gone but not forgotten

Your mother is always with you...

She's the whisper of the leaves
as you walk down the street.

She's the smell of bleach in
your freshly laundered socks.

She's the cool hand on your
brow when you're not well.

Your mother lives inside
your laughter. She's crystallized
in every tear drop...

She's the place you came from,
your first home.. She's the map you
follow with every step that you take.

She's your first love and your first heart
break....and nothing on earth can separate you.

Not time, Not space...
Not even death....
will ever separate you
from your mother....

You carry her inside of you....

today has been an especially hard day for bryan. it's his first mother's day without his mom. how very very heartbreaking. i could never imagine or begin to understand the hurt that he feels.

katie was very special, giving of herself, and thoughtful lady.

she is greatly missed by those who knew her best.

happy mothers day, katie.

today was probably katie's most favorite day of the year.

she was so very proud to be bryan and eriks mom and aubrees nana..

happy mommie's day

happy mothers day!

for this child i prayed..

thankful for god allowing me to be aburee's mommy.

i love her more than words could ever say..

we had an eventful day planned. we went out with our friends katie and doug and their baby olivia.

we had brunch at a local cafe, goodness gracious!

we had never been before and katie and i wanted something we'd never had. we made a great choice! it was so yummy!

we came home done some house cleaning and our neighbors had us over for a cookout!

wish it could've been spent with my mama, but we were in each others heart :)

mommy and aubree's new ride!

i am bound and determined to shed 13 pounds before we go on vacation the end of august. so to help me on my quest i ask for a bike for mothers day. hubby bought me one today, so when i got home from work miss aubree was so anxious to ride. she calls it a bickle~cycle. its the cutest thing! i ask her to say it all the time just so i can laugh! cracks me up.

bryan took a few snap shots of us while we were riding together. she had a ball. she'd tell me to go fast mommy! and she'd say wee! around the curves! we rode for almost 3 miles tonight. hopefully my legs wont be too tired to hop back on tomorrow :)

first trip to see the dentist

albo made her first trip to see the dentist today. for her its a battle of who she dislikes the most, the dentist or her pediatrician!

i've noticed a few spots on her front teeth that i was concerned about.

turns out.. she has 2 cavities on her front teeth!! :(

so sad!

dentist says it is very common it children her age and it will be an easy fix. we have an appointment set up next month to fix her pearly whites with poppy's help!

little albo will be back to normal!

inside the waiting room. its a pediatric dentist so they are focused on making kids feel very relaxed and comfortable.

aubrees favorite thing there was this horse. she rode it over and over!

our bad bad day :(

so, a lot of people were affected by the horrible storms that came through last week. while we had no where the amount of damage to our home as some people, we did get some minor damage.

we have 5 very large trees in our front yard, which are all dead. we were waiting to see of they bloomed this season before we cut them down because they added so much to out lot. o well, they've gotta go..

we had several large branches fall, one which went through our roof and made four holes. my water fountain was broken as well :(

this is the good news! all three of us are safe!

very thankful to the lord for watching over my little family :)

all of this can be replaced or repaired... we can not...

thank you lord for keeping us safe and helping me be thankful..

aunt susie & uncle teddy sent the easter bunny over!

this is a little late post.... but im doing it now! :0)

uncle teddy and aunt susie sent albo a sweet little easter card

with a surprise inside!

aubree refers to everying in increments of 2. everything takes two minutes, everything cost 2.99 at the store.

when she opened the card she said mommy! look 2 monies!

hilarious!

thanks so much ted and susie for her gift!

her favorite place in the wide world to shop is target. needless to say we immediately made a trip there after she opened her card. she could not wait to go shoppin!

miss prisses' new doo

i've been waiting awhile to get albo's hair cut. i wanted it to all get one length to cut into a bob. i couldn't stand any more, so, we went today for a haircut! it looks a million times better! she looks so grown up :)

she of course didn't forget that i promised her ice cream afterwards if she would sit real still and be good!