brit [1994], but there was still plenty of room in that 3 bedroom home for our little family of 4, as...now, we were done

• i don't remember for sure, but sometime about 9+ years ago [1998] we really were looking to move closer to family - your dad was ill with cancer & we were wanting to help out as much as we could & felt that we were supposed to move - we all 4 packed up, moved 'back home', built our current home here in noblesville & knew that with it being about 1800sf, we'd not ever need anything any bigger, as...we were done

• we then added kiara [2003], bunked her & brit together & said we'd enough room, as...now, we were for sure done

• we then added karleigh [2004], bunked her, kiara & brit together & said we still had enough room, as...now, we were for sure, really done

• we then added ruby [2005], bunked her, kiara & karleigh together, gave brit dustin's old room since he'd moved out on his own & with that we still had enough room, as...we were for sure, really, REALLY done

• you then brought your office here to the house, kitchen table & we started noticing the room we thought we had, we'd lost once the girls all started growing [if we'd only known that before we started feeding them, huh?]

• it was at this time, we began looking into building another house here in town - we picked out a floor plan that would give us about 4000sf, it'd also give you an in-home office, a 3 car garage, all the girls would have their own rooms & we'd even get an extra room [what's that, we asked?!?!] - we were so excited & so we began the process of selling our current home - we knew we'd not ever need anything with anymore space than that, as...we were totally, for sure, really, REALLY done

• well we've known a young lady for quite awhile & in recent months she'd found herself pregnant - she weighed out her options & had decided to adopt out her child & because we love & care so much for her, we offered to adopt that baby & call it our own - 'mama' was thrilled with that offer as she knew she'd be able to see the child grow up & knew it'd be taken care of, etc. - we found out it was going to be a girl & she'll be arriving in more than likely 9-12 more weeks - so, our finale will be ahniér [2008] as...now, we are absolutely, totally, for sure, really, REALLY done!!!
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[note: you know the 'extra room' we were going to get? - well, extra room=nursery=no extra room any longer...oh well!]

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i just want to publicly say how much we all love & appreciate all you do for our little, growing, large family - you came into this marriage thing thinking you'd marry & be the daddy to 1 little boy & now 1 son & 5 daughters later, we say thank you!!

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happy father's day sweetie, you're the best!

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your family

..........lori, dustin, brit, kiara, ruby, karleigh & ahniér