Three more sleeps till......

Oh hello Minnie! It's me!!! I will see you very soon. I have missed you!!!

Hugs,

Your friend Shann

5 more days till........

The most magical place on earth....and man am I ready for some magic. Can't wait hubby....can you? :)

Take Me Out To The Ballgame

My nephew went to his first major league base ball game on Saturday. It was a hit!! He told me he loved it and wanted to go again! Remember I told you it was a birthday present for my dad to go to the game.....but my husband and our worship minister and nephew went along for fun too.

Here they all are.....the two Cubs fans on the left and the two Cardinal fans on the right. The Cardinals won. Bad for Dad and Benji....good for Hubby and nephew. They told me that a good time was still had by all anyway. My husband took the camera and these are a few pictures he took of their day. I was impressed! So was my sissy. :) Oh...and a player threw a baseball at Colin, to keep, while practicing...he told me it was grass stained and dirty. Authentic!!! Yippee!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

This is my dad. Sunday we celebrated his 69th birthday. He does not act like he is 69 years old. More like 29 years old. He is extremely active. He has coffee everyday at the coffee shop with all his buddies. I can only imagine the conversations that those men have. And they say women are the gossips. HA!

He loves to fish, as you can see from the photo. He also loves the Chicago Cubs. My husband has gotten him a ticket to the Cub/Cardinal game this weekend for his birthday. Our worship minister is also a Cubs fan. He will be going with them. My nephew will also be going with them. This is his first major league ball game. He is a Cardinal fan like my husband. So, the four of them will be leaving bright and early on Saturday morning for St. Louis to see the game in the afternoon. Can I just say all four of them are giddy with excitement????? I don't know who is the real kid in this scenario...the real kid (my 10 year old nephew) or the 69 year old man. You be the judge from this picture. Hee hee!

My dad is the type of person that if you needed a shirt, he would take his off and give it to you. My dad is a very hard worker. Everything he has he earned with his own two hands. He has had some hard knocks in his life. Oh how I wish he and my mother had not had hard times. But they are better people for them I believe. My daddy (and mama) have shown me how to work hard and be kind and have fun. Good things to teach your kids!

I wish I could have a hidden camera this weekend so I could see all the fun the boys will have at the ball game. Memories will be made for all of them. Good memories. I hope foul balls come their way and the peanuts are never ending and the sun is not in their eyes and the soda is cold and refreshing. :)

Oh how I love my daddy!!

A Time to Mourn

The memorial for our Uncle was this weekend. We had family come from California, Texas, Florida, Missouri and Colorado. One end of the country to the next! We had a great time being together and telling "remember when" stories. It was so nice to see cousins that we don't see often and some even brought their kids with them. We had people from one year of age on up! :)

It was a great time of visiting, eating, laughing, crying, eating, remembering, visiting, laughing, crying.....and so on and so on. I am a people watcher. I love to sit back and watch people. In doing so, I noticed how similar some of us really were. Our mannerisms and laughs and the way we held ourselves. After all, we are related I guess. But, it was fun to see how closly knit some of us are. Fun! :)

The time was short for all of us to be together. None of us are independently wealthy, so we all had to go back to work and our lives....darn it......but the time we did get to spend together was lovely. And after it was all over.....we felt like this little pumpkin.

Spring has Sprung (FINALLY!)

It is here at last! YIPPEE!! I am speaking of Spring. That lovely season where God awakens His earth and things begin to get beautiful again.

Like 7th graders dressed up for their Spring Band Contest.

And the tulips that I planted last fall....showing all just how beautiful they are! :)

And the two furry babies sitting at the screen door.... putting their heads together.....planning their great escape into the back yard. Hee hee.

My sisters toys

Remember that I have told you my sissy is a "paperholic?" She loves to play with scrapbook stuff and I love to play with fabric. While living with me this past week, she brought some of her toys over to my house. This is some of what I saw.....

Ribbons, Ribbons, Ribbons......

Baskets of goodies......chipboard, sparkly things, sharp things, buttons. (Now I do loooove buttons!)

Ink stamp pads, markers, baskets with miscellaneous toys inside.

And, lastly.....I miss seeing these every morning in my bedroom. :(