Patch!

Today was Pumpkin Patch day. I am so glad our kids do not feel like they are too old for our traditions. I know some day they will be like "Mom-REALLY. The Pumpkin Patch???" I enjoyed this trip even a bit more than all the others before, because I know our future trips to the Patch are numbered.

BOO

Henry & My Little Helper

I started the new part time nanny job last week. On Thursday, Em had no school so she was a huge help. She just loves taking care of Henry, and she is already good at it. At the end of the week, I gave her a big tip for all her help. Then we went shopping at her favorite place: Limited Too! It was fun to have time alone with her, and it was also great to get a minute to do something else while she held the baby!

Sometimes, you just gotta go to Disneyland

Even when you probably (really) shouldn't

=0)



Big Giant Mickey Pumpkin





Father Daughter Screen Heads



That's my kinda Candy Corn




Adult Children

"Lolly Day"

My family still gets together each year right around the time of my Grandmother's Birthday. She passed away three years ago at the age of 107. Here are some pictures of her great and her great great grandchildren having fun together on Lolly Day '08


Emily and Ambee




Zoe and Madison



Ryan!




Erickson and Adrian




We miss you, Lolly!

In the Blink of an Eye

The years race past at the speed of light




Emily's dear pals K & J

Countdown to 50. Yes, FIFTY

I remember turning 29. That was kind of sad birthday for me because we had been trying (without success) to have kids for a while and I felt like my time was running out. Thirty wasn't so bad, because I kind of got the bad feelings out of my system the year before. I guess I am preparing for 50 in much the same way. I want to do many things before I am 50. I am hopeful that a year from now I will be feeling pretty good about my life. I certainly have been very blessed. I cannot deny that! My family is all I had ever hoped for and more. So, happy birthday to me-29 years old for the 21st time, still trying to figure it all out.

Today, I am still 48

Tomorrow, not so much.