Twin Babies October 25, 2007

Babies are always a blessing.

Anniversary Pictures October 25, 2007

I have done a couple of 50th Anniversary parties lately and here are some pictures from those events. While taking pictures of the parties themselves, I also took family pictures of the guests and with the couples.

What mischief can i get into? October 10, 2007

Fall Blues… October 10, 2007

I hate this time of year. Literally. Fall and winter give me the blues because everything dies and everything beautiful goes away and leaves me with a cold and empty world to look at. There are no leaves after the they’ve fallen off the trees and the ground is dirty brown. It’s too cold to be outside. Everything around town gets littered up with holiday lights and sale signs, and well, neither one looks pretty. I always slept in on Christmas, even though I knew presents were involved. Thanksgiving is just a house full of people competing over pie and relishing in their accomplishments. No one ever told me I did anything good. I remember spending some holidays with people I didn’t even know because my parents wanted to go to their friends. Literally, I hate this time of the year. I know I won’t accomplish much, and I know that the things I’ve worked so hard to create are going to slip by the wayside. It was cold this morni ng when I left for work, I cried all the way there.

My Family October 9, 2007

This week has been a difficult one for a friend of mine in a mothers group that I attend. Just sitting and thinking and praying for her and her family has brought me to my knees in my own personal struggles with loved ones. I will never truely know her pain, but I can bring myself to understand why God does the things he does, and why He puts us through these trials.

I look at my little girls and believe there is more to life than a pretty house, a new car to drive, and a yard for my children to play in. I look at my husband and see someone who hasn’t given up and walked away. And I look at the things in my home and think ‘These are just things’ and they would only be things if they were without the memories.

I love my family and I want to share some of the memories that we made this weekend. I sewed the cute little punkin dresses all by myself. Brian and the girls decorated the porch with chalk artwork. We loved turning up the radio and banging on instruments right before bed. And one more, which may be the most special: We tucked in the girls to bed, together.