isn't she gorgeous? watch out guys, she's growing up. she is a sweet, sweet little girl to match the beautiful face. she's got this quiet charm, never wanting to be the center of attention but not missing a thing. and look at those eyes-one of a kind. who wouldn't give anything to have such an amazing beauty mark!!! aunt lori loves you abby-girl!

another driver!

well, i officially have another driver! aaaggghhh...i feel so old. this is a typical pic of jake who thought it was completely dumb that i wanted to take a pic of him w/his permit...:why don't you just photoshop me in'. uh, no. i asked him what he was reading...'a magazine'. 'it's about cars, right? aren't you excited?', thus the face. it's a little blurry because i didn't want to put his personal info. on the web. congrats, jake!

7th grade girls & moms tea-western style

in the background of this blog i'm listening to the song 'let them be little'. aaahhh-if only!

liv and her class did a western tea for the mom's-sssoooo cute! us mom's had a great time just sitting, talking and being waited on...and watching lots of giggling ;). as i've said in a previous blog-FREEZE!

thanks mom!! (& dad!!)

today an elderly patient came in the office and i said, 'hi, mrs. ______'. she said, 'you can call me ____(her first name)'. i laughed and said thanks, but no thanks, my mom would wash my mouth out with soap.' she was put into a treatment room and i said to one of the girls i work with, 'oh, she's sweet'. 'really??!! she can really be difficult' she responded. ok, whatever, i thought she was nice. when she was checking out and we were kinda gabbing and she said to me, 'you're a sweet girl...and you can tell your mother she did a great job.' 'oh, i will', i told her...and i will!!! she DID do a great job in raising kids who respect authority and have consideration even for those who are difficult. i think all 4 of us pretty much give the ornery (sp?) ones the benefit of the doubt that they're really great people down deep inside and we just need to bring it out. thanks mom & dad for instilling in us to value people-right to the heart! i love you!!!!

flash back!!

i found this picture of mady and i when i was cleaning out our coffee/senseo drawer (note the coffee stains around it...no, i was not going for the vintage look). this was from when she was about 2 or 3. so addorable (her, not me...especially not that haircut & color!!)

and i found this one in back of another pic in an old frame-i think it was about 2001. this is exactly why i take pics-my (fading) memory would have never remembered this!

queen traci

i always knew kayt and her aunt traci had a special bond-traci was there almost immediately after she was born and it was love at first sight. i also knew that kayt's little world always had traci in it and when she wasn't around she was always on her mind. well, we were watching old home videos the other day from when kayt was a toddler. she was carrying around a bible and i asked her (thinking i was going to get some profound answer from a 1 1/2 yr old) 'kayt, who's in the Bible?' God, perhaps? nope-aunt traci! well, there you go trac-if you ever wondered if she loves you ;)

people i love