Summer Photos

Flip Flops and nail polish always make a girl feel better!

Queen of the Sand Dune































The smell of a visitor ...


making pictures out of white fluffy clouds...

Water fights (even if you get drenched)































Spending time with the ones you love...

I love him...

Too tired to post pics in this house. Last night after we all went back to work and daycare, and reality after our weekend getaway, we were all in bed before nine. It was still very daylight out...but we were tired. Gavin was asleep on the sofa just a little after eight when I sent him to bed. I think that was a first in a very long time...so long that I can't remember the last. When I went to pick up the kids today at school...the first thing Macey told me was that she was very tired. That is ok with me...this is what summer is all about! I was lucky enough to have a mom that didn't have to work when I was growing up so I think my sisters and I really got a true summer break! Where as my kids still have to go to daycare/school in the summer. So I think I try so hard to make up for this that I have worn us all right out.

I've got plenty of pics that I could post...and I will, right after I get a little rest from all the fun we have been having. There is never a dull moment here at this house!

A Getaway Weekend...

Fair Oaks Farms want to see a cow farm, or a cow being born...this is the place. Gavin said he road this train just for Macey. But we all know better. I am glad he is still kid enough to enjoy the ride.
We made a pig of ourselves at Oinks Ice Cream...





















We took a dip in the Lake at New Buffalo Michigan...Macey and I could have stayed here all day!









































The Studebaker Museum in South Bend

Time with Grammy and Papa

My kids just got back from a week with Grammy and Papa. They had a blast. I think their favorite was the "for no reason" party. Who needs a reason to have a party anyways?

Happy Anniversary Eve to my True Companion

The date was June 23, 2004, the eve of our wedding
The place was the Wisconsin Dells

Outside in the back yard of the White Rose Inn

With two total strangers (the minister and the wedding planner) Paul and I ran through our wedding vows. God was there, as his gift to us he sent the rain. All the walks we had taken in the rain…and it started to pour. The wedding planner was good…she had umbrellas.

I can no longer remember the smaller details of that sweet moment. We were so focused on each other, the significance, the emotion and the love. We both laughed and cried. Our wedding was the next afternoon…but we married each other right there in the middle of a rain storm, under umbrellas with two total strangers. It was the best wedding ever!

So to my husband…Happy Anniversary Eve! In honor of this occasion I have prepared for you one of my famous lists of reasons why I love you so much.


Things that I love about you….
The way you scratch your facial scruff when your patients are tried. That you are still the special cooker. That you always bring me back a bottle of wine when you buy beer for yourself. That you are a good sport about posing for pictures. You take me to Art Museums, and Art Fairs when I say we need to be more cultured. You never question what I spend our money on. You never tell me No. Every time we cross the Indiana state line you break out in song “Back Home Again, In Indiana.” The crazy dance you do pretending to smack someone behind. That you do the grocery shopping. That it makes you sad to drop Macey off at daycare. That you are a great dad! That you suck at betting on the ponies. The way you love your parents! How handy you are. You ALWAYS kiss me good-bye. You are a great hugger. You suck at making up songs…but they still make me laugh. You still don’t fart around me. We can speak our minds to each other. That we have managed to get through the hard times totally together. Even if you hate the dog, when he runs away you still help me find him. Your beat up hands, and knobby knees. How you appreciate the finer things in life. That you will pick up the mess if one of the kids gets sick. The great life we have built together. That you know how to handle me. Early mornings when the kids are still asleep. You smell good. You keep me warm at night. You make uncomfortable situations bearable for me. You challenge me. You believe in me. Your savvy for purchasing things on Ebay. That you will walk on the beach for me. That you take the things and moments I love and indulge me. Our hammock. Weekend breakfast at Crackle Barrel. Special dinners in our booth at Bierstube. Your taste in socks. Your ability to fall asleep almost anywhere if you are really tired. That you have kept the appliance running, even though we do have to use the screw driver to get the washing machine to start. That you keep taking me to see Train, even if we have just seen them. How good you look in a Studebaker. You still kiss me after I had Chinese for lunch and smell of garlic. That you let me spoil the kids. That you add “in bed” to the end of our fortunes. You ask me what I want for dinner every morning. That even after all this time together you still share with me stories about something in your past that I have never heard of before. That we are getting fat together. I love that you will lay down with Macey in the middle of the night when she needs someone. Your ability to eat anything with a fork. The great aim you have with a bebe gun. You planted all my day lilies and I just held your beer.

Moody Monday

Pick a mood! How do you feel? It's Monday, anything goes!
Scared

Sick

Smelly

Cold

Hot

Not sure...crazy?

Tired

OH?

Surprised!

Happy

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to the Dads in my Life...

Happy Birthday Jessica and Papsy!

Flowers

Here's a picture of all the flowers mom gave me and planted in my back yard...don't they look great!

Pecker Gnome filling Macey in about his recently vacation out west...































Just a picture of a pretty girl!

"Friend"

This weekend I took Macey to Chick-Fil-A to cool off with a milkshake and play on the slide. She made a little friend and they played for over an hour. They had the best time! As we said goodbye, Macey told the little girl where she lived, and invited her to come and play. The little girl still could not remember Macey’s name and as we left the little girl called out goodbye Friend. As she said that…I felt a pang in my heart for an old friend of my own whom I use to address as Friend. She called me friend too…and I can still hear her voice on the other end of the phone calling and saying “Hey Friend.”

Today is that Friends Birthday. Whether or not she ever sees this…I hope she is having a great birthday with her family and hopefully friends who call her just that, friend.

And with nostalgia I post this picture in remembrance of an inside joke that no one else ever got, and to tell the truth I don’t know why we ever thought the cows on the hill were so darn funny! Guess you just had to be there!

Disney

The only Disney picture that I purchased for the bargain price of $22 plus shipping. Now I have to admit my scanner kind of sucks...but seriously, I am out of focus. Either way this is proof that I was indeed really there!

Best Seats in the House

to watch the storms roll in. However tonight we did finally all go inside. I have to admit I am a little tired of the rain...but at the same time, I love to hear the rain and thunder at night when I am going to sleep!

Myrt Learing to Hula

Yes, I call my Macey Myrt...don't' know why but I do. She has been trying to Hula for weeks. Tonight she finally got it. We use to count how many times she could shake her little booty and swing that hula-hoop around. Last week the high was 11 tonight it was 34...you go girl! P.S. WATCH OUT JACK!

Terre Haute's Strawberry Festival

of course there were strawberries...
some dancing...
and best of all good friends (scroll all the way down...)