Happy "Preteen" Birthday...

You are 12 years old today, 1 more year and you will be an official teenager. It is amazing how fast the time goes. I knew from the day I met you we were meant to be together. I promised myself I would never disappoint you and to this day I hope I haven’t. You love to sleep in and if we let you, you would sleep all day. You are an organization queen. Your room is always spotless. You are very helpful, you step up when someone is in need no matter how big or small it is. You are very kind hearted. You hate math but love English, you can write a story in no time. You love the color black and love to wear jeans even when it’s hot. You tease your brother and sister but love to play with them…as long as you are in charge. You are a leader not a follower. You are great with children. You love to text message on your cell phone but hardly ever make actually phone calls. You love music; YouTube has become your best friend. You love making crafts for other people. You are the most independent out of you and your siblings. You love to have the last word. Since you have started middle school you love school and it only gets better. You share your birthday with Christmas which makes the day even more special.

You are our oldest, you are one of a kind, I am grateful for you. I love you now and for eternity.

Happy 12th Birthday Kaela!

Birthday Pictures

Happy 8th Birthday!

The birthday girl

Mommy and the birthday girl

Jonathan busted his rear a few times

Oliver on skates for the first time

Happy 8th...

You are 8 years old today. I remember December 21, 2000 like it was yesterday. We all thought you were the most beautiful baby we had ever seen until we got your hospital photos. Man did you look so beaten up! From that day forward I knew we would be great friends. You are a lot like me, probably more than either of us would like almost two peas in a pod! You have great enthusiasm every day. You light up a room when you walk in. You can talk anyone’s ear off. You sure can pout better than anyone I know. You love to do math and to make crafts. You like to learn new things in the kitchen, always wanting to help pour or measure. You love the color pink but you also love dirt and bugs. It is hard for you to pick out an outfit on the first try. Holy shoot is your favorite saying right now. You and Jonathan are good buds, you get along really well, and you read to each other at night when lying in your beds. You love to play teacher in your room, you even carry a whistle around your neck when you can find it. You have a big heart. Your love for babies is unbelievable. Riding bikes, running, swimming, playing outside are things you would choose to do in an instant. You are a slob and hate cleaning your room. You never make it in the dirty clothes basket. You are pretty independent.

I am very grateful for December 21st but I am more grateful for you. I love you yesterday, today and forever.

Happy 8th Birthday Bry Bry!

(I will post birthday pictures tomorrow)

Let it snow, let it snow, let it SNOW...

** UPDATED W/ PHOTOS**

Tuesday night Kaela had her first band concert at school. She was grumpy and didn’t even want to go, so typical of a pre-teen. It turned out so much better than I had anticipated and she and ALL of her 6th grade class did so well. Actually they were better than the 7th grade class. They played 3 Christmas songs and it was really fun to watch them play. Feet tapping, instruments singing and the audience loving it. I think it made Jonathan want to be in a band already. Kaela even thinks she would like to continue it in 7th grade which I am proud of her for. She really has improved so much and it isn’t even terrible to hear!

Wednesday I took the day off to join Jonathan and his class on a field trip to the Children’s Museum. It went well. The kids love that place and I remember as I child I did too. It was cut short because of the weather, cold and rainy – they had to skip lunch on the hill. So we ended up back at the school and eating in their class rooms, I stuck around for that and Jonathan really enjoyed me sitting at his little desk eating with me.

After school the kids got a special treat from Mother Nature…snow! YES we actually got snow in Houston. The kids thought it was amazing and had to go out and play in it. It actually continued for a long time. We decided there was no better time than cold, snowy weather to go get our Christmas tree. We all bundled up and set out to find the perfect Christmas tree on the perfect night. The kids had fun trying to catch snowflakes on their tongues while running through rows and rows of trees. After the kids went to bed we realized the snow had gotten thicker and was actually sticking to the ground, I snapped a few shots so the kids would believe me, Kaela was the only one still up.

Jonathan woke up hoping to see more snow but no luck, just some frosty cars.


I was trying to capture the snow falling...you cant see it.




Picking out our Christmas tree


Kaela made a snowball but was bummed she didnt have anyone to chunk it at!




Snow on the lawn


Snow on Grandpa's car

Priceless??

Hearing Jonathan whisper to Bryanna, “Wanna stay up all night on Christmas so we can see Santa?”...Priceless

Cracking pecans for Christmas cookies while Bryanna plays her new Christmas cd in the background and singing along...Priceless

Kaela, Bryanna and Jonathan’s Christmas lists…are NOT priceless!

You'll shoot your eye out...

Growing up I distinctly remember watching A Christmas Story every time it came on tv. I loved it, it was definitely my favorite. Now a day my favorite Christmas movies are more like The Holiday or The Family Stone, I could watch those over and over and I have been, sad to say! As I lay in bed last night trying to find something to watch I came upon the beginning of A Christmas Story. I got excited just like when I was a child. I immediately called the kids in to watch with me, I thought they would enjoy it as well. The girls lasted about 10 minutes but Jonathan cuddled up with me and laughed his rear off practically the entire time. He too thought it was a great movie, maybe because Ralphy wanted a BB gun and Jonathan can totally relate. Jonathan didn’t understand why his parents wouldn’t buy him one, he kept saying, Ralphy is old enough Mom, he needs one. It was pretty cute and I was glad to share that movie with Jonathan. Hopefully he remembers it like I do although he will probably have to watch it a few 100 times.

I am proud to say that I did go out on Black Friday to shop. Not at 4am or some crazy time and I just went to Wal-Mart. It was a MESS. Seriously I don’t understand how people just pick stuff up and throw it in some random stop. If you don’t like it don’t touch OR put it right back. I was successful in my journey and got so much complete. I am completely done with my children’s Christmas shopping. Can I think of more to buy them YES but I am not going too. You have to draw a line somewhere and I am not one to go overboard, they will get so much stuff between us, grandparents, aunts and uncles. I have limits and I am sticking with them. I also have everything I bought wrapped and ready to go! I love being organized and I love wrapping so it’s hard to let everything just sit in bags. It is however killing the kids to not know whose present is whose because I don’t label them. Their inquiring minds want to know!

Hope your shopping is getting done too!

Black Friday

Is anyone shopping on Friday? I am trying to decide whether I should or shouldn't?! I LOVE good deals, maybe because I am cheap but whatever, coupons make me happy! Either way I will be going out in the crowd at some point this weekend to finish up my Christmas shopping for my kids. Wish me luck, I think the only thing I am dreading is parking. I hate looking for parking spots and I WILL fight for one I saw first...back up bitches here I come! (oh wait that is not very "holidayish" of me)

She makes me smile

Random after school phone call from Bry:

Bry: Mom, what did you put on my sandwich today?

Me: Why, you didn’t like it?

Bry: No mom what did you put on it, I know mayo and mustard but what else?

Me: Ham

Bry: That was it because it was gooooood! I am gonna make me one now. Bye.

Dial tone.

Fa–la-la-la-la la-la-la

‘tis the season to be jolly! Am I too old to have a Christmas list, probably but do I care, probably not! My husband always needs a little help shopping for me so I’d thought I give him a little hint or two or three!

Wish #1

Nikon D90 - I LOVE cameras and taking pictures so just get past the $1300 price tag please!

Wish #2

This isnt the exact necklace but when he see's this he will know which one to get, it's only $40 (good stocking stuffer right?)

Wish #3

Raulph Lauren Blue - ummm I can smell it now. I havent had perfume since my sister n law purchased some for me. It's time for a new big bottle that will last me a year or so...one spray goes along way.

Everyone should have a Christmas wish list so go ahead and make one...its fun to wish!

7 years and counting...

Happy Anniversary to my best friend!








I love you more today than I did 7 years ago at our wedding. You are the one I can turn to when I am in need, you are the one that listens to me when I need an ear, you are the one that holds my hand to show affection, you are the one that kisses me to put a smile on my face, you are the one that hugs me for no reason, you are the one that tells me I love you because you mean it. Thanks for all of the love and support the last 10 plus years.

No need to say more...

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We hope everyone has a happy and SAFE Halloween!

Halloween take 3

This is my sweet little niece Maya, she is a pumpkin for her first Halloween - isnt she a doll? Steve says she is good, she is moving all around!

Halloween take 2

2007 - Kaela was a "School girl princess" obviously she made it up! Bryanna was a witch and Jonthan was a hunter...I wonder if he would go for that again this year?!

It's Halloween week...

Althought we dont go ALL out for Halloween I thought it would be fun to post some pictures this week.


2006 - Kaela a nerd, Bryanna a kitty and Jonathan a pirate

The weekend...

The weekend was good too fast though. Thursday night Carlos and Kaela were off for youth hunting weekend so that left me, Bryanna and Jonathan to a weekend alone. My grandmother was in Texas from Michigan visiting but in Waco so we all decided to make the trip to see her. No telling when then next time we will make it up north and she comes down every couple of years. We got a little lost trying to find China Springs, Texas but we finally made it. My Uncle Kenny owns land there and the kids were very excited, he has horses, cows, chickens…that spells out FUN for them! It was a good visit with my grandma, uncle, cousin and her kids.


Happy baby in Waco


Jonathan, Hunter and Oliver



What kids dont like motorcycle rides?!


The family

I have a picture of Kaela first deer...did I mention she killed one?! It was a successful hunting weekend for her!

Hi How Can I Help You?

I am a receptionist at my job, I do more than just answer phones but I sit at the front desk. I am the first person people see when they walk in. I don’t have a problem talking to our visitors that come through the doors. They range from presidents of other companies to just our courier guys. Some are very nice and others you can tell have chips on their shoulders but they all tend to be pretty interesting. I have noticed over the past eight years that people don’t have a problem talking to me at all about anything. Even my co-workers feel as if they can come up to me and just let it all out as if I am some kind of psychiatrist. Some people even take a seat and blab on and on. I have thought many times to put a jar out that says “tips” but I haven’t yet, maybe one day. I have also realized over this time that I am a good listener. I don’t always give my advice often times I won’t but I do listen to every word. Maybe I should have been a psychiatrist I sure would be making more money than I do now.

The reason I bring this up is because one of our courier guys just came to pick up a package. He was very nice, immediately says “Happy Friday isn’t it great?!” I agreed with a smile on my face. He went on to tell me how tired he was because he has 2 jobs, the courier services and then FedEx in the afternoons so when he gets home at 10pm he is just exhausted. He had a few more details and I listened and when he was done, I told him to have a great day and a great weekend, he told me to do the same.

Maybe just by listening and having a smile on my face I made someone’s day which in turn makes my day.

'Tis the season...

I came home the other day and mom had made a wonderfully smelling pumpkin pie…oh my! I melted because I LOVE that smell almost as much as I love the smell on Thanksgiving morning when the turkey is a-baking!

When is it too early to start preparing for Christmas? I like to start early but for my own sanity. I like to stay on top of it so I don’t have to run around last minute, I can budget and prepare mentally. Carlos and I have purchased the kids “major” Christmas present already, I have my list of who I need to buy for and what I am getting each one of them, I have taken the kids Christmas pictures for our cards already (I think at least one turned out good enough!), I have started to write our annual Christmas letter too. Luckily I don’t have to do much decorating or cooking but if I did which sometimes I wish I did, I probably would already be pulling those bins out as well. I love the holiday season! Is it too early to listen to Christmas music yet?? Okay maybe I will wait until Halloween has passed.

Is anyone else preparing?!

Pictures

Bryanna decided to get her chopped off! It is totally cute and fits her personality perfectly! She loves it.


Just the back view so you can see how short it is.


The kids had their annual Patriotic Sing A Long. Bryanna wasnt really feeling the pictures that day...


My goofy boy, I actually got a lot of pictures of him.


My bestfriends little girl turned 1. They had a Princess Sophia birthday party - she is so cute!

October, November, December...

October 1, can you believe it? The last 9 months are a blur. Call me crazy but all I can think of now is that Christmas is right around the corner. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I only have 2 more paychecks until then. I got out my Christmas shopping list from last year and started to update it for this year. I have 2 new beautiful nieces this year, pretty amazing what can happen in a year. Carlos and I actually already bought the kids their major gift; it’s stashed away for now. We just need to get a few more little things for them to open. I need to concentrate on everyone else now. I think I may start listening to Christmas songs soon…ha ha just kidding not quiet yet, I will wait until after Halloween!

The weather is awesome here though. Very cool and crisp this morning. They kids would not walk out of the front door without their jackets although they had shorts on, pretty funny.

We have a full weekend planned. Carlos leaves Thursday night for the country. He is finally going to set up shop for deer season. He has to trim trees, feed feeders, set up cameras, all kinds of good stuff. Jonathan is dying to go with him this year. He is planning on taking him for youth hunting in January for his birthday. Bryanna has been invited to her first slumber party Friday night. I am nervous for her but she is super excited! Kaela has an appointment to get her hair done (just shampoo, cut and blow-dry). We no long take her to Fantastic Sams for a $10 hair cut; we take her to get a better hair cut now that she is older. Then she has two babysitting gigs this weekend. She is also really excited about that. She wants to go open her own savings account as well which I think is a great idea. She really wants a laptop computer so that is what she is saving for. I am thinking 1000 chores is way too much – she’d rather work and save for it! We also have a birthday party to go to on Saturday afternoon and then Sunday we have brownies.

What we learned during Hurricane Ike...

I know I know still talking about hurricane Ike but I thought this was funny and yet true in so many ways when I got it from a friend:

1. Coffee and frozen pizzas can be made on a BBQ grill.
2. No matter how many times you flick the switch, lights don't work without electricity.
3. My car gets 23.21675 miles per gallon, EXACTLY (you can ask the people in line who helped me push it).
4. Kids can survive 4 days or longer without a video game controller in their hand.
5. Cats are even more irritating without power!
6. He who has the biggest generator wins.
7. Women can actually survive without doing their hair- you just wish they weren't around you.
8. A new method of non-lethal torture- showers without hot water.
9. There are a lot more stars in the sky than most people thought.
10. TV is an addiction and the withdrawal symptoms are painful.
11. A 7 lb bag of ice will chill 6-12 oz Budweiser's to a drinkable temperature in 11 minutes, and still keep a 14 lb. turkey frozen for 8 more hours.
12. There are a lot of dang trees around here.
13. Flood plan drawings on some mortgage documents were seriously wrong.
14. Aluminum siding, while aesthetically pleasing, is definitely not required.
15. Crickets can increase their volume to overcome the sound of 14 generators.
16. People will get into a line that has already formed without having any idea what the line is for.
17. When required, a Lincoln Continental will float, doesn't steer well but floats just the same.
18. Tele-marketers function no matter what the weather is doing.
19. Cell phones work when land lines are down, but only as long as the battery remains charged.
20. 27 of your neighbors are fed from a different transformer than you, and they are quick to point that out!
21. Hampers were not made to contain such a volume.
22. If my store sold only ice, chainsaws, gas and generators... I'd be rich.
23. Price of a can of soup rises 200% in a storm.
24. Your water front property can quickly become someone else's fishing hole.
25. Tree service companies are under appreciated.
26. I learned what happens when you make fun of another states' blackout.
27. MATH 101: 30 days in month, minus 6 days without power equals 30%
higher electric bill?
28. Drywall is a compound word, take away the "dry" part and it's
worthless.
29. I can walk a lot farther than I thought.

Normal

I will probably never take “normal” for granted again. We are slowly getting our normal life back after Ike came ripping and roaring through our city. We got our electricity back on Sunday night. (THANK YOU ALABAMA CREW MEN FOR WORKING HARD ON OUR LINES) It was bitter sweet though for us. Our neighbors across the street did not get theirs back; it’s hard to be excited when they are still hot and in the dark – hopefully today they will have good news too. The kids went back to school this morning. They were all excited to see their friends, they need normal too! Hopefully they don’t have to make up all 7 days they were out of school. Now we just need cable back…we are missing all the premieres this week.

Ike

Hurricane Ike has come and gone and left a huge impression in most people’s lives. We sat outside for a long time Friday, feeling the winds pretty early on. It was a nice night but it turned ugly fast. We lost power around 3am Saturday morning. I was one of those people who really thought they would be able to sleep right through it. WRONG! I couldn’t sleep, it was scary. Listening to the winds slam against our windows and the rain pound was just nerve wracking and something I have never heard before. I wasn’t sure if our big picture windows would handle what Ike brought. Thankfully we got through the night just fine. The kids didn’t wake once.

When we woke up Saturday morning the kids and I jumped on our bikes to see what Ike had done to our neighborhood. It was surreal and unreal. This was stuff you see on TV not your own neighborhood. We were swerving through debris and down power lines, just a disaster. Our neighborhood was destroyed by our beautiful trees we take pride in. It was very sad to see.

We have no power. We have no clue when power will be restored. We have seen 2 Center Point Energy people in the neighborhood assessing the damage. I talked to one yesterday and he said they are working their way towards us. We do however have running water which is good; it’s nice to be able to bathe the kids and myself! We have been lucky with great weather. I guess it is Mother Nature’s way of apologizing for her destruction!

As of now there is no school for the week. The kids have been doing ok. We have been outside day and night but they love it. They watch movies on the dvd player at night. They are missing the computer the most.

Hopefully by this time next week all will be normal. My camera ran out of batteries so I will upload pictures tomorrow.

Hurricane ready...

We are ready for Hurricane Ike. We are not evacuating, we are staying put and I wanted to share a few pictures of how we prepared. I am thinking after tonight we will not have power for a few days, I am hoping I am wrong but we usually loose power because of all the trees around our house. I will take pictures of the aftermath around our neighborhood if anyting huge happens, hopefully not though!


Our street on Friday, sunny. We had the kids outside for most of the day trying to blow off some energy before they are stuck inside all day Saturday.


Jagi's patio table turned over by us not Ike, we didnt want it going through the windows.


Jagi's fountain, it was too heavy to move so Grandpa and Carlos tied it down...we are hoping it doesnt tip!


And last but not least, the most important...a fridge full of beer. I guess they will have to drink it all before we dont have electricity!

Hurricanes...what an in inconvenience!

Well it looks like Ike is a comin’ although I think I am still the only one holding out hope that the orange line that takes it straight to Louisiana will actually happen on the hurricane tracker! Mom did her normal hurricane shopping this morning. I think we are prepared; I don’t know if you ever have enough but you plan for the worst and hope for the best. Lots of people are evacuating, jobs and schools are closing down, freeways are getting packed, store shelves are becoming bare. We are staying home. The last major storm where people were told to evacuate was back in September 2005, good ol’ Rita. We actually did evacuate but our plans had been set for quite awhile. It was the weekend my brother was getting married. We got lucky that we were leaving town although the airports were ridiculous and we were literally running for the gates – we made it though!

Hopefully we have electricity so I can post next week. Keep your fingers crossed that Ike doesn’t turn out as bad as everyone is expecting!

We are tired!

It’s been a long week, very long week and we only had 4 days, its funny how that happens. We have all been exhausted, like 8:00pm bedtime exhausted. I get home and can’t wait until 8 so I can go upstairs and just lay in my bed!

Kaela loves school – amazing what middle school does to kids. Last year she struggled with homework, hated it, and hated working on it. It would literally take her hours to finish very simple tasks. This year is a complete change. She gets home and gets right to work; she ever redoes some of it just so it looks nice. I really hope the trend sticks all year long! We have open house next Thursday so I am interested to see what her teachers have to say about her. She seems to love most of her teachers; she has lots of friends on her bus, not much complaining on her end.

Bryanna has more homework then last year and she has defiantly noticed. She gets it done right after school because if she waits it all goes downhill, attitude and tiredness does not equal homework getting finished. She seems to like her class and her teacher. I did however overhear that she and another boy were calling each other names. They are fairly good friends so I am sure they were just playing but we did have a talk about it, it’s never nice to call people names.

Jonathan = school…not so much! He has had the hardest week. Many excuses: doesn’t feel good, can’t find socks, don’t like this, plain I just don’t want to go, crying in the mornings. Poor thing, he went through the same issue last year for the first 2 weeks, the difference this year is that Jagi isn’t at the school and isn’t in the same hall as him now! Hopefully he snaps out of his funk. I emailed his teacher when I got to work today and she said he was fine after I left but leaving a crying child is hard.

Anyhoo that has been our week. We have ZERO plans this weekend and I am so glad!

Garner State Park

We officially made it past the first week of school. The kids actually only went 3 days. They were out Thursday and Friday for our annual Garner State Park trip.

WE were all very excited to take this trip. We purchased a travel trailer back in June and this was our first time trying it out. The travel trailer was awesome and so was camping. It was a much needed get-a-way that we always look forward to. The weather was fantastic and the water was perfect. The kids were exhausted by night fall. Lots of food, games and family.


Mommy and Kaela in the Frio River


Bryanna relaxing...she knows what to do on vacation


Jonathan ready to get on the rope swing


Kaela and Bryanna making smores

We can't wait until we get to use the travel trailer again, we are scouting out new places to go!

Back to school blues...yea right!

The kids were very excited about going back to school! Everyone was up, fed and ready!


Jonathan didnt really want to take a picture but seriously he didnt have a choice!


He did however take a picture with his new teacher, Ms. Batcha!


Here is Bryanna posing for me! We heard through the grapevine that crocs were no longer going to be allowed at school so I told Bryanna to wear them today before the official announcement...we are such rebels!


Bryanna and Ms. Watters.


Bryanna and her best bud Abbey, they get to sit next to each other...for now! No telling how long that will actually last!


And Miss Middle School girl! She was VERY excited, it will be a whole new world for her! I cant wait to hear about her day!

Happy first day of school to everyone!

Drum roll please...

Teacher cards have arrived! The kids were excited to see who they got...not that they actually know who they are but whatev, it means school is even closer then they think!

Jonathan is going to 1st grade and he has Ms.Batcha. Ms. Batcha's first year of teaching was last year. I am sure she learned a lot and hopefully this year will be a great one for Jonathan and her! Jonathan got right on the phone to call his best bud Griffin to see who he had...WE got so lucky - they are together, Jonathan was very excited.

Bryanna is going into 2nd grade and she has Ms. Watters. I was personally very excited. I a) used to babysit for Ms. Watters, long long ago and b) her mom was my second grade teacher. I thought it was pretty neat. Her mother was one of the best teachers I ever had and truly remember her still to this day. I hope Bryanna's second grade year will be as memorable as mine was.

Kaela unfortunately only got a card that said: Report to room 302. She asked me when she gets to meet her teachers; unfortunately middle school doesn’t work that way. I told her the first day of school dear...she was a little bummed. I did however get the school lunch menu, printed it out for her to show her all the other selections she will get to choose from. Although she packed her lunch every day in elementary school she was excited to see she could order different things like wraps, fajita tacos, hamburgers and chicken sandwiches.

Amazing...

Amazing, simply amazing. We have been Olympic freaks which I never thought we would but when we start watching and can’t stop. Did anyone watch on Saturday night? It was great! The Romania women who won the 26.2 mile run is probably the most amazing lady I have seen. She not only won but the race turned into a one-woman race, the others were far behind. She crossed the finish line and continued to run; I never saw her stop. I am sure that had to do with her legs and the distance she ran but all the others stopped to catch their breath, not her though. She grabbed her countries flag and continued. Kudos to her; she is an inspiration to all.

Then Phelps – 8 gold medals my god he is fantastic! His race was intense on Saturday night especially since he had to depend on others to win that can be so iffy – but they all pulled together and won…for him! I was so thankful that he thanked his team mates afterward because it sure was a team effort! Kudos to him as well, what a great achievement.

Bryanna asked me this weekend how old she has to be to be in the Olympics, she wants to be a diver! I told her I wasn’t too sure but I would look into it for her. There was a diver from right outside of Katy or Houston so maybe there is a coach close to us??? We shall see!

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School is fast approaching; the kids have 7 days left of summer. We are ready though. We finished our school clothes shopping this weekend. I just need to get a few more supplies from the list and we are set. The girls have their first day outfits picked out, Jonathan could care less!

I really thought Kaela would be nervous but she is very excited, it’s a new journey for her, new place, new teachers, new memories and hopefully some nice new friends. Bryanna and Jonathan claim they aren’t ready to start back but I think they are excited. I am ready for them to go back; we need to get back on a schedule! Thursday Kaela has a "Bear Walk" which she gets to spend about 3 hours up at the school, learning the place and then Thursday evening the kids have their open house where they get to meet their new teacher...hopefully we get good ones!

Time fly's by...

Where does time go? Wouldn’t it be cool if we could just pause for a moment and soak up all the old memories good and bad for a day and we wouldn’t lose any more time? I have loved my children from the day I met each one of them. I have also loved every stage of their life, some more than others but nevertheless all of them. They are all at a very active stage in their lives right now and Carlos and I have waited for it for a while now. We love watching our kids succeed in the activities they are in; we could stay here forever although we know it won’t happen that way. They are changing every day.

My dad found a roll of film in his room a couple weeks ago took it to get developed and brought it home. He gave me the envelope when I got home and said these are for you, you gotta see them. I opened it and nearly fell to the floor with gleam. They were of my kids, almost 5 years ago. I love looking back at the kid’s baby pictures and remembering, that is what we did with these. We talked about how much ALL of them have changed, how cute they were, what they were like at that age, how chubby Jonathan was, how wild Bryanna was back then and she still is, how little teeth Kaela had! I wanted to share 2 of the pictures with you. (They are pictures of a picture so not the best quality)

Everyone needs to go find old photos and remember…its fun, I promise!