My Lovey had a birthday!

10 years ago Tony & I took a trip to Las Vegas to celebrate his birthday. We had just begun dating, and Tony wanted to go away for the weekend. We left after work; I forgot the directions to our hotel; we almost drove to California; we finally arrived in Las Vegas and decided to walk the Strip until the wee hours of the morning. We ate dinner/breakfast @ 4 am at Denny's (on the Strip), before finally heading back to the hotel to sleep.

It was on this weekend trip that I held Tony's hand. And now, 10 years later, Tony is now "Lovey" and we have 4 beautiful girls, 2 of whom are technically dogs.

Tony - 10 years ago

Rebecca LaRae & Mary-Gail Darleen

This year we split Lovey's birthday into two days. Friday night Lovey treated me and the girls to a date night. He took us out to eat, and then we went bowling (more on that later). On Lovey's actual b-day on Saturday, (10/10), he went to a shooting competition in the morning through 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and then had a relaxing night at home with us. While Lovey was shooting, the girls & I cleaned the house, mowed the lawn, and wrapped his presents.

Presents had to wait because Lovey had to read "The Little Mermaid" to his two princesses.

And now, present time!

Rebecca was twirling while Tony opened his first present

(She's in a mid-twirl in this picture)

Mary-Gail was focused on the present (she knew it was Candy)

Lovey got a target shoot & target stickers.

Did I mention that he just received his 3rd shooting award?

He's good. He's real good.