I can't believe it was just a year ago that we were living this 
and now we are living this,
and now we are living this,Happy Birthday Wyatt Thomas!
THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE . . . ARE NOT THINGS AT ALL
FAITH, HOPE and LOVE
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow
It does not snow in Maryland. Maybe flurries a couple of times a year so when they were predicting a major storm coming through the whole state paniced. They even cancelled Jennifer & Shawn's flight to Chicago a full day before the snow was even expected but that's a story for another blog. Anyway in the eight winters we have lived here we've only had one real storm so we didn't take the threat seriously. I guess we were wrong. Gratefully we had plenty of milk and bread, Jen made it to Chicago ahead of the storm via car and cash from Mom & Dad and Natalie's parents & brother made it here from Kentucky just in time for the excitement.
Thomas & Natalie's house at the very beginning
I sent this picture to my brother and asked if he was ready for a picnic.
Thomas & Natalie's house at the very beginning
I sent this picture to my brother and asked if he was ready for a picnic. He wanted to know if we were serving "cold cuts"
Our sidewalk after shoveling. The spiral trees lining it are totally covered and the lights shine through the snow.
Our sidewalk after shoveling. The spiral trees lining it are totally covered and the lights shine through the snow.The crisis is over now. The sun is out and the snow is already melting.
Maybe tomorrow we'll go sledding.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Not Me Monday
Oh my Goodness, I have been been having such a hard time finding the time and energy to post! I Did Not just spend the whole day sitting on the couch with my computer, the tree downstairs needing the last of the ornaments hung. NOT ME
I Do Not Let Ella pick out Sami's clothes in the morning, even when it means pink tights, pink capris and pink slippers with a T-shirt. NOT ME
I Did Not complain so much about missing my grandson that Charlie now sends me multiple pictures of him from his phone every day. NOT ME
I Did Not let Jack have the whole box of Cheerios to snack on
to have him feed them to the dogs. NOT ME
I Did Not spend $17 on a dinner for Ella
just because she wanted "pink steak" NOT ME
I Did Not spend the entire week working on Sami's sitting skills just to make sure she could sit for her six month pictures at the end of the month. NOT ME
I Did Not just add this picture because she is so darn cute! NOT ME
I Do Not Let Ella pick out Sami's clothes in the morning, even when it means pink tights, pink capris and pink slippers with a T-shirt. NOT MEI Did Not complain so much about missing my grandson that Charlie now sends me multiple pictures of him from his phone every day. NOT ME
I Did Not let Jack have the whole box of Cheerios to snack onto have him feed them to the dogs. NOT ME
I Did Not spend $17 on a dinner for Ellajust because she wanted "pink steak" NOT ME
I Did Not spend the entire week working on Sami's sitting skills just to make sure she could sit for her six month pictures at the end of the month. NOT ME
I Did Not just add this picture because she is so darn cute! NOT MEFriday, December 11, 2009
A Christmas Memory
No, the house is not on fire
This was how my mother "decorated" the house where I spent most of my childhood. It was over a hundred years old and was beautiful with hardwood floors and high ceilings (my brothers used to have contests to see who could jump up and touch the ceiling, leaving dirty fingerprints where they couldn,t be cleaned). The part that sold my mother on it was that it had 13 rooms and six of them were bedrooms. With five children and her mother moving in it was a dream for her. Of course the fact that it was the coldest house in the world (in MY opinion) with NO heat in the bedrooms and only 1 and 3/4 baths for eight people didn,t matter that much to her. They got it for a steal in 1969 for $20,000 and sold it for $80,000 in 1984. She really wanted to sell it to another large family but it really was a lot of house for one family. It ended up being split up into offices and I get sad when we drive past it now and remember what it used to be.
This was how my mother "decorated" the house where I spent most of my childhood. It was over a hundred years old and was beautiful with hardwood floors and high ceilings (my brothers used to have contests to see who could jump up and touch the ceiling, leaving dirty fingerprints where they couldn,t be cleaned). The part that sold my mother on it was that it had 13 rooms and six of them were bedrooms. With five children and her mother moving in it was a dream for her. Of course the fact that it was the coldest house in the world (in MY opinion) with NO heat in the bedrooms and only 1 and 3/4 baths for eight people didn,t matter that much to her. They got it for a steal in 1969 for $20,000 and sold it for $80,000 in 1984. She really wanted to sell it to another large family but it really was a lot of house for one family. It ended up being split up into offices and I get sad when we drive past it now and remember what it used to be.
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