Ken & Veronica

KEN AND I MET ONLINE THROUGH A DATING SERVICE. WE HAD BOTH BEEN MARRIED BEFORE AND ALREADY HAVE CHILDREN OF OUR OWN. I HAD JUST FINISHED A 13 YEAR RELATIONSHIP AND WAS NOT EXACTLY "LOOKING" FOR A NEW ONE JUST YET. KEN HAD JUST ENDED A 4 YEAR RELATIONSHIP AND WAS PRETTY HEART BROKEN. WE STARTED INSTANT MESSAGING ONLINE AND THEN MOVED UP TO TEXTING. WE TEXT BACK AND FORTH FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND DECIDED TO MEET. ON MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2012 WE MET FOR DRINKS AT LOGANS ROADHOUSE. WE SAT AT THE BAR AND TALKED LIKE WE HAD KNOWN EACH OTHER FOREVER. WE HUGGED GOODBYE AND MET AGAIN AT APPLEBEES ON WEDNESDAY FOR DINNER. AGAIN IT FELT SO COMFORTABLE. WE MET FOR DINNER AGAIN THAT FRIDAY AT HACIENDA AND I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO A MARRIAGE SEMINAR WITH MY EX-INLAWS THAT EVENING. AFTER DINNER KEN WALKED ME TO MY CAR AND GAVE ME OUR FIRST KISS. IT WAS AMAZING--IT MADE ME WANT MORE KISSES. AFTER THE SEMINAR WE MET FOR DRINKS AND JUST ENDED UP DRIVING ALL OVER TOWN TALKING. WE SAW EACH OTHER JUST ABOUT EVER DAY AFTER THAT. ON APRIL 24TH KEN AND HIS SON WERE COMING TO MY HOUSE FOR DINNER AFTER WORK. HE STOPPED BY ON HIS WAY HOME FROM WORK AND SURPRISED ME WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS AND A LITTLE CARD THAT SAID CHECK YES OR NO, WILL YOU BE MINE. AFTER HE LEFT TO GO HOME, SHOWER AND GET HIS SON FOR DINNER I CHECKED YES. WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER EVERYDAY SINCE. OUR KIDS ARE AWESOME TOGETHER AND WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO RAISE THEM TOGETHER. WE HAVE 7 TOTAL: KATEY=15, BRANDON=12, RAYGAN=5, MEGAN=5, WAYNE=4, BROCK AND BROOKLYN=1. ON OUR 6 MONTH ANNIVERSARY KEN TOOK ME TO DINNER AFTER TAKING HIS DAUGHTER BACK TO HER MOMS HOUSE. IT WAS A WEEK NIGHT SO IT WAS SURPRISING THAT WE WERE EATING AT LOGAN'S. WE HAD A NICE DINNER WITH A WEIRD WAITER AND ODD PEOPLE SITTING AT THE BAR. WHEN WE GOT HOME HE WAS MESSING AROUND IN HIS TRUCK AFTER PARKING MINE IN THE GARAGE. HE STOPPED ME IN THE DRIVE WAY AND TOLD ME HOW MUCH HE LOVED ME, THAT HE WANTED ME TO HELP HIM RAISE HIS KIDS AND HE WANTED TO HELP ME RAISE MINE. HE SAID THAT HE WANTED TO SPEND FOREVER WITH ME AND THEN HE ASKED ME TO MARRY HIM. I SAID YES, THREW OPEN THE DOOR AND TOLD THE KIDS! WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING OUR ROMANTIC WEDDING EVER SINCE. BOTH OF OUR 1ST MARRIAGES WERE WEDDINGS THAT WERE THROWN TOGETHER AT THE LAST MINUTE AND NOT VERY ROMANTIC, NOTHING EITHER OF US HAD WANTED. WE PROMISED THAT WE WOULD DO WHAT WE WANTED AS LONG AS WE HAVE A TON OF FUN WITH OUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND KIDS. MY FAVORITE NUMBER IS 13 SO WE THOUGHT THAT 2013 WAS THE PERFECT YEAR AND THE SATURDAYS THAT FELL ON A 13 WERE APRIL AND JULY. SINCE KEN TURNS 40 IN JULY WE DECIDED THAT APRIL WHICH IS THE MONTH THAT WE MET WAS PERFECT. SO 04-13-13 WILL BE OUR DAY!!! WE ARE BOTH VERY EXCITED AND SO MUCH IN LOVE!!! HOW WE WERE ABLE TO FALL IN LOVE WITH APPROXIMATELY 7 KIDS AROUND US ALL THE TIME WE CANT FIGURE OUT OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT WE WERE MEANT TO BE.