Life At The Moment

Seattle Memories

We had a great time in Seattle this past weekend. We celebrated a "50^th Birthday and a Wedding.

Here is a quick slideshow of the events: Birthday, Pikes Market, Rehearsal Dinner and Wedding. I have lots of photo's that I will be posting on Facebook that did not make the slide show.

Enjoy!

 

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Pictures From Easter

Here are a few pictures from our Easter Celebration today. The Easter Bunny brought new bikes for both Chloee and Declin. 

 


 

Happy Easter

Easter used to be one of my favorite holidays as a child- we would always get new dresses to wear- big baskets full of chocolate and jellybeans, eggs and one "must have" gift. We would color eggs the night before and of course they never looked as nice as the ones on the box, but they were our own creations.

I loved going to church and seeing all the lilies up on the alter, hearing the Easter Story and singing some of my favorite hymns.  My grandpa and grandma always sat in the row behind me and about half way through the serman grandpa would always slip me a lifesaver or a certs.  It was the best!

We always went up to my Great Aunts for dinner and the much anticipated Easter Egg Hunt.  There was a gold goose egg also in the mix and if you found that,  the story was that you would have good luck the whole year. I loved opening that door and smelling all of that good food cooking in the kitchen. ( I can almost smell it now if I try hard enough to picture it in my mind)  The kitchen was always busy with activity- Aunts stirring and mixing- opening and closing cupbards. My aunt lived in an old farm house that had a porch that wrapped all the way around the house- she also had a big tricycle  that had a huge front wheel and two little wheels in the back- my cousins and myself would take turns riding that around the porch- we sat up really high and thought we were so cool. It was always a good time.

Things have changed since my aunt died- now we still have Easter, but there is no longer a goose egg in the egg hunt- the tricycle has been replaced with skateboards and scooters. The size of the family has grown and time is different.

Neglect....

I've neglected the blog again. So here is an update.

Valentines Weekend: The kids stayed with my parents on Saturday of that weekend. Tony and I went out to dinner and then rented a movie. Couple's Retreat. During the night Chloee got sick. She spiked a fever and she started convulsing. Mom called 911 and they sent an ambulance up. Chloee and I ended up riding in the ambulance. There are no seat belts or handles in there. It was a bumpy ride. I almost grabbed the cute EMT's leg a couple of times just to stay in my seat. :)  We were in the emergency for about 4 hours. I kept her home for a couple of days. 

Declin got sick on Wednesday and then we were all back at school on Friday. 

Friday Night came crashing down on me and I got the  flu. Today is the first day that I have even got dressed. I hate being sick, but I have lost several more pounds. :) I will be going back to school tomorrow. I miss my class.

Last week in between my nursing shifts I managed to make this:

  

Tony and Declin went fishing this last weekend. They did catch a fish, I am waiting for Rich to send over the picture. It was a hen- full of lots of eggs. They are in the refrigerator. I have to remind the kids that they are not jello. The jello is in the bowl on the bottom shelf. 

So that is what we have been up to. 
 

Happy New Year 2010

Here we are....the first day of a new year. 2010! I look back at the last ten years and see how much has happened and changed for us. We bought our house. I started teaching again. We lost family members, and added two kids to our family. Tony had surgery and recovered from his many years of dealing with Ulcerative Colitis. I turned 40 and lost 80 + lbs. There are so many little things that have happened, but I can't think of them now and I do not want to bore you. 

I put together some pictures of our 2009 year. I wanted to look at them one more time before we close that chapter year and get ready for the new one.

 

I am looking forward to the new year.  

Halloween 2009

Here is our annual Halloween Shot:

  

 

A Fall Day

I love Fall. I love the colors, I love the feeling, I love the celebrations. Here is how we spent a fall day last weekend:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer 2009

I am officially back  at school as of yesterday. It was nice to be back and getting things ready to go for the 25 four year olds that will be a part of my life for the next nine months. We have an open house tomorrow and then school starts on September 9th.

It has been a fun and busy summer for us.

 

1. The Fourth of July is always fun. We go up to Mom and Dad's for dinner and a fantastic firework display.

2. Declin and Chloee on the last day of school. This was a tough day for Declin and I. It is always hard to say goodbye, he was extrenely  attached to his teacher and I was very attached to my class.

3. Declin was playing photographer and he snapped this picture of Chloee and I while we were sitting outside enjoying the nice weather. He grabs the camera every once in awhile and it is always interesting to see what he finds to capture.

4. A week spent in Lincoln City with family. We had a great time celebrating birthdays, shopping, remembering and making great memories.

5. The Clark County Fair has become a tradition for us every summer.

6. This was our favorite snack food this year: Zucchini Bread. Our neighbor grew zucchini  in his garden. We would get so excited to look out the window and see several zucchini and other various vegetables sitting on the back fence.

7. We went camping at Barview Jetty for a weekend. Tony had a blast fishing off the rocks with my cousins. The kids loved playing with their cousins. Fun family times.

8. Tony's new toy. "The Boat". I am glad he finally has this. It will be taking a trip down the Nehalam River this weekend.

9. I started the summer off with my 8th Grade Class Reunion. It was so great to see old classmates that I had not seen since we had graduated 28 years ago.

10. We ended the summer celebrating my birthday. I had hoped to just let it come and go quietly, but Tony did not think that was a good idea. He had my parents, grandma and my inlaws over for Cherry Cheese Cake.

That is pretty much it for a recap. I can feel the excitement building for a new school year around here. Declin has his new supplies and is so ready to get them out and start sharpening the pencils and labeling everything.  Chloee is ready to wear her new clothes and be in her new classroom.

Lincoln City Vacation

This is a slide show from our vacation in Lincoln City. We spent four days with my parents, grandma, aunts, and cousins. I had such a great time. Declin and Chloee loved playing all day with their cousins and Papa. 

It was a weekend of laughter, tears, and many memories made. 

In Loving Memory

Today we celebrated the life of my Uncle John.

I did not see him everyday. There were times that I did not see him for weeks or even a month would go by, but he was always a part of my life. I have such great memories of him. It may not be of something that he did, but rather what he would say. He had a great laugh and I can still hear it when I look at a picture of him.

We lost a gentle soul much too soon.

I love and miss you always.