Well, It's my parents 4th Anniversary on January 8th! Here is a quick, fun recap of their full life together as a married couple thus far:
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Sept. 10th 2005 John proposes to Anna on top of Half Dome, Yosemite
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4 months later they get married at the little red chapel in Yosemite Valley (1/8/06)
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6 months later they get pregnant with Li'l John (me;) (7/06)
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6 months later John changes careers from being an animal trainer to a land surveyor, Anna quits teaching in the classroom, they pack up and move to Santa Cruz from San Diego. (1/07)
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4 months later they have their first child, John Dickenson Puffer V. (5/07)
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less than 3 months later they get pregnant again
AND Anna starts a new career at a new school as an Education Specialist, while still learning to be a new mom and training for her new job. (7/07)
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3 months later they move from Felton (750 sq. ft. house in Santa Cruz mountains) to an apple farm in Watsonville to be closer to Johns work and to have bigger house for quickly growing family. (4/07)
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6 months later they celebrate Li'l John's 1st Birthday! (5/8/08)
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12 Days later they have their second child, Faylen Tovah Puffer. (5/20/08)
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2 months later John passes his LSIT test to become a highly qualified land surveyor. (7/08)
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8 months later (after a long search) they buy their first home, a dream come true by the Grace of God. (wow, can't believe they went a whole 8 months with no major changes in their life! must have been relaxing.....) They pack up and move to Prunedale. (that's 3 moves in 2.5 yrs) (4/09)
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1 month later they celebrate their beautiful daughter, Faylen's, Birthday, and Li'l john's 2nd Bday (5/09)
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4 months later they get pregnant again! (10/09)
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4 months later celebrate their 4th Anniversary! (1/8/10)
Seems like they've been married for 10 years. They are happily in love and wouldn't trade one moment of their crazy life for anything else. God has blessed us all in so many ways in such a short period of time. We have more to be grateful for than we ever imagined God could bless us with. Thank you Lord!
Decorating Easter Eggs
All dressed up for Easter morning Service at Church
Easter Egg Hunt #1 in our backyard
Mommy 26 weeks preggo
Easter Egg Hunt #2 at Jason and Rachel's house
It rained during our Easter Egg hunt so we fled for shelter
We loved learning all about Jesus and how he died on the cross and rose again for us. We memorized the story and LOVE to tell it. On Easter we told everyone, even random people at the store, "Jesus is Alive!"
The Heymans at the zoo
On the Puffer Railroad at the SF Zoo with Grandma and Shoshi
Faylen feeding crazy aggressive goats
Yummy sprinkles
It's now become a tradition to help make big Valentine's cookies on Valentine's Day
Another Tradition: Mommy fills our Valentine's mailbox with candies and toys
We also spent the day at Casa De Fruita for Valentine's. It was beautiful weather and I got to ride a carousel
We also road a neat train. I love trains!
To top it off we met up with some old friends for dinner. In the middle is Dana Pink who set up mom and dad on their blind date when they first met. If it weren't for Dana and her husband Jay, you wouldn't be reading this blog. ;) They were in town for a few days from the East Coast. Mom use to teach with Dana in San Diego.
All the Puffers and the Pinks
Puffer and Pink kids
First poop in the pot......even though she wasn't even potty training yet!
A big train near our house
daddy carrying us off to bed
snuggles and warm milk :)
snuggles with G-pa
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