Onety-One

Eleven years ago yesterday, I became a mother for the second time.  Harley was a struggle from day one.  I had a rough pregnancy with her – starting with pre-term labor at 29 weeks, bedrest for 6 weeks, and her birth 5 weeks premature at 35 weeks.  She was my smallest baby at 6 pounds [...]

This Day In History (May 5)

May 5 is a significant day for many reasons.
Carnegie hall held its very first concert with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor,  Napoleon died while in exile, Christopher Columbus landed on and claimed the island of Jamaica for Spain, and Coco Chanel introduced Channel No. 5.
More importantly, in 1945 this cute little guy was born:

This is my dad.  He’s [...]

My Girl

Reagan.  From her birthday photo shoot.

Happy Birthday, Baby Girl!

My baby girl turned 7 years old today.  It’s hard to imagine that this bright, bouncy little girl was once only 6-1/2 pounds and less than 20 inches long!  She is a wonderful, sweet little girl, and our lives are all a little richer because she is a part of them.
Today when Nana visted us at [...]

The Birthday Girl

We celebrated Reagan’s birthday with family on Sunday.  She doesn’t actually turn 7 until Friday, but she will be otherwise occupied that day (more on that later).  She is going to have friends over Saturday.
It’s hard for me to believe that my baby girl is 7 already.  She just has grown up way too quickly.  [...]

Patience Pays Off

I have a confession.  I am not, by nature, a very patient person.  I have such a hard time waiting for anything – especially if it is something I really really want.  Sometimes, though, logic takes over and I manage to rein myself in.  Over the past few years, I’ve managed to restrain myself and [...]

Vegas, Baby!

So, remember THIS post, which was all about my friend, Yvette’s birthday?  Turns out the gift her sister got her for her birthday was a trip to Las Vegas.
Can you guess what my gift from Aaron is?

Vegas, baby!
The Entertainment Capital of the World, Sin City, the City of Lights, Glitter Gulch, the City That Never [...]

Birthday Times Three

In our extended family, three beautiful girlies celebrated birthdays this month.  Our neice, Mya, turned 1 on the 19th, Katelyn turned 10 on the 17th, and Emma turned 14 on the 7th, so we decided to combine all three of their family parties so everyone would only have to travel once.  Sunday our entire family [...]

Birthday Girl!

Katelyn turned 10 today!  We celebrated with dinner and cake and ice cream, and then she got to open her gift from all of us.  It was a very nice, relaxing evening – perfect for celebrating our girl.
 
Happy Birthday, Sweetheart!

Happy Birthday, Big Girl!

This year for her birthday, Emma had a very specific thing she wanted to do.  She wanted to invite a couple friends to go to lunch at Olive Garden, go to a movie, and go shopping at the mall.  Saturday morning, we got up early, drove to Heppner, and picked up her friends Bailey and Larissa.  [...]