As the summer of 2010 flies by~ oh my heart aches for all the past summers of my children being little! My 18 year old is on a Missions trip to Mexico and though I'm happy for her I am also ready to know she is safely back in the good ole' USofA!! We didn't make a lot of goals for summer, just one big one RELAX! It goes by quick enough no matter what. I have a few good friends I need to catch up with, I need time with my momma to shop and laugh - oh and eat! We like the bookstores! I want to stroll my grandaughter Paisley and ride my bicycle. I love to go on picnics with Landon and the beach with the rest of them. I bought a new collapsable picnic basket from Target- need to put it to use. The weather has been good - I need to soak up some vitamin D but today looks like rain. But it smells good outside!
Ryan turned 27 , Mallory 24- where have the moments gone? I just can't grasp enough of my kids life. My Mom must feel like that too. You have to create your own life because it hurts when they don't need you as much as you want them to. At least for a mom, I think a dad is really different. I'm 46 but not a very big girl at times! Haha- like a baby whining for attention! So- I stay busy, I have a lot of things I like to do. I have been losing weight, Yoga and crunches and riding bike or gettin' on the treadmill.
My life is sweet- precious and I give God the Glory for all He has blessed me with. I want to soak up summer and stare at their little faces, I want to keep memories of every phase and wonder they have. I am thankful for memories I have. My kids are the absolute greatest, I mean they show the campassion and love for life that I wanted them to, all four of them! we have done a great job, God, Greg and I! Oh yeah!!!!
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
Paisley Brooke
My sunshine! My granddaughter that is six months old, I am trying to teach her to wave and say MAMA or DADA, and pattycake! She is absolutely adorable, she lights up a room with her smile, she is precious, cute as a button, fun and oh so happy! I love to take her strolling and she loves to be outside. She is lucky to have a family like ours. I called her Petunia today and her momma looked at me like I was crazy. I said that is what my grandpa used to call us and my momma calls me and my girls. It's a beautiful colorful flower not an odd name - like the look she gave me! Maybe it reminds her of tunafish? I would rather look like a Petunia than a pumpkin and lotsa people call babies and children "Pumpkin"! or Punkin!
Paisley, you are my sweetie, and I hope we spend lotsa time together as you grow, and that you will remember as much as possible. Your Grandpa loves you and I think you know that the way you smile as he enters the room! We have a big family and lotsa big plans for YOU!
My sunshine! My granddaughter that is six months old, I am trying to teach her to wave and say MAMA or DADA, and pattycake! She is absolutely adorable, she lights up a room with her smile, she is precious, cute as a button, fun and oh so happy! I love to take her strolling and she loves to be outside. She is lucky to have a family like ours. I called her Petunia today and her momma looked at me like I was crazy. I said that is what my grandpa used to call us and my momma calls me and my girls. It's a beautiful colorful flower not an odd name - like the look she gave me! Maybe it reminds her of tunafish? I would rather look like a Petunia than a pumpkin and lotsa people call babies and children "Pumpkin"! or Punkin!
Paisley, you are my sweetie, and I hope we spend lotsa time together as you grow, and that you will remember as much as possible. Your Grandpa loves you and I think you know that the way you smile as he enters the room! We have a big family and lotsa big plans for YOU!
My First Blog
Today is my grandmother's birthday, she has passed away. But it is also my daughter Mallory's birthday too! And I am so thankful God gave me her! I babysat her little girl, Paisley, today as she went and got her hair done. My happiest days are like today has been... I have seen my husband, son Ryan, daughter's Mallory and Hillary, son Landon, grandbaby Paisley, and will see my Mom today too! That is really what our life is all about. On my fireplace is a sign~ "FAMILY~ is all that matters" and so today, I'm happy. I hope I can do all that they expect out of me. I want my memories of me one day to be that I was happy, positive to be around, uplifting and fun! Yes, I want to be missed... one day, a long time from now!
I had Big Band and Swing music on tv, worked on college forms for Hillary, cleaned and now it is time to get dressed up and celebrate a special birthday, # 24 for my baby girl! Dinner and a movie, our favorite! God has blessed me more than I thought He would when I was younger. Only thing that could be better is to have my sisters and brother and their families closer by. But I will cherish what I have and how it is regardless. I love the warm Florida sunshine that is coming through my window, I love my hot cup of Cafe' Francais sitting here, I love my puppy Fancy beside me and that the house is sooooo quiet now; knowing it is temporary, that's a good thing! I am thankful for my memory- for real- as I feel the sunshine and hear the stillness, I can remember being little and carefree and it is so vivid that I can say God was with me then and is with me now. And Amen to this part of my day in my world!
I had Big Band and Swing music on tv, worked on college forms for Hillary, cleaned and now it is time to get dressed up and celebrate a special birthday, # 24 for my baby girl! Dinner and a movie, our favorite! God has blessed me more than I thought He would when I was younger. Only thing that could be better is to have my sisters and brother and their families closer by. But I will cherish what I have and how it is regardless. I love the warm Florida sunshine that is coming through my window, I love my hot cup of Cafe' Francais sitting here, I love my puppy Fancy beside me and that the house is sooooo quiet now; knowing it is temporary, that's a good thing! I am thankful for my memory- for real- as I feel the sunshine and hear the stillness, I can remember being little and carefree and it is so vivid that I can say God was with me then and is with me now. And Amen to this part of my day in my world!
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