Marshall & Ashley

WHERE DO I START? WELL I MET THE LOVE OF MY LiFE WHEN I WAS A JUNiOR iN HiGH SCHOOL. I WAS iN IOWA HiGHS COLORGUARD ALL 4 YRS iN HiGH SCHOOL. THE FiRST TiME WE MET WE WEREN'T iNTRODUCED HiS SiSTER WAS MY FLAG iNSTRUCTOR AND SHE HAD BROUGHT HiM TO ONE OF OUR PRACTiCES THEN WE SAW ONE ANOTHER AND I FELL iN LOVE WiTH HiS CRAZY HAiR. LOL. HiS SiSTER TOLD ME SHE ASKED HiM iF THEiR WAS A GiRL THAT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN iNTERESTED iN AND HE TOLD HER THE GiRL iN THE FRONT WiTH BROWN HAiR AND PRETTY BiG EYES THAT ALWAYS WAS SMiLiNG. WELL I HAD NEVER HEARD OF HiM AGAiN UNTiL JULY 2004. MY FLAG iNSTRUCTOR DARANEE(HiS SiSTER) WAS MANAGER OF A FiREWORKS STAND AND ASKED iF I WERE iNTERESTED iN WORKiNG I WAS 16 AND iT WAS MY FiRST JOB I WAS THRiLLED! THE FiRST NiGHT I WORKED MARSHALL(MY HUBBiE) WAS WALKiNG iN LATE. HE HAD CAME iN FROM MiSSiSSiPPi TO WORK FOR HiS SiSTER TOO. I WAS SO HAPPY EVEN THOUGH HE WAS ONLY DOWN FOR 2 WEEKS. THE FiRST NiGHT WE WORKED TOGETHER iT WAS A SLOW NiGHT NO ONE WAS COMiNG TO BUY FiREWORKS SO WE TALKED ALL NiGHT AND LEARNED SO MUCH OF ONE ANOTHER iN JUST 5 HOURS. I WAS SO iN LOVE. BY THE END OF THE NiGHT I DiDNT WANNA LEAVE. OUR FiRST KiSS HE TOOK ME BY SURPRiSE. FOR TWO WEEKS WE WERE iNSEPERATABLE. AS JANUARY 5TH ROLLED NEAR I KNEW OUR TiME TOGETHER WOULD BE OVER BECAUSE HE HAD TO GO BACK HOME TO MiSSiSSiPPi. I HAD FUN WHiLE iT HAD LASTED AND KNEW I WOULD PROBABLY NEVER HERE FROM HiM AGAiN. SO JUST iN CASE I GAVE HiM A CARD AND WROTE iN iT,“THANKS FOR THE FUN TiME i KNOW iLL PROBABLY NEVER SEE YOU AGAiN SO JUST iN CASE HERE'S MY NUMBER AND ADDRESS”. A MONTH WENT BY AND NO PHONE CALL FROM MARSHALL UNTiL THAT ONE DAY. I WiLL NEVER FORGET iT. THE FiRST THiNG HE SAiD WiTHOUT EVEN SAYiNG Hi WAS,“ I CAN'T STOP THiNKiNG ABOUT YOU AND I KNOW THiS SOUNDS CRAZY BUT I THiNK iM iN LOVE WiTH YOU”. MY HEART JUST STOPPED BECAUSE I FELT THE SAME WAY. HE WAS EVERYTHiNG I HAD WANTED iN A GUY. WE TALKED ON THE PHONE FOR HOURS AT A TiME ALL THE TiME. ONE PHONE CONVERSATiON HE TOLD ME,“YOU MAKE ME WANT TO BE A BETTER MAN”. AFTER THAT HE JOiNED THE ARMY. WE WROTE ONE ANOTHER EVERYDAY FOR 3 MONTHS TALKiNG ABOUT WHAT WE WANTED iN LiFE AND OUR FUTURE. ON MAY 19th MY PARENTS DROVE ME TO Ft. SiLL,OK TO SEE MY SOLDiER GRADUATE FROM BASiC TRAiNiNG BEFORE HE HEADED OUT FOR AiT. THAT DAY WAS THE BEST DAY OF MY LiFE AFTER THE TWO PLATOONS HAD RECiEVED THEiR DiPLOMAS THEY MARCHED OUTSiDE STiLL iN ORDER SO THEiR FAMiLiES COULD SEE THEM. EVERYONE WAS TAKiNG PiCTURES ViDEO TAPiNG THEN THEiR WAS A QUiET PAUSE AND AT THAT MOMENT I HEARD THEiR DRiLL SARGENT CALL MY NAME MY FULL NAME.NOT ONCE BUT TWiCE I WAS TERRiFiED. LOL HE TOLD ME TO STAND iN THiS ONE SPOT iNFRONT OF THE PLATOON AND EVERYONE THERE. MY HEART WAS POUNDiNG AT THAT MOMENT MARSHALL GOT OUT OF ORDER CAME TO ME GOT DOWN ON ONE KNEE AND PROPOSED!! THE PLATOON HELPED OUT AFTER HE ASKED ME AND THEY SAiD JUST SAY YES!!!! I FELT LiKE A PRiNCESS! HE FiNiSHED AiT AND i MOVED THE MiDDLE OF MY SENiOR YEAR AND A 1000 MiLES AWAY TO EL PASO,TX. I WAS LiViNG THE MiLiTARY DREAM! HE SERVED HiS YRS iN THE ARMY AND I BECAME PREGNANT WiTH OUR FiRST GiRL MiSS HADLEY CORA WHOM iS NOW 3. WE HAVE BEEN MARRiED 4 YRS AS OF NOVEMBER 10TH 2009 AND ARE STiLL GOiNG STRONG. WE NOW HAVE 3 GiRLS HADLEY WHO iS 3. RiLEY iS 18 MONTHS AND OUR NEWEST ADDiTiON BRiNLEY WHO iS 4 MONTHS. WE LOVE ONE UNCONDiTiONALLY OUR LOVE iS A RARE LOVE. WE ARE STiLL GROWiNG TOGETHER BECAUSE WE MARRiED YOUNG AND STARTED HAViNG SWEET LiTTLE GiRLS YOUNG. I'm NOW 21 AND MARSHALL iS 25. WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO TOGETHER BUT I WOULDN'T TRADE iT FOR THE WORLD. LOVE ALWAYS ASHLEY&MARSHALL LANDRY