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On Friday I met my newest Great Niece, Alexa LeAnn. She was born July 24, 2008. I am posting some photos of her for Alex and Amy so that others can see how beautiful she is! Cousin Reagan is quite smitten with her! Welcome to the world, Alexa!

This past weekend my husband’s siblings and families all got together to honor his now deceased parents wedding anniversary. He thought it would be neat for all of us to get together and make his moms favorite foods that she used to make. So, all of us got together Saturday evening with Potato Salad, Spanish…

“The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.”–Ralph Waldo Emerson I had a great conversation with a cousin of mine today. We don’t live close together but try to keep in touch and I truly enjoy our conversations when we get the chance to have them. We were talking about how grateful…

Here are some photos from our recent family vacation to Tennessee. My husband’s sister and her family also went on the trip. We spent time in Nashville and the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and downtown Nashville. We rocked out to a new and upcoming band, “American Bang” on July 4th. We then traveled on to Sevierville/Pidgeon…

“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time” Bertrand Russell Summer is the perfect time to lay in the sun with a good book or sit around a bonfire with your family. Sometimes the best memories come from wasted times!

I have been thinking about lists lately. We have To-Do lists, Honey-Do lists, Grocery Lists, etc that can overwhelm our days. I recently read a couple books that dealt with lists. In Twenty Wishes a group of widows create lists of wishes that they want to do or accomplish like take belly dancing lessons, fall…

This is a view of downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The building on the right is where my husband and I had our wedding reception. My husband’s office is about 3 blocks to the left and also has water in it…just don’t know how much yet. There are many many people who have lost everything to…

Last week my friend Tammy and I attended the long awaited opening of “Sex and the City” in theaters. We were able to go on opening night along with hundreds of other excited women. For days many news broadcasts stated they were unsure if “women alone” could make a movie a top seller. Ummmm….Yeah! I…

Today I have a sick child at home, so have been spending a lot of time on our couch. This gives me a perfect view of our bird feeders out our front window. If I had been away from home today, as planned, I would have missed many enjoyable visits to our feeder. The most…

Yesterday I finally had a chance to go outside and work in my flower beds and plant some of the flowers I had bought the week before. My 3 yr old daughter was so excited as she had been asking me every day since we had bought them together when we could plant them. She…