Happy Birthday mom!

Happy Birthday to the best mom EVER!!

Birthday lunch. Could they be any cuter?!

Mom you can't read it but they made you signs that say happy bday (cause birthday won't fit!)

The girls made a short song for you

AND

Lola refused to not sing, so she says happy birthday too!

Mom/Grandma you are the truly the greatest!

What would we do without you you may ask?

-besides eat nasty tasting food because we couldn't make our "betty crocker" call to you

-Never enjoy the wonder of peaches cause let's face it, I'm never gonna bottle those things!

- Never know that the term little **** can be a term of endearment!

- Never know that homemade bread on saturday afternoon should be a normal thing!

- Never know that when a husband comes home he should kiss his wife!

- Never know that a family get together is more important than the decorations at the party!

- Never know that bubbles from the dishwater make a great entertainment activity when added to an empty cool-whip container!

You get the idea, we'd be lost without you mom.

Thanks for being there for me always and never letting me feel alone or like I wasn't worth anything. You are one of the greatest gifts my Heavenly Father has given me. Thanks for being you!

R.I.P. Hot pocket

This Saturday brian's jeep salsa aka hot pocket was taken too early from this earth when another driver ran a stop sign and they collided.

He was only 2 blocks from getting home too, making him a statistic:) The fire department had to use a giant crowbar to open the hood to turn off the horn. Luckily the ambulance had to leave with no one in it. Brian suffered minor injuries and the other driver and his children were fine. According to the witnesses it should have been worse.

However, after his adjuster looked at the car we got the awful call that it was totaled. We are so sad. It was the first vehicle we bought brand new off the lot. She only had 50 miles when we took her home in dec of 2004 and only 58k when she passed. So many wonderful adventures have been enjoyed in our jeep.



We decided it's not her fluids but her tears!


Finally got the hood open.


All that remains from the jeep. A small part of the hood latch we found in the street.

As kassidy said:
Hot Pocket is in that big parking lot in the sky!

We will miss you!

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Location:El paso

Movies and smiles

In abbeys gifted class they are making a community. She chose the movie theatre by our house. She is so proud. She dictated the size of the cuts we made on the boxes and told us where everything with hot glue was to be placed. She's so darn awesome!!



Pict of actual theatre



Abbeys version. All the kids at school kept stopping by to say it the movies by our house or it looks just like the movies! Each phrase made her little shy smile get a little bigger.
Good job abs we love you!

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Thanks

We did thanksgiving in St David with brian's brothers family this year. We had a great time.



Kassidy made all the napkins for us after a long Internet search. Very cool flowers!



Brian, kass, Charlotte, abs.


Brian put on his dads tie thinking he was so very funny and it was!


Abs saying cheese so she could eat!

I am so thankful for all I have especially an extended family that makes me feel so loved!

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Happy Turkey-lurky day!

Look at those luscious legs!!!



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Birthdays and laughs

Today is brian's birthday! So glad he came home so we could celebrate. What does any good dad do on his birthday? Buy his girls presents!!! A day full of shopping for him ended up a day full of shopping for us. He is so great that I know he wouldn't have it any other way. We got him the shirts he's always wanted but would not spend the money on and a coupon for running shoes of his choice:) I don't know what we would do without him!!!


Eating dessert of peanut butter cookies in bed watching shark week! Does it get better?- nope


Might be my fav pict of all time. This is life in our house. Any one good shot takes a million of these to get. Life is good!

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He's home!!!

Brian is home!! Brian is home!!!
We can now say deployment number three is under our belts. We were blessed enough for it to be shortened by a few months. It's so nice to have him home.


Waiting for dad to come in


Found him!


Guys coming in


Lining up to be told job well done now go home!


Get my bags and get outta here


Home!! I will repeat home!!!
So glad we have Brian. He makes us all so happy.

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Location:Fort bliss