25 Years In The Making!

This October we will celebrate 25 years of Marriage. We Honeymooned in San Diego, California. Well, we just took a Family Vacation & went back to the same place. We had such a good time!

(Us at "Our Restaurant" on the water!)

The first day we got there, we went to Sea Port Village, it's some cute little shops & places to eat right on the water. As we were walking we spotted the restaurant we had eaten at on our Honeymoon. It's where I discovered my favorite seafood; Mahi Mahi! It's also where we first tasted Shark & Swordfish! Great memories!

 (Kyle at the Pirate Shop)

 (Our Beautiful Daughter Erica)

 (Little Lady Lexi)

 (Zach & his Girlfriend, Kendra, having a Titanic moment!) :)

They have an old fashioned Carousel there which we rode together on our Honeymoon as well. And we were talking about if someone had told us we'd be back 25 years latter, having been through so much & having had 4 Children, ages 14 - 21, we probably wouldn't have believed them. So of course we made our kids all ride the Carousel with us! :) 

 (Lexi on the Carousel)

 (Erica)

 (Kendra & Zach)

 (Kyle, with my Nephew's little boy, Rylind)

 (John & I, 25 Years Latter! And still in Love!)

It was a great way to start our Vacation out! Reliving the Memories of the past while making new ones with our kids!

Happy Father's Day To The Best Dad In The World!

I couldn't have chosen a better Father for our Children! 

He's a Protector & a Provider.

He's Talented & Gifted. 

He's Loving & Giving. 

He's Serious & Silly!`

And He's all ours! 

Happy Father's Day to the Man of My Dreams! 

Our Favorite Childrens/Teen Books!

The Other day my kids were asking me what their favorite Books 

were when they were little.

 That's one of the great things about Books, 

when they speak to you, you always remember them! 

So if like me, you're always looking for new Books for your kids to read,

I thought I'd share some of our favorites with you . . . .

 Kyle

Age 22 (next Month)

 Love You Forever

(all 4 of my kids have their own copy of this one!) 

 I Hate Superman! 

(I set this one out at his High School Graduation Party!)

 Everybody Needs A Rock

(When he was little my Dad use to take him for walks 

& they would look for special rocks together!)

 The Outsiders

(Here's how I got him to read this Book)

Zach

Age 20

Zack's Alligator

(With his name in the title, how could he not like this one?)

Nicky The Swamp Dog

 (I have a picture inside the book of him in Grade School 

meeting the Author & getting this book autographed!)

 Left Behind The Kids

(He had over 20 Books in this series!)

 Redwall

 (His favorite series!)

 The Lord Of The Rings

(He's actually re-reading these Books again right now!)

Erica & Lexi

Age 14

 Twins

 (You would think this Book was written about them!) 

The Little Green House

(Another Book about Twins from Twins Magazine)

 Harry Potter

(We have all the Movies as well!) 

 The Hunger Games

(You can read about our Hunger Games midnight Movie Premier here!)

And last but not least: 

Twilight

(Here's our Twilight Tour of Forks, WA. where the Books are set!)

Well, that's what my kids loved to read! 

What are some of your kids favorites?

Eighth Grade Graduation Photo Shoot

My Baby Girls are Eighth Grade Grads! 

I don't think I'm ready for High School! 

But, the girls sure are!

Like I did with both my Boys when they Graduated from Eighth Grade, 

I took them to a local park & had a Photo shoot 

to commemorate the occasion. 

As you know, I like to take pictures,

yes, I was the photographer!

I even got paid for my photography:

We found a pair of Coach Sunglasses in the park! 

Erica looked them up on line & they cost $158.00! Score! :)

Erica Starr

 

 

 

Alexia Jewell

 

 

 

We took the girls' BFF Brianna too!  

We told the girls, now if you're getting pictures taken together, 

you will have to stay friends for the rest of your lives! 

 They said: We were already planning on it! Duh! :) 

8!

My best camera, is the old fashioned kind. 

You know, that actually uses real film! 

(Yes they still make those)

 But when we had the 5 rolls of film developed,

they said "That will be $78.00!"

 $78.00, for 5 rolls of film?!

 Guess the whole world is going digital!

So, unless you have your own dark room & can develop your own pictures, 

you have to go digital!

So, we will be buying a better digital camera! :) 

I saw this saying the other day on a Greeting card at work:

and it has become one of my favorites! 

"Here's to Good Women!

 May we Be them! 

May we Know them!

May we Raise them!"