Hodges Family Blog: Beginning of June

How it all began

Ralph and I have been together since the summer of 2008 but it all began in 1992. Ralph's sister, Colleen and I have been best friends since 6th grade and we grew up at each other's houses throughout the years. Ralph was always around but being the younger brother was forbidden to be around us (not that he wanted to make up dances with us). We said hi during high school and when I needed a jersey to wear to school on Fridays, Ralph was nice enough to let me wear his. He visited Kent State while I was there once to look at the football team and campus but decided against attending. He joined the Marine Corps and we spoke through emails every now and then just to see how the other was doing. Life went on and our paths finally crossed again in 2008 when Colleen invited me to their families yearly 4th of July party. Ralph was home on leave from Iraq and I just moved back to Cincinnati. This time when we saw each other things seemed a little different and the rest is history. In December 2011 we were engaged, July 2012 we were married, April 2013 we bought our first house and March 2014 we had our first child, Braxten! Each year has been more blessed than the last and we are so excited to see where our future takes us!

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Beginning of June

June 8th - Mommy turned 35 (and Rocky turned 13) and had to work, but Missi brought the kiddos up to see me!!! Luckily for B there was lots of construction which made him ever more excited! What a great day!!!

We kept celebrating birthdays the next day with attention for Rocky and an amazing cupcake from Holli! It was another great day!

First double stroller run - love to hate it but hate to love it!

Thank God Rocky doesn't mind being attacked with love from the monsters!

Fun times at Missi and Pop's - B loves to climb the garden of Missi and take adventures in the back yard! He was super lovey with Mommy so we made it a photo op! Some of my favorites Ever!!