Ashley & Steven

Where does the time go !! It sure flys in the blink of an eye. I have been meaning to post some pictures of my daughters prom, and now here we are 3 weeks away from grad !! Holy Moly !! Now I understand what everyone has said about 'Enjoy every minute, the next thing you know they are all grown up.' Well here she is....all grown up.

I took her on her first day of kindergarden,12 years ago, and I'll be there for her last day of high school. Like all parents, we have been there for every milestone, every project, every problem, and every solution, boyfriends, heartache, and laughter. I know she's graduating , but then what ? She'll move on, work, then move out, get engaged, and then get married, then have kids of her own. Or the order may be reversed a bit, but she'll still move on. It's amazing how fast they grow up. My son is 11 now. Already I feel like at his young age, time is flying past. I can almost look him right in the eye. But , I am also only 5'1', so I think I can look most 11 and 12 year olds in the eye, LOL !! Steven ( in the photos) is rather tall, so I need a chair to stand on if I want to to be eye level with him, LOL !! Anyways, just thought I would post a few photos. The other girl in the burgundy dress is Ashley's best friend since grade 2. Steven is Ashley's boyfriend...then they are friends...then they are dating again...sigh...I get lost after awhile...LOL !!

My Mom......

She is a nurturer, she is strength, she is love......

She is Happiness, Laughter, Life, Wisdom, She is everything I hope to be.....She is my Mom....I Love You !!

"A mother will lend a helping hand

until you have the strength to stand.

She'll pick you up when you are down,

when you need a friend she'll stick around.

A mother is one who listens well,

will keep her word; will never tell.

A mother never pokes or pries

but stands quietly by your side,

giving you the strength you need,

encouraging you to succeed.

A mother is one who can be strong

when you need someone to lean on.
You're more than a mother to me;a reflection of Him in your face I see,

a love that knows no boundaries."

Excerpt from ' More Than A Mother' By Kari Keshmiry

This poor little Sparrow flew into the back window of Neil's truck about 2 weeks ago and got stunned. At first we panicked and thought the red all over him was blood !! Turns out it was not. It's just his coloring. So once we realized he was okay, we just sat with him and held him until he was unstunned....?....LOL!! Not sure if thats a word or not, but it works, LOL !! A lot of people get a giggle at the beer can and figured the little guy was sipping and got drunk. Don't worry, the can was empty, LOL !! We checked out his wings, and legs. Nothing was broken.

He just sat on the edge of the shoebox looking at us. Then he went around to the other side and just stared at me.We went and sat the box on the car in the sunshine to see if he would fly away. It took a few more minutes of resting before Neil picked him up and the little guy flew away to the tree's with his friends. He was fine, and not injured at all. I thought the pictures were neat. It certainly shows how colorful these little guys really are. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. We enjoyed having him for a visit.

Well.....I had a toothache all last week, it hurt !! Ouch ! I woke up a week ago with sharp little zinging stabs through my tooth. Felt like little electrical zaps. So I took a LOT of Advil, and Motrin and tried to get into a dentist. I also used Oragel, and some good old fashioned clove oil. That helped...a lot. They finally phoned me on saturday around 4:30 p.m. and said if I got there right away they would do something for me. The tooth had abcessed, so they had to pull it out. Thank goodness....I feel much better now. Except, now my jaw is sore, and I feel dizzy, and stoned from all the T3's and Ibuprofen LOL !! The tooth extraction went well, it only took about 4 minutes and it was out. I was in the office for about 1 hour. The needles....oh how I don't like the needles!! There was a t.v. built into the ceiling so I could watch something while they froze my jaw, and then they left me for about 20 minutes in the chair. All I could think about was....'there is a t.v. in the ceiling'....if that came crashing down, it would land on my face...then I think the tooth problem would be put aside for the moment...LOL !! It's all done now. Too bad the price wasn't the same as the prices in the picture, LOL !! Oh well. Take care everyone. Peace and blessings sent to you all.....Cheers :-)

A couple jokes for you:

Did you hear the invisible man married the invisible woman?Their children weren't much to look at either.

Q: What do you call a cow jumping over a barbed-wire fence?.....A: An "utter" disaster!

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the thing he predicted yesterday did not happen today.

A friend sent me an email with some pictures of a rare Albino moose. I thought they were so neat I just had to blog these. I wasn't sure where the photos were taken because the email only had the photos. So I googled them and found out they were taken near Whitefish, Montana. Such beautiful photos, I just had to share them. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. Have a terrific weekend :-)

My parents have come up for Spring break and Easter this year !! It is a week of celebration. Mom's birthday was on Tuesday, so I made her an angel food cake with pineapples and cool whip called 'Angel Lush'.... and for dinner we had roast beef, potato's, gravy, cabbage, green beans, and homemade garlic bread !! They will be here for Easter, and it is also my husbands birthday in a few days. So we have lots to celebrate this week. Hope you are all well and have a Happy Blessed Easter filled with love and peace surrounded by family and friends. (((hugs))) Cheers !!

LOL !! I'm back !!...I forgot my password and have been struggling to figure it out, LOL !! Anyways, back to reality. We woke up a couple days ago to a massive not-very-nice winter morning. The weather channel predicted a snowstorm for our area, unfortunately they didn't get the snowfall amout right. They predicted 20 cm's...We got 2 ft of snow in 12 hours !!! Some areas just 5-10 minutes away from us got 2 1/2 ft and more !! This picture was taken at 6:30 a.m. . I went out, on my day off, to help Neil dig his truck out of the snow. What you are looking at is my car buried in snow. It was still coming down.

By the time we got a break from all the snow, my car was buried up to the door handle. This is a white Cavalier.

My son found the windshield, so we knew where to start digging to get the car out !! LOL !!

This little bird was singing away on the patio Sunday morning. The patio had NO snow......( except for the ice you see here)....

This is what we woke up to on Monday morning.I had to go out and measure the snow. This all came down in one night !!
We have had some winters where the WHOLE season was 2 ft of snow let alone one night !!! It's going to take a long time for this to go away. To think I was just planning out my garden and my herb and flower beds the day before all this came down. Now I feel like Winter will never go away !! I've been sick of the snow since it first came down back in November.....sigh.....I need to move away....somewhere tropical......

Kids On Love

Kids confidential opinions about love:
I'm not rushing into love, I'm finding fourth grade hard enough. (age 10)
Yesterday I kissed a girl in a private place. We were behind a tree. (age 7)

What people are thinking when they say I love you:

The person is thinking, "Yeah, I really do love him, but I hope he showers at least once a day. (age 9)
Some lovers might be real nervous so they are glad that they finally got it out and said it, and now they can go eat. (age 7)

Why love happens between certain people:

One of the people has freckles so he finds someone who has freckles too. (age 6)
No one is sure why it happens, but I heard it has something to do with how you smell. That's why perfume and deodorant are so popular. (age 9)
I think you're supposed to get shot with an arrow or something, but the rest of it isn't supposed to be so painful. (age 8)

How to make love last:

Spend most of your time loving, instead of going to work.(age 8)
Don't forget your wifes name, that will mess up love. (age 8)
Be a good kisser, it might make your wife forget that you never take out the trash.(age 9)

Random thoughts:

Falling in love is like an avalanche where you have to run for your life. (age 9)
If you want to be loved by somebody who isn't already in your family, it doesn't hurt to be beautiful. (age 9)
When a person gets kissed for the first time they fall down and don't get up for at least an hour. (age 8)
To make a person fall in love with you, shake your hips and hope for the best. (age 8)

Just a quick note to wish everyone a fun and Happy Valentines Day !!

Valentine Friend

A Valentine friend is someone you choose

To share your life with you,

Someone who is always there,

Whether you’re happy or you’re blue.

With a Valentine friend, you can be yourself

You don’t need to pretend;

When you’re careful to choose a compatible match,

You create a perfect blend.
With you for my special Valentine friend,

My life is full and bright;

You bring contentment, joy and peace;

You’re my Valentine delight!

By Joanna Fuchs

I recieved another email about Grandparents. It is the way Grandparents are seen by 8 year olds. this one is more for the Grandpa's. It's very cute. Enjoy!
-Grandparents are a lady and a man who have no little children of their own. They like other people's.

- A grandfather is a man grandmother.

- When they take us for walks, they slow down past things like pretty leaves and caterpillars.

- They show us and talk to us about the color of the flowers and also why we shouldn't step on "cracks."

- They wear glasses and funny underwear.

- They can take their teeth and gums out.

- They have to answer questions like "why isn't God married?" and "How come dogs chase cats?"

- When they read to us, they don't skip. They don't mind if we ask for the same story over again.

- Everybody should try to have a grandmother, especially if you don't have television, because they are the only grown ups who like to spend time with us.

- They know we should have snack-time before bedtime and they say prayers with us every time, and kiss us even when we've acted bad.

-Grandpa works in the shed all the time because he doesn't like broccoli either.

A Boy Needs A Grandpa

A boy needs a Grandpa...For man-to-man talks,

To go hand in hand

On companionable walks,

To fix up his toys

When they no longer go,

To tell him the things

Little boys want to know.

A boy needs a Grandpa...

To show him the way

To handle a puppy,

To teach him fair play.

To impart bits of wisdom

He's learned through the years,

That it's no disgrace

For a man to shed tears.

A boy needs a Grandpa...

To sit on his lap

And if no one is looking,

They take a wee nap,

Each wrapped in an aura

Of love and esteem,

Each smiling gently

At some special dream.

Eleanor B. Fallis

I recieved this wonderful email from a friend of mine and wanted to share it with all of you. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. Cheers!!

THIS IS LOVELY

Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting ~Author Unknown

What a bargain grandchildren are! I give them my loose change, and they give me a million dollars' worth of pleasure. ~Gene Perret

Grandmothers are just 'antique' little girls. ~Author Unknown

Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb

A grandmother is a babysitter who watches the kids instead of the television. ~Author Unknown Never have children, only grandchildren ~Gore Vidal

Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric. ~Pam Brown

Grandchildren don't stay young forever, which is good because Grandfathers have only so many horsey rides in them ~Gene Perret

When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window. ~Ogden Nash

Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just you all day and now the day was complete. ~ Marcy DeMaree

Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies. ~Author unknown

Grandmas hold our tiny hands for just a little while, but our hearts forever. ~Author Unknown

If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first. ~Lois Wyse

My grandkids believe I'm the oldest thing in the world. And after two or three hours with them, I believe it, too. ~Gene Pe rret

If becoming a grandmother was only a matter of choice, I should advise every one of you straight away to become one. There is no fun for old people like it! ~Hannah Whithall Smith

It's such a grand thing to be a mother of a mother - that's why the world calls her grandmother. ~Author Unknown

Grandchildren are God's way of compensating us for growing old. ~Mary H. Waldrip

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb

An hour with your grandchildren can make you feel young again. Anything longer than that, and you start to age quickly. ~ Gene Perret

The best baby-sitters, of course, are the baby's grandparents. You feel completely comfortable entrusting your baby to them for long periods, which is why most grandparents flee to Florida . ~Dave Barry

I wish I had the energy that my grandchildren have - if only for self-defense. ~Gene Perret Grandmother-grandchild relationships are simple. Grandmas are short on criticism and long on love ~Author Unknown

Grandmother - a wonderful mother with lots of practice. ~Author Unknown

Just thought I would share some pictures that were taken over the holidays. All of us kids were home for Christmas this year at mom and dads........





one of my brothers ( Travis..white jersey) and my hubby Neil....
My sister Alicia, Travis and I....
sister, me, Neil, brother,sister in law, and baby brother
.....me eating.....Again !!!
....my nephew Jack....yes, Simba came down on the trip as well. LOL !!

...mommy and me.......LOL ! Yup, thats my dad .....One of my dearest friends from high school............Neil and his best friend Shawn...

Hope you enjoyed the photos....