Our Donnie

I am so lucky to have such a great man as the father of my children. Here's a walk down memory lane with Donnie...from baby to daddy.
This is Donnie when he was 2 years old...isn't he cute????

And this is him when he was a Senior in high school....those sideburns are hot!

This is the day Rylee was born...I don't have any digital ones of the day Mar was born...but he was just as proud!

This is what Donnie and Ry do. They sleep. A lot.
This is the day before Donnie left on this last deployment. We were in downtown Fayetteville running some errands and took a break for lunch. Ry loves her daddy.
This was right before Donnie left on his first deployment to Iraq in 2004. Mar was 3 months old. I've never seen Donnie so upset as he was telling her goodbye.

Donnie and Mar in Rogersville, Tn in 2005.

Him and Mar sleep a lot too :)

Mar and Donnie at the Easter Egg Hunt at Fort Hood

Mar and Donnie dancing. He's such a cute dad :)

Did I mention they sleep a lot???

This was taken a few weeks before this last deployment.

They love their daddy

This was when we first moved to NC.

Rylee loving her dad after we picked him up at the airport

I didn't tell them why we were at the airport...just that we were looking at planes. They saw him and it was a mad dash to get to him.

We love going to the beach!

Donnie is quite the chef. Here he is teaching the girls how to roll the cookie dough into a perfect ball.

Donnie took Ry fishing while Mar was in school

Teaching the girls how to swim...'cause we all know their mom wont.

At the aquarium in Gatlinburg

The Halloween Trunk or Treat at the church in Killeen, TX. Mar was obviously excited to be there

Zzzzzzzz..............

Donnie and Ry when she was 3 days old