My familiy

Hello all.

My good friend just started on Blogger and started with an about me blog...so I guess since I haven't done that and I've been a "blogger" since 2008 (even though I think you need more than just 4-5 blogs to be a "blogger") I will properly introduce myself and my family.

My name is Vennessa and I was born, raised and never left Olympia, WA. I have an ATA in Auto Tech and I work in an office. (Great choice of education, eh? lol)

In 2007 I found myself at a crossroads in life. Let's just say the day I chose to go back to school would prove to change my life. In a good way.

My first class was a forensics one and who knew that in that class I would meet my future husband. (I can't believe I get to say, I met my husband in college, hehehehe) Of course, I went to school to further my education, my future husband (at the time) had gone back because he was dared to by some co-workers. Funny how fate works, eh?

We shared some lingering looks at each other and after poking around and finding out his name, I looked him up on MySpace (back when it was bigger than Facebook) and saw he was single. So I approached him and mentioned his tiny hometown to hopefully start up a convo. Needless to say, he told everyone he had a stalker. I still haven't lived that one down....

We talked on the phone and decided to go on a date...which happened to be on his birthday. The rest was history...well it's a history in the making. ;)

Here we are almost 4 years later (holy crap). We were married in March of 2009 when he came home on leave from deployment in Iraq. Yes, I'm a military wife. We were married at Millersylvania State Park. It was a cold but sunny day (the only sunny day that March) and we celebrated with our family and ice cream cake. Yep, 34 degrees and I wanted ice cream cake.

We have six furry children. Boston (will be 4 in December) is our Sheltie, Bailey (will be 1 in December) is our Black Lab, and cats Tougher and Harlow (brothers, will be 4 in March), Kami (who will be 2 in October) and Scout (who will be 1 in September).

We bought our first house last November and are slowly doing some painting and upgrades. It's taking me longer than I would like as I was in a car accident in December and the injuries are still being treated.

But that's us in a nutshell. Keep a lookout as there is always more to come!