Reagan and Her Pig

Reagan convinced our neighbor, Scott, to let her raise 4-H pigs with his son, Zach.  We went to pick up their pigs for the Union County Stock Show pigs today.  Reagan picked out a blue-butt barrow (castrated male) and named him Chip (she’s thinking Chip from Chip and Dale).  Zach picked out a nice little gilt (female).

Happy New Year!

You can never get a serious (meaning “normal”) picture of the two of us without first getting several goofy ones!

We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.

~ Dr. Seuss

And the “normal” one. Of course normal is a matter of perspective.

Happy New Year!

Christmas Day

Christmas morning at our house always includes three things:  1. Orange Rolls and Cinnamon Rolls for breakfast, 2. Reagan playing Santa Claus, and 3. Lots of laughing.  This year wasn’t any different except Todd and Terrance joined us.  Amazingly enough, the kids all stayed in bed until nearly 9, even though they had been awake for quite some time.

McIntosh Christmas

The girls and I celebrated Christmas with Todd’s family on Christmas Eve.  We had a great, relaxing afternoon, dinner, opening gifts, and playing games.

Before & After

Just a quick before and after today. I’m going to write a full recap of the run later this week. For now, I’ll just say . . . WE HAD A BLAST!

Anticipating Rainbows

In five days, I will be seeing rainbows all over, and I can’t wait!

It’s time for me to be a Color Runner!

Besty, Bestie, Betsy . . .

I have known these two lovely ladies for nearly exactly 22 years . . . I met them both the August before I started my Senior year in high school.  After a lot of turmoil, unhappiness, bad grades, and lots of tears, I was moving to a new school for my final year.  It was a last ditch effort to get me through high school and graduated.  These two welcomed me with open arms, lots of laughs, and fast friendships that I treasure to this day.  I love them!

I have so many pictures of the three of us from high school and shortly after that I wanted to include in this post, but they are all buried in storage unable to be accessed.

Amy, Diana, Andrea
August 2012
Cove High School Class of 1992 Reunion

Weekly Photo Challenge – Close

Harley & Todd

FOUR!!!

To celebrate the end of the term, Todd and I decided to go golfing. Luckily, our friend, Justin, was able to join us.

Little Mermaids

The girls and I are hanging out with my friend, Crindalyn, in Pendleton, and they had a blast swimming and playing in the pool!