THEY CALL ME... MEME!

Monday, July 29, 2013

Hold your place in time~



Sarah Rose...

Will you stop
and hold your place in time?
I am enjoying 7 and 3/4,
and I think you are too!
You will be 8 soon~
I can only imagine the year ahead!
I hope you keep this smile all year long!
I love you Miss Rosie~
Don't you ever forget it!

Friday, July 26, 2013

A FOND FAREWELL...and We catch the Fever!

Beckie and Vanessa have Molly Hayes over for 
a farewell lunch and swim~  Molly had her neice Lucy, 
and nephews George and Xavier!  Sarah, Molly, Ainsley, and
Ethan enjoyed making new friends!


Molly is off on new adventures and we wish her
the very best!  See you in Costa Rica Molly Dolly!



Guess where we are off to?
On Saturday, the 13th, Beckie Bridget and I went to the 
airport and picked up Tegan, Kelley and Layla~
After quick hello's and kisses, we took Kelley with us and
sent Tegan home with Layla!
Us girls were ready to see Justin Beiber~
A friend had been trying to "give away" tickets to the concert~
the company's court side loge, no less, so I said YES!

We BELEIVE...
well, not really but we were happy to be together~
The little girls in the crowd were screaming and
I think my big girls got caught up in the frenzy too!

Kelley had spent the night before in Denver with her best
friend Chelsea, who painted her nails with 
Heart
B
Look how close we were!
Two little girls in front of our loge told my
girls that
 "Justin wasn't interested in girls your age...
he prefers younger girls"!!!
They tried to trick us with trivia questions to see
who knew more about Justin... 
They won~
But my girls still had a blast!

It was a fun night~
after all, girls just want to have fun!

Meanwhile, 
back at my house, Dave and Tegan where watching
SARAH
MOLLY
CAYDEN
MYA 
AND 
LAYLA

What a week we were about to have~

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Fourth of July... All Wards~All Weekend!

Meigan and Dennis had their annual 4th of July party!
Dinner and Fireworks
All the out of town Wards came home for the weekend~
including number 9 grandbaby, Ainsley, who was baptized on 
Saturday July 6th!
Meigan was in her GLORY! Goat made shirts for each
and all 9, in their birth order number, posed for the camera! 
1 thru 9
How ADORABLE is that?
Number 10 is due in Sept~ thanks to Conor and Erin!

Kevin and his sweet Ava, looking so festive!
There was a PARTY in her hair!

Goat and Katie with their main man, Mac!

The lovely Miss Em~ looking beautiful in 
RED WHITE AND BLUE!

Dave and his buddy Danny
just hanging out together!


My Sarah and Molly found the perfect seat for the 
fireworks!

We had such a great day!  Thanks for another fun 4th of July Wards!
Matt did another FABULOUS job!

My girls...
So fun at the Wards!


On Friday we headed to downtown Cleveland
for a Cyle Tour~  Brendan, Kelly, Dave, Sue, Steve, Laura,
Gary, Kathy, Meigan, Dennis, Dave and I set out to
visit some bars in Cleveland!

Steve and Laura getting ready to peddle their way
around Cleveland!

We had to wave and smile for many camera's, as people had never
seen anything like this bike before!!

First stop...
We were feeling whipped from peddling so hard!~

Stops like this one...
kept us all well hydrated for the long ride!
Some were more thirsty than others...
Just saying!
SEE???

Another stop...
and yet another...
THE GIRLS...
THE GUYS!
Dave and I had so much fun!
After the bike bar ride, we headed to the Jake...
I WILL ALWAYS CALL IT THE JAKE!
to see the Indians take on the Detroit Tigers~
We had great seats, thanks again Dennis and Meigan,
right behind home plate!



It was a beautiful night in Cleveland!
The Tribe lost
but we had the best time
and the FIREWORKS were incredible! 

We loved having Steve and Laura stay with us and we
loved our ALL WARD ALL WEEKEND adventure!

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

My Brown Eyed Girl Turns 6!


Molly Carolyn is not a baby any more!
She is 6 now!
Ready for first grade in the fall!
She makes my heart beat...
Those eyes of hers melt my heart...

Her favorite gift...
Her new ballet tutu!
Molly says~
"I think Ballet is really my thing!"
Just don't give up the violin my dear!

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Loving our PAPA!

Sarah and Molly got to celebrate Papa's birthday with him!
They were singing...
and wishing good things right along with Papa!
On Fathers Day they showered him with love...
and the BEST PAPA EVER award!
Papa got busy helping Beckie trim some trees!
Meme was a nervous nelly the ENTIRE time!
Just look at me at the ladder...
head in my hands... I just can't look!
Seriously... let's stop!
Cleaning out the gutters first~
Then trimming trees branches!
Look out below!
Kathy B... does this look familiar to you?  Remember the rope from
the W. 226th street tree we took down together?
Beckie and I are doing our best!
Well maybe not... We are just posing!   Dave took this picture before he went back up to cut
the branch we were going to pull away from the house!

Good news... we cleared the house!  We all worked so hard that day~
what a great work out!

Taking a five minute break at one point!
I'll take Pilates over manual labor any day!
Bek thought we were so funny sitting on her porch!
Dave also gave Beckie's riding mower a tune up!
She is ready to tackle all the summer chores at her house now!

Now she just needs to have the house painted...
Any takers?
Yikes!

Thanks Dave for being such a great Dad/Papa to our kids 
and their kids!