Beautiful.....more than ever

I have to admit I am in love. Puppy dog love. That is pretty nice after all these years. There are so many things I love about you, that a single blog entry won't allow for sufficient space. However, there is one thing that I need to mention now.

I mean it when I say "you have never looked better to me". Ever.

There have been many versions of my wife in terms of appearance. The "diet coke and ice cream figure", the pregnant version, the blonde version, short haired, long haired, curly haired.... the list goes on and on. However, it is the current version I think I like best.

You have worked so hard the past 2 years. Your have transformed your figure into something fit, trim and sexy-curvy. You should be so proud of yourself for all of your hard work. But frankly, I have always like your figure, not matter what physical shape it took on. The difference now is how you feel about how you look. Trust me that coming home and having you show me a sexy new pair of Joe's Jean on your amazing body is both a joy for me visually and mentally. You have regained the sexy swagger I have always loved about you. It is the perfect combination of your shy about you looks humility and your appreciation of just how attractive you really have become over the years.

But it isn't just your rocking body that I am currently in love with. You still have that youthful smile and attitude that sets you apart from every other woman your age. Looking at your face still gives me chills. You smile and you lose 10 years of age. You pull your hair back and you look youthful. I am sure that it is because you have those incredible eyes and that having your hair pulled back means they also light up your face. Add in the cutest nose ever, perfectly ears, the right amount of tiny freckles...what more could a guy want?

There are other things that you likely don't know that I find attractive about you and have for years. You smell amazing. This is actually something I can remember from one of our first few dates. I can remember thinking, how can someone smell so sweet? It wasn't perfume or anything, it was just you. Maybe that was the "pheromone" effect that makes one person attracted to another. But I can remember it like it was yesterday. No matter what ever happens, I know I will be able to tell your scent from any other person's scent. It will always make me smile.

You have an incredibly soft touch. The feel of your finger tips on me still drives me wild. Remember a long time ago how I would have your gently run your fingers across my inner forearm? It was that incredible soft touch that made it so amazing. The feel of your hands on the back of my neck while we are in the car? Drives me wild! Holding your hand and feeling your finger tips grasp the back of my hand is still a feeling that gives me goosebumps.

I consider myself to be the luckiest man in the world. My wife of more than 20 years just keeps getting better and better. She is sexier, softer, prettier and more loveable than she was 20 years ago. She is better than she was yesterday and not quite as good as she will be tomorrow. She creates a constant desire to be with her. No matter what you think, everyone is jealous of me. Every day.

You are in every sense of the word just like the song....."Perfect Skin".

You're the world to me. I love you more than anything in the world.

Celebrating Summer

Summer is upon us my love. Soon the girls will both be out of school. The weather is changing again. This season and the fall are really the best times in the midwest. It is my favorite time of the year. Not for weather purposes, but because we start spending such quality time together.

The summer represents lots of grilling, chilling and fun for the two of us. It has already started. Sunday was really nice. We worked hard on the patio and planting plants. Then we did what I enjoy so much. We broke out some beers, some chips, some salsa and then the day just started getting away from us. It is so nice to spend that kind of time with you. We just sit, talk, enjoy the weather and enjoy being together.

I kind of thought back through our past and this isn't a new thing for us. We have always been summer people. Our first date, which by the way we celebrate a 23rd anniversary of on Sunday, was in the summer. We got our first baby in the summer. Our second baby came at the technical beginning of Texas summer. We had pool fun, park going fun, picnic fun, soccer trip fun, we always had the boys around more than usual in the summer and we always have each other. The summer is essentially our time. The season we have spent some of our best times.

Our best vacations have been in the summer. Hilton Head trips, Maui, Cabo San Lucas, Cancun with friends/family, Dells with friends and the few car trips to places like dinosaur valley or wherever in the early days. We always find somewhere to go or something big to do. Summer is our time.

You always look your best in the summer. You were a tan better than anyone ever has worn one. It brings out your dazzling smile and perfect eyes. Plus tan lines are so sexy! But I'll keep the blog at least PG rated this time.

So as we head into what may be the last really normal summer we have for some time, let's make it a great one. Let's make every Sunday grill and chill day. Let's find a day trip or two (Door County maybe?) to make with the girls. Maybe later this summer we splurge and take us all somehwere, who knows? All I know is I get to spend my 23rd summer with the person I want to enjoy life with the most. I can't wait. I hear a cold Miller Lite, some great music, some cool talk and can see that gorgeous face of yours now. Welcome back summer! It is officially hammock time! Want to share a sunny nap with me?

You're the world to me. I love you more than anything in the world.

A few weeks gone by

My love I see that it has been two weeks since my last post. I last posted while I was in Nice. Since that time we have been together every day. It just never makes sense to me to take time away from you to write to you. I am sorry about that and sorry for missing a week.

It's June already. That time is finally here. Our younger daughter is about to graduate from high school. I just spent considerable time reading letters about Paige and how people thought about her and it got me to thinking what I would write about our little girl.

It struck me during the thought that I would write so many things about her that I have written about you over the years. How as amazing that people think of her, they likely think of you. She just has all of those "accomplishments" at a young age to display. Who knows what kind you may have had if you were raised by you? She has that advantage no matter what the comparison.

You must be so proud and yet so humbled at the same time. How can you not look at her or listen to her without it being a constant reminder of who you are? Same smile, same sense of humor, same "hidden" compassion for everything, same ability to defeat anything in your paths. She may never realize how many gifts you gave her over the years that were able to be unwrapped or shipped to her.

I am certain it is why she and I butt heads so often. I see so much of you in her and you love me so much, so why do she and I have such a different relationship? It must be some kind of chemical thing. However, I know that someday she will find her true love and he will feel the same way you make me feel. He will officially be the "second" luckiest man in the world.

So as we praise he for all she has accomplished, don't let it past you that she has done what she has done because she had so much of you inside her and the benefit of having you at her side to escape every adversity that was in front of you at the same age. While she is her own person in every way, she still represents so much of what you would have accomplished given the same opportunity.

You're the world to me. I love you more than anything in the world.