Last night my husband Jake was nice to me,He took me out for supper,with out the kids and we had a fun time.My parents wanted to spend time with them He has been great to me for 3 years now and is a great father to my sons Jake Jr. and Carl.I met him 6 years ago when I was shopping for groceries and I dropped a bag of potatoe chips.He was there to pick it up and he gave me his phone number.I called him since I saw he was a nice guy.The next day,he asked me on a date,I said yes ans we have been together ever since after getting to know each other.I do remember the proposal and I finished reading a book.I saw him coming out after it turned Midnight on Jan. 1,2004 with a black box.He said these words to me: Gretchen,I love you with all my heart and I want to spend the rest of my life with.I want you,Jake Jr. and I become a family.Will you marry me? I was a little shocked and I said yes.We got married on March 14th,2004 and the marriage is going great.We do something together a lot and it is family related too,go drag racing until the middle of August starting in the middle of March.He has a 1977 Chevy Camaro drag car and I have a 1975 Chevy Monte Carlo drag car I call "Fast Suzie".We do work together although we are in differant classes.We do this on a guy's private drag strip and get paid with money instead of a trophy.It is fun and my sons help out cheering us on.I do love him although I am 28 and he 34.He likes me knowing I am a hard working mom at an auto salvage yard and found out my nickname at work recently,"Fast Gretchen".I part out wrecked cars in an hour or less and I am good at it.He is my own life sized teddy bear,my husband understands me and is a very caring and respectful guy.