I have a great life. I have a husband who adores me – he tells me so every day.
I am blessed to have two beautiful, wonderful sons who have given me one more son and a daughter.
On top of that, I have Zachary, who brings us joy every day.
That being said…….these two little guys were and continue to be two of the highlights of my life…….I love you kids…….
Here’s my dad with his new glasses……..or is that the new pool toy Zach got for Easter???
No! Our grandson CANNOT be any cuter. Here he is in his Easter basket that the Easter Bunny brought. Zach…..you rock our world and we love every inch of you!!!
Corey requested cold meatloaf for Easter lunch. So……as my kids are spoiled with motherly love, whether they like it or not, he will get cold meatloaf for Easter lunch. However, Mark insisted that HE make meatloaf, even though he rarely cooks and has never made meatloaf.
Here is his creation, on a plate ready to be covered and put in the fridge for Easter lunch…..
He remembers watching his Grandma make meatloaf and he knows basically what I put in meatloaf from watching me, so he just put in what he thought. When we went to bed last night, we sampled it. And we sampled some more. And more. It is darn good.
Corey………..we hope you enjoy it!!!!
Keith is our marathon man. Ok, he hasn’t actually run in a marathon, but he has done 5k’s and a half marathon. Mark and I are proud beyond proud of him. Here’s a little collage tribute to the hard work of our marathon man….
Don’t EVER try to find something to eat for breakfast at Keith and Justin’s house – and I mean EVER.
Below are our choices for breakfast (Keith and Justin were still sleeping – we were foraging). What the heck is this……..
To be fair, we had purchased some country fried steaks at Sam’s – we broke into that box and each had one of those with our ONE EGG each.
Here are some of the favorite men in my life……..
(Photos and photo editing courtesy of Danielle)
Dear Zachary,
Do you know how much we love you? Maybe, maybe not. You flap your arms and hands crazily when you see us. Your face lights up in a big beautiful smile. Maybe you do feel our love. We definitely feel yours.
Here are SOME of the lyrics from a song by P!nk (some are too naughty for you to hear)…….this part is for you, little guy……….
Pretty pretty please
Don’t you ever ever feel
Like you’re less than perfect.
Pretty pretty please
If you ever ever feel
Like you’re nothing
You’re perfect to me (us).
We remember watching your little legs kick while the doctor was working on you. You were a fighter from the word go. We are glad you fought.
We love your scrunched up funny face you make.
We love when you are frustrated and clench your fists and growl.
We love when you crawl everywhere. Watching you explore and discover the world around you is a new adventure for you and nothing short of pure joy for us to watch.
We hope you stay humble and enjoy the little things in life, as that is what truly matters.
Love, Grandma & Grandpa
Molly just celebrated her 16th birthday on April 12. We never thought she would make it that far – she was always a petite little girl who we used to call “Kitten”, because she just never grew much. She’s still a dainty, pretty girl, but she’s a girl who can kick butt if she needs to.
Her mommy abandoned her when she was two weeks old. We forgave her mommy – maybe she wasn’t ready for motherhood. Molly was her only kitten so we took her in (thank you Mark – look what she’s given our family – she was worth it). She now lives with Keith and Justin because she always was Keith’s little girl.
Here she is in all her beautiful, graceful glory………
(photo courtesy of Keith)
(photo courtesy of Keith; editing courtesy of Danielle)