Shadow? Whatever. I need a HUG!

Bulletin People:

Spring is NOT right around the corner. Dumb groundhog.

Read "I Need A Hug!". This is a great book by a classroom of first graders. They wrote it, and illustrated it! It is a wonderful little story!!
Molly, waking up from a nap in my bed. A smile on her face!
Ready to read some more books...
Ready to have someone... ME... read more books to her!
I will always read to you Molly!! Any where. Any time!

Patty Duke had nothing on these girls!

Remember the Patty Duke show... that catchy little tune that went with it? Meet Patty, you know the one. But their cousins....

Mine goes like this....

But their Sisters,

Identical sisters...

One pair of matching bookends...
Different as night
and day!
I loved that show. I loved Patty and Kathy! I wanted some of both of their personalities!! These two sure are different from one another. They just keep me on my toes... and to think they are only 4 and 2!!

Sarah ... Defying Gravity!

Isn't she WICKED?

Say What?

Cayden got some new shoes. Some really loud shoes. Some really loud, SQUEAKY shoes. Some really loud, SQUEAKY, COULD GET VERY ANNOYING, MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE SQUEAKER OUT, shoes. But for now, they encourage his walking, which is why I bought them! So, squeak away, little boy, squeak away!

This little guy just melts my heart!

Wordless Wednesday ~ Cayden Walks!

Shorter... and shorter I go!

Making my life simpler...
One haircut at a time.

Happy Birthday Bridget Diana!

Happy Birthday to my little namesake, Bridget Diana! You continue to amaze me with your strength and determination when it comes to your little boots, Cayden! You are a wonderful daughter, an excellent mother, a loving wife and your spirit shines in all you do! I love you very much Scootie, and don't you forget it!!

Bridget and Cyle

Bridget and her Daddy... Wedding Day !


October 13th...

Bridget and Cayden... at the lake on his first birthday!

Bridget and Cayden... just before his first haircut!

Bridget and her "Boots"!

Bridget's cute little family!

Happy 27th Birthday!!! Can't wait to see what the future holds for you! I love you!

Beatles Rockband and The Ones Who Thought They Could Still Rock Out!

Our good friends, Meigan and Dennis invited us to a BEATLES ROCKBAND PARTY... we were told we would be making homemade pizza's and forming bands of four to make Beatles music for this FAB FOUR party.

We had a absolute blast! Everyone was willing to make a fool of himself or herself so it made for a real riot of laughs!! Check out our pictures...

Band mates... Marty and Dennis sing.

Kathy tries her best to distract Gary during the "Guys vs. Girls" portion of the night. Girls totally rocked and won that challenge!!

Teammates, Kathy, Gary, Dave and Mike!
We had dancers.... Mary Annis and Meigan show us how to do it 60's style!
We had singers... Mary Annis, Meigan, Kathy and Kathy belting it out for our listening pleasure!
Mike just ruled on lead guitar, Gary and Dennis could really NOT hit the high notes, Meigan and I were really not much better!!
So much fun for such Oldies but Goodies.
All you need is LOVE.

And some earplugs!!

Yea Yea Yea

Thanks Dennis and Meig!

Let's all stick with our chosen careers...K?

Too much of a good thing?

So I did pilates 4 times this week. This following a 2 hour session with my sister Frankie,

who is the queen of pilates. A teacher/trainer for PowerPilates. I did a mat class and a TRX class with my sister. Frankie is a fun, and energetic teacher. Her classes are always interesting. I have found a great pilates studio here called Western Reserve Pilates Studio. Beth and Karen, the owners, instructors, are also very good teachers. They work to keep the workout lively and fun! I am finding this is one form of exercise I actually love, yes, I said LOVE, and I am maybe overly enthusiastic about it... hence the 4 times in one week. I really wasn't sore. I really thought "No problem"... till this mornings mat class. I took a Circuit class, Trx/Tower class, Jumpboard class and was ending on the mat.

Sounds good, right? WRONG!!

My abs were so SCREAMING thru this last class that I thought I would die!!! I am working so hard just to get my body into shape! No pain, no gain. I have had changes.... my pants feel so loose I worry they might fall off... lost some inches I know. But it sucks to step on the scale and see that really I have gained some weight. I know, I know, muscle weights more and I am definitely building some muscle tone. I can only hope I can drop some pounds soon too!! I want to look like my older sister...

Yes, I said older!! Frankie is 22 months older than me. No one ever guesses that she is the older one. She has been an instructor for many years. She has tried and failed so many times to convince me that pilates was great. She lived in Dallas so I couldn't just take her classes. I think I so would have if we lived closer. Now she is in Columbus Ohio so the 2 hour drive is not so hard to do. I visit and always take a class or two!! So ok, I know I have my work cut out for me. Maybe I need to go 5 or 6 times a week!!! I really just want to be more fit. But, wouldn't it be grand if I did get a body like hers??? Frankie, I think you are fabulous at what you do. You encourage your students and have a genuine interest in their well being. I love you lots! Thanks for inspiring me... finally. Right??

Thanks Frankie and Tom for this past weekend!! Thanks for having us! Let's do it again soon!