Color Throwdown.....oh no

Oh my goodness!!!! I have discovered yet another card making color challenge.....woo hoo. I love challenges like these. By blog hopping.....(which I do often)....so much fun, I discovered this fun website

Color Throwdown. They have challenged us to use the stampin up colors of Almost Amethyst, Certainly Celery, and Black. Never would have put those colors together, but I loved it.

This is what I came up with. I don't know if you can see it, but I added a little shiny and a little bit of bling. Hope you like it. Thanks for taking a peek.

Hayden's finally home.....

Yippee Hayden's home. I think he grew about 6 inches and gained 20 pounds.....he's not fat, I just don't remember him being so hard to pick up and hug is all....ha ha ha

The girls were lucky enough to score some seats. There is NO seating at LAX....none....We were told that Hayden's plane was going to be late. Heather's comment, "I welcome the delay." Why??? because she had her book and wanted the time to read....Yes, that's a silly "Twilight" series book in her hand. What will I do with my "Twilight" girls???
Waiting patiently for Hayden and Rick to walk down the long corridor that the passengers come down when they have unboarded the plane.
I thought this was a cute picture. Haylee kept looking at the arrival lists while waiting for Hayden. Like she knew what she was looking at. It was cute.
The excitement was too much. This is a picture where we saw Hayden and Rick coming and the anticipation of them getting to us was intense. We were all so happy to see him again.

Haylee was too short to see down the corridor, so Trevor held her up to see Hayden coming.

Awww the sweet reunion. Everyone around us was laughing and smiling at the commotion that the kids were making when they finally got to hug Hayden. It was really cute to watch.

This is my absolutely favorite picture of all. Does the look on Haylee and Erick's face just say it all or what???? How is it to be so loved by so many people Hayden????

Mommy's turn.

Heather is telling Hayden here how heavy he has gotten. : )

Gary and Trevor jump in for their turns for hugs. I had a picture of Amy hugging Hayden and it disappeared. I will have to add it to another post later. Sorry Amy.

I love this picture of Hayden and Haylee holding hands. Just like always....Haylee just wouldn' t let go of him. She was so happy to have her playmate back she said.




A happy family reunited once again. I'm glad Hayden got to spend time with his other family, but I'm sure darn glad that he is home again.

There is no picture of me hugging him, but you can darn well bet that I gave him a huge hug. I just didn't get a picture of it because I was too busy hugging.

Heather has more pics on her camera, but she has it with her at work. When she gets home I might post a slide show of more photos of our fun adventure waiting for Hayden.

Oh, I have to share this story. While we were at the airport waiting, there was this guy with this HUGE camera. We decided that he was paparazzi, because he kept trying to hide and peek around the wall looking. It was actually funny to watch. We were hoping that we would get to watch him in action, but I guess whomever he was looking for never showed up....dang it. It showed me a little glimpse of what it must be like for celebrities to be stalked.....not something I would want to deal with. It did entertain us though.

Some random ramblings.....

Do you ever have those times where so many thoughts and emotions go through you at the same time???? Well that's what has been going on with me lately. So I'm going to refer to this post as my random ramblings because I'm going to share with you all of those crazy emotions.....just in case you were interested.... : )

This sweet little boy comes home from his dad's house today. So the emotion is EXCITED!!!!!!!!! I MISS him. As you can see from the picture he is just a fun little boy. The house hasn' t been the same with him gone....a little quieter (he he he), but not the same. Can't wait to see this little guy. Okay, Fun is not an emotion.....or is it??? But I'm adding it to my random ramblings because yesterday I got to "play with paper" and it was FUN. I made this card with some of my new toys I bought with birthday money.

Then, to make the day even better.....it was stampin up club night. So, I got to have "therapy" with my stampin up girls....and we made this adorable card. I just had to share. So, FUN is also an emotion going through me right now....probably more like CONTENTMENT!!!
When I came home from stampin up club last night it was late and I was tired. There was still a lot of commotion going on at the house.....10 people live here what do you expect right???? BUT, I was tired and wasn't in the mood to hear singing from a sweet little girl at the top of her lungs....it was close to 10p.m....even though she sings beautifully....I was too TIRED. As I went to bed, I lay there thinking about that sweet little girl, and was swept away with the emotion of GRATITUDE!!!! I mean how many grandmas get the opportunity to have their grandkids live with them, and see them on a daily basis with so many hugs and kisses??? I thought of the many lonely people out there that have no little girls singing at the top of their lungs to entertain them, to come into their rooms and say, "I just love you and want to give you a hug and a kiss"....okay that one ranks pretty darn high on the list of BLESSINGS!!!!! So the flower is to represent my GRATITUDE for all that I have been blessed with.....and the list is long.
Then, of course the SADNESS emotion. I don't know why, but my dad and my father in law have been on my mind a lot lately, and I miss them so much. My dad passed away a year ago in June. Talk about a spiritual giant. This is a picture of me with my dad 6 days before he died. He knew his time was coming to an end and wanted to spend time with the family. This was the last day he was at my house. I was so blessed to have him as my father, and know he watches over me and my family and I will see him again some day. Thank goodness for Eternal Families. I miss you dad!!!!!!!!!!!!
That handsome man ....{heck all of those men are handsome who am I kidding}.....but the one in the blue is my wonderful father in law. He passed away from Alhzeimer's in December '07. {The other handsome men are my son Rick, holding his son Erick, then Lyle, and then my husband Gary. This is a 4 generation picture.} Even with Alhzeimer's Lyle was a fun guy. I never knew Lyle to ever get mad or angry with anyone. I can truly say he was the kindest, most loving man I ever knew!!!! I miss him so much too. I would sit with him 3 days a week for a couple of hours so my mother in law could run errands. He was so far into his disease at this point he really didn't know what was going on, or what he was doing, but he still made me laugh. Such a great man. I find comfort and peace knowing that he has his mind back now, and no longer suffers from such a horrible disease. The world was definelty a better place because these two men, my dad, and my father in law, were in it.
So, my mind spins right now with so much going on in my head right now. Life is short, so we need to enjoy each and every day God has blessed us with. Today, I'm going to concentrate on my emotions of EXCITMENT and GRATITUDE, as I look forward to Hayden's return today.

Have a wonderful day everyone!!!!!! Make it your best!!!!

Just walk away.....

I would just like to add a little sidenote to my comments from yesterday. Yes, I went to the gym today to undo some of my dastardly deed of eating Sprinkles cupcakes.....{this is the sidenote}...... I was NOT smiling while working out. I just wanted to let you all know that.

Why, why on earth is it so much fun to put weight on and so much misery to take it off????

My advice to anyone out there reading this blogpost.....just walk away from the cupcakes. : )

May they rest in peace

May these sinful treats "Rest In Peace". I have indulged this week for my birthday.....and have paid a very large price......2 pound weight gain.
How on earth can such a small little ~~evil~~ thing be so absolutely delicious??? I must say, it was worth it. I will be at the gym everyday this week to undo my dastardly deed, but will smile with the fond memories of such an ~~evil~~creation.

Woo Hoo I won!!!!!!

I can't remember the last time I won anything so this is kinda fun. Kwerner has a new color challenge out again this week. Unfortunately, I have had NO time to participate, so I just admired the entries of those that did. While commenting on one of the darling cards.....I won blog candy......woo hoo!!! Click HERE to see this darling card. A great BIG thank you goes out to Yvonne for her generosity.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?????

I am absolutley shocked and amazed!!!! Will went home????? What is that about???? C'mon people.....help me out here!!!! I thought that Will was going to win the competition hands down. I was sad last week when Gev left, but I'm SHOCKED this week about Will. So, it will be interesting to see how the rest of the show progresses. By the way, for those who have no idea what I'm rambling about.....it's the show So You Think you Can Dance.

Wow!!! That's all I can say. Wow!!!!

Age is just a number ....... right?????

So I haven't posted in awhile because there really wasn't anything to post.....now ....bam!! I'm hitting the blog with 20 pics just like that.
Yesterday was my birthday.....that's where the age is just a number comes in. My beautiful Amy texts me yesterday with, "hey mom, you're 47 today." My reply was, "yeah, 3 years away from a half a century old." So, I will continue to claim that I am still 28. Instead of calling them birthdays, I prefer to refer to it as an anniversary of my 28th birthday. Sounds better don't you think???? What a fun day I had too. Trevor and Gary took the day off to play with me, and play we did!!!
I love this picture of Amy and Dallas and the one of Trevor and Amy. We took those yesterday while "playing".

My birthday actually started the night before, when Amy, Trevor, Gary and I went to Cheesecake Factory at the GardenWalk for dinner. Then we went to see The Dark Knight.....okay, I don't see what the big what to do is all about.....I'm glad I saw it, but WILL NOT be seeing it again. So, we didn't get out of the movie until 1:00a.m. That's why I say it actually started the night before. My birthday began while I was sitting in the movie theatre watching Batman. Then we got up the next day.....and YIPPEE I got to go back to the gym. My 10 days away is up and Gary and I went and worked out. We came home, took showers and then Trevor joined us and we went to Lazy Dog Cafe for lunch, then off to Disneyland. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the new Toy Story ride and just wanted to go ride that one ride.....ahhh the joys of having a Disneyland pass. Trevor wasn't too excited to stand in line for an hour for one ride, but you can see he was happy to ablige.....Thanks Trevor I sure do love you.
After waiting in line for 45 minutes in the sweating heat, we got to ride the ride. Gary and I in the 4-D glasses you wear during the ride. (Bowing my head humbly as I say this, I kicked Gary's butt.....got my highest score yet. woo hoo)
Then, I was just so happy from ...... winning.... I asked Gary to take this silly picture. In the background is the rollercoaster ride with Mickey, but I put my head where Mickey's was and it looks like Mickey's ears are mine. Just being silly.After Disneyland we went home and loaded up for an absolutely wonderful time at the park. Heather, Jeff and Amy work right by this beautiful park in Irvine, so I thought it would be fun to just meet them there and have a picnic for dinner instead of going out to a restaurant. I was greeted with these beautiful flowers. They were a gift from my granddog, Dallas. Thanks Dallas. Daisies are my favorite flowers and it was full of them. He also gave me a card that said, In dog years, and then you open it up and it says......You're dead. Loved it.

I thought this was cute, Haylee brought her own stuff for a little picnic of her own. She has been into tea parties lately and brought it with her.....Little girls.....you gotta love 'em.
We just had a fun time hanging out together and being a family.


We went to the playground and Dallas thought he was one of the kids. He would run up and slide down the slide with the kids. It was really funny to watch. The following pic is Dalls and Erick wiping out together on the slide.

The funniest thing though was when the kids were swinging. Dallas would try to jump up at them, and as he came down he would flip over. He loved it and so did the kids. He was crazy!!! We had taken a volleyball to the park to play a game, and when we came back from the playground a family was walking up. They saw our volleyball and asked if they could play with us, so we played a game with them. It was fun. They were a very nice family. They were also from Anaheim and had family visiting from Boise, Idaho. The picture below is Erick and I saying "Yes" because we had just hit the ball over the net.
We had a great time. Never did get their names though. Look at how pretty the sky is in this picture. So pretty. The next few pics are of us just hanging out and having fun.

Me eating my Birthday Cheesecake. "Yummy in the tummy" as Erick says. We had a great time and all commented that we need to do that more often. The only bummer about the whole day, is that Hayden was missing. If you are reading this Hayden, I love you so much and miss you terribly. I can't wait to throw my arms around your sweet little neck when you get home and just SQUEEZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LeeLee finally meets Dallas....and the girls have a day out!!!!

My sister Lora ....aka Lee Lee....finally got to meet her Nepdog....is that a word??? I don't think so, but that's what we'll call him. She has a boxer too and has been anxious to meet the newest member of the family. It was love at first sight, both ways..... Dallas was also happy to see Grandma again. He had so many kisses to pass around.
Erick with his great grandma Suppenbach. I thought this was such a cute picture.
And the girls are off on their adventure. My mom and sister came down to have fun with me for my birthday..... I still have a few more days until I'm older.....It was good to see them again. It had been way too long.
We wanted to try something fun and new for lunch, but I wanted to go to Aldo's or Gaby's at the Orange Circle, in Orange Ca., but it was so crowded and no parking.....onto the next thought.....oh wait...we didn't have one. So, we drove and ended up at a restaurant named Peppino's. It was okay. We were the only ones in the restaurant, so we figured it wouldn't be too much to ask the waiter to take a picture of us.

Mom's a big time quilter and was looking for some fabric to finish a quilt she's working on, so we went to some quilt shows. Mom was in heaven. It was fun to just be together!!! We needed a sweet treat, so off to Golden Spoon for some yummy treats. Okay, so a yogurt just isn't complete until it is covered with peanuts or almonds. So much for fat free....ha ha ha
Then we headed back to my house to "hang out" and play with Dallas. You can see that Dallas was glad to see LeeLee back, to give him a belly rub. They became instant buddies. Now we just need to get Uncle Danny over here to meet the new pup......
Giving kisses goodbye. Dallas is definetely a lover.
So, mom and Lora, are we going to wait another 5 months before we have a date day again???? I hope not.

A Photo album for my brother's birthday.

These are the photos I put together for my brother for his birthday. He lives clear in Minnesota and we don't get to see him very often.

What on earth is America thinking?????

I am so bummed!!!!! I can't believe that Gev went home tonight on "So You Think You Can Dance". I loved Gev....but I guess I am to take some of the responsibility for this, since I didn't even vote myself.....BUT I never thought Gev would leave already.

So what can be learned from this???? Get up and vote if you really like someone on a show.

So, I will not let this happen again next week. I will just have to put my two cents in and vote.

Sad day, sad, sad day. Oh well, it's just a show right?

Kristina Werner Challenge # 16

How adorable is this picture? This is the newest Kwerner design challenge. I had to jump in and try it again. It's fun to have certain colors that you are challenged to use and come up with something fun and creative. This is what I came up with. Hope you like it.
I totally case'd this from someone...if you are out there and you know who you are....please feel free to claim your layout...it was so long ago, I don't remember where I got it.....sorry.
I took this pic so you can see that I used stampin up dimensionals to give it a lift.

Pics of Dallas on the beach

So, this is going to gross some of you out, but when the water hit his feet....he started peeing. So, he is peeing in the water in this picture. (And you all thought the ocean was only full of fish poop....ha)
These pics aren't in order....sorry about that, but this is a picture of him playing with another Boxer. They had so much fun together. Dallas was truly in heaven here at the beach.
He was pulling us along with his leash.

Frolicking in the water. The water wasn't his favorite part of it though. He just tolerated it.
This Husky was beautiful, but not the friendliest dog. He was growling at Dallas, but he still wanted loose to go play.
Just chillin'.
This is where the pics are out of order. This is the boxer he was playing with in an earlier pic and Heather couldn't get his leash off fast enough. He was so exhausted when we got to the car. He saw a towel on the floor, laid his head on it, and he was out cold. He snored the whole way home. He literally took the saying "Play hard, or go home" literally. He played hard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S. That body in the background isn't too hard to look at either.......oops, did I post that????

My woe's of the day.....

Okay, so I'm going to have a little pity party right now. So, if you're not interested.....just skip on past this post.

I have had a nasty cough for about a month now....I don't like the doctors, so I avoid them until I can't anymore. Well, I couldn't anymore. I had been taking medication....to no avail. I had had enough, not to mention my husband has had enough as well. I haven't been able to sleep, due to frequent bouts of hacking up a lung. I finally gave in today and went to the doctors office.

I have acute bronchitis....are you ready for this???? Most likely brought on by an allergy to our new puppy!!!! This is where you all say....awwwww. So, I am now on all kinds of medicine to get better and this is where the pity party comes in.....I know you thought I already started didn't you???? I'm on steroids that make your appetite increase......oh happy day.....AND I can't go to the gym for 10 days. There goes the 22 pounds I just lost.

I know you are thinking, "why have a pity party when the doctor tells you NOT to go to the gym?", but I just started enjoying working out. Ten days away will make it harder to go back. Okay, so I'm done. I hope I got at least one pity point from someone out there. I'm done....for now at least.

P.S. The pup stays. I will just have to learn to live with this somehow. Any suggestions?????

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Sunday Dinner at the Thompson's

It was nice to have Jeff and Nicole over for Sunday dinner. I miss them.
Patrick stopped by yesterday too. He has been up north helping with the fires, so he hasn't been around for a while. I love Patrick, he is so much fun to have around.
Boy, does Erick have the best of both worlds or what, chocolate brownie in one hand, and a kiss from Heather at the same time. What a cute little kisser he is too!!!
Dallas and Jeff were bonding over an empty ice cream bowl. Sorry Dallas, doggies can't have chocolate.

So much to learn

As you can see, I have a new look on my blog. I am still learning so much about blogs....and having fun doing it!!! Last night Jeff and Nicole came over for dinner and Nicole has a blog....click here to see it, and she helped teach me and Ali how to add and do things to our blogs. We all three actually learned some things together.

Ali (click here to see Ali's blog) and I also went on some friends blogs and found blogs of old friends that we haven't seen in a while.....so much fun.

This blogging thing is so nice to be able to share your lives with family and friends. Lora, I'm just waiting for you and Danny to jump on this blogging thing. I would love to see pics of your life.

I have some adorable pics of Dallas at the dog beach. Heather, Trevor and I went to the dog beach in Huntington Beach on Saturday and Dallas had so much fun. It was so cute to watch him just run around and play with other dogs. When Heather gets home and I can download the pics I will post them.

I'm sorry card

Okay, when I uploaded this I realized how blurry it looks..sorry about that. I don't know what it is about this particular card, but it did not want it's picture taken....this was the fourth attempt.

I had a request for a sorry card and this is what I made. I hope this is what you were looking for mom. : ) Although, I have no idea what you would need to be sorry about, you're wonderful!

A Boy and His Puppy

Eric just couldn't get enough lovin' from Dallas this morning. I had to get a picture. He loves to hug Dallas and say, "You're my best friend". Then he turns around and bites the poor dog. Yes, Erick bites Dallas not the other way around. Dallas is the most patient and loving dog, and it's a good thing with three kids around and two that don't want to leave him alone.

Kristina Werners Challenge

Kristina Werner has an amazing blog that I "stalk" all the time. She gives a color challenge once a week and I have always wanted to participate, but had no way to share my card....until I joined the blog world. So, this is what I came up with. She challenged us to use stampin up colors of chocolate chip, close to cocoa, really rust, certainly celery and whisper white. These colors totally made me think of fall, and since I just got my new stamps to play with. Gratitude, Thanksgiving, and Fall all came to mind, and out popped this card. Have I mentioned how much I like to play with paper? So much fun, so much fun!!!!!!

So many new toys to play with

These are all the NEW TOYS I got from my stampin up party in June to play with. . . . and some of it is even on backorder, so that means.....even more toys coming......YIPPEE!!!! The majority of it was all FREE!!!!! All because I have the BEST stampin up demonstrator in the world....(read following post for more details). What will I play with first???? Well, as I play and create I will show you what I came up with.....hmmmmm I better go get started creating...until later....bye.

I have the BEST stampin up demonstrator ever!!!!!

So, I'm in this stampin up club. There are 11 of us and each month we take turns hosting the party. The person who is hosting, gets the benefits and LOTS of free stampin up stuff......woo hoo. So, June was my month to host. My stampin up demonstrator, Erin Kailiponi, wanted me to have a successful party, so she offered this amazing free gift to everyone who ordered $50.00 worth of merchandise that month. AWESOME ERIN, IT WORKED!!!!!! Just about everyone got one.....some even got more than one.....thanks Anne.... : ) It is an adorable paper box that holds 5 handmade (yes, each box got 5 handmade cards by Erin....I told you she is amazing) cards and 5 envelopes. So, if you are one of the lucky recepients of one of these cards, you too can thank Erin one day.

Silly dog!!!!!

I woke up this morning to very playful dog scratching at my bedroom door. When I came out he just wanted to play, play, play. I guess my playing wasn't good enough, because before long this is what I found......
A sweet little pup looking out the window just looking for his mommy.
"Grandma, why does my mommy leave me everyday?" he seems to be asking.
What a fun, sweet, silly dog Dallas has become. He is so much fun to have around, so full of energy, very playful. "I miss you mommy."

Fun at Disneyland

Waiting in line for the new Toy Story ride. Our favorite ride right now. Rick has the high score right now with 208,000. What a fun ride it is. You gotta try it.
I don't know if you can see it in the picture, but each ant has one of Haylee's braids and is holding it in their hand. Silly ants.
Grandpa teaching Erick how to drive the bug bumper cars. I don't know who had more fun, Erick or Grandpa? Erick just barely made the height requirement for this ride, so glad he did, because he had a blast.

Erick DID NOT want to go in A Bug's Life show. He has seen it before and it scares him. He just clung to Rick crying and begging not to go in. Rick wanted to "toughen him up", but not while grandma is around.....uh uh.....no no no. So, grandma took him to have fun while everyone else stayed for the show.

I didn't want poor Erick to be traumatized, so I took him to have fun in the water. Oh boy, did he ever have fun in the water.....he was drenched from head to toe....literally. His daddy wasn't too happy with me. Oh well, next time he won't try to toughen up Erick around grandma.... : ) I just had to envoke my grandmother rights, and let the child have fun regardless of what the parent thought.....sorry Rick.

He got so wet, we had to strip him and squeeze the water out and let them dry out. Oh to be young again.

If you look real close....(please don't actually...ha ha ha) you can see how sweaty we are. We had fun, but it sure got hot and humid in the afternoon.

How cute is this???

Amy captured this moment when they were all watching Heather leave one day. I thought it was the cutest thing. Must be nice to be so loved, huh Heather?

More Cards

These are the other cards I made on Sunday. . . . (the other ones are on a post below). the cupcake birthday card I actually made this morning for a friend whose birthday is on Friday......happy birthday Sandy. It feels so good to get some therapy in, I just feel so much better already. And you know the saying.......If momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. Well everyone should be happy, because momma is over the moon happy she has had time to play.

I finally got to upload more pictures

Life has been so crazy the last two months that I haven't really had much time to "play with paper". I was really in the mood on Sunday, so I locked myself in my room and totally ignored my family...(sorry guys) and played hours on end. Oh was it fun!!!!!!

These are 5 of the 7 cards I made that night. For some reason I could only upload 5 of them. I will post the others after this post. Have I mentioned how much I love to make cards???????

I love, love, love to sit and watch T.V. and just play, play, play. Every once in a while I'll throw some chocolate in my mouth........a little bit of heaven on earth......ahhhhh.

Having fun in the spa with grandpa

Thursday the kiddos wanted to cool off in the spa. Haylee is taking swimming lessons right now and loves "practicing" her moves. So, her and Erick went in the spa for some fun. Erick starts swimming lessons on Monday. He will be in the pollywog class. He was copying Haylee's moves and was so proud of himself.
It was cute to watch.

This picture of Erick's diaper just made me laugh. I had to get a picture of it. Dang it he is so cute and so much fun to have around.......they all are.

Thank you Card finally made

Okay, so remember I said yesterday I wanted to "play with paper" and make a thank you card? Well, I finally got to make it .....this morning. It's a slider card. You just slide the top off and it opens up to the card. It was a lot of fun to make. I noticed that the picture of it closed, is upside down....oops. ha ha ha

I wish I could just "play with paper" all day, but we are off to the Newport Beach temple this morning. Maybe later today.......here's hoping.

Happy Fourth of July everyone

Happy Fourth of July everyone. This is a holiday I know is important, but I could care less about really. Don't get me wrong. I'm grateful for this wonderful country that I live in, and the freedoms I enjoy. I know that many people have fought for me to have this freedom, and to them and their families, I will be forever grateful. I just don't wish to make a big what to do on this day. Four of my children are down in San Clemente Beach having fun and would love for us to join them, but I'm just not feeling it....luckily neither is my hubby. I'm perfectly happy sitting in my air conditioned house. In fact.....I was thinking.....what a perfect day for going to play with paper in my room. I have a thank you card I would like to make, and I was thinking I need to go play and have some therapy.

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday and did the things you enjoy doing. And to anyone reading this that has a loved one serving our country.....THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!!!!!

Fun Fun Fun

This isn't the best picture, but you get the idea. Remember I'm still playing and learning techniques, so I will get better as time goes on.

This is a card I made after watching one of Kristina Werner's Make a Card Monday videos. (they are fun to watch, you should check them out...) Her website is listed in my blog lists on the side.

I thought this card expresses exactly how I feel right now with this blog. I am having fun, fun, fun!!!!! And of course, making cards for me is also fun, fun, fun!!!!! My therapy.

Dallas does love his mommy

Okay, so this was so cute I had to share it. Dallas is getting so big.....(4 months now). Heather went into the bathroom to shower, and Dallas just sat outside the door like this waiting for her to come out. He loves to lick the lotion off her legs when she comes out of the shower.....dogs are soooo weird.

He really is a fun dog and we have enjoyed having him join our family.

Fun at the beach

Gary has this week off vacation, and Rick had the day off, so we decided to head on down to the beach and cool off a little. The water was soooooooo cold. After Rick dragged Erick out into the freezing cold water, he only wanted to cuddle with his mommy and get warm.

As always, Haylee made some new friends and played with them in the sand. She was having trouble with her poor eyes, they were really hurting her with the sand and ocean. Poor little thing.

We had a fun time and luckily none of us got too much sun.

Not playing with paper yet, playing with pictures for now.

I'm playing with the whole adding pictures to my blog. This is my favorite picture of my daughter Amy and me. She is my youngest daughter of five wonderful children.

Just having fun still......

Jumping into the blogging world

So.....everyone seems to have blogs now....so...I decided what the heck. This will take me some time to figure stuff out and get this blog going (that is if it ever takes off at all..... ha ha ha) So, I'm going to be playing around to figure stuff out, so be patient with me. I am not very computer savy so this should be interesting.

Here goes nothing.......jumping into cyber world with no idea what I'm doing.