Happy Mother's Day!

I woke up this morning - and Campbell ran up to me and hugged me and said Happy Mother's Day! Charlie followed suit, naturally, and gave me lots of hugs. That was the best gift ever! Here is a flower pot Campbell painted at school...isn't it cute?

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Once again, it has been a while since I posted anything! Christmas was crazy!! But good! I completed all orders by 12/15 - so I had a week to get my act together and get organized. We left for New Jersey on 12/23 - and we had a good time!



Here are some pictures from Christmas....

Happy 2009!!!

Happy Turkey Day!

We had a great time today at Pop's Pond! Campbell caught her 1st fish - all done while wearing a princess dress, of course! I'm also attaching a picture of the Turkey (Cupcake) Cake that I brought....isn't this cute?!

It's been too long!

Has it really been almost a month? My poor blog. Things have been pretty busy around here!

We had a wonderful time in Martha's Vineyard. What a gorgeous place. As soon as I make my first million, I will buy a house there! I love it so very much.

We had a nice time visiting Keith and Karin - and more importantly, spending time with Bonnie and Daddy Ken. They are amazing people - and I only hope I can be half as wonderful when I am 85 and 86!

Here are some pictures from the trip....

A great trip to New Hampshire and Martha's Vineyard!

We had such a great time in NH and Martha's Vineyard! The kids were really good the whole time - with a few minor meltdowns here & there - of course! We arrived in Boston on Sunday 8/31 at 2 pm EST. We hopped in the car and got to Moutlonborough, NH around 5:30 p.m. We were amazed at how beatiful Keith & Karin's house / location was! They live right on a lake looking into some mountains in the distance. A truly peaceful place. We got to have dinner with Bonnie & Daddy Ken that night - which was a great treat as DK has only been to dinner (out) 4 times since May. He seemed in good spirits - and Bonnie seemed very happy to have us there.

Reflections of Bonnie's 85th

Finally, I have some pictures from last weekend. Before we left, I did not have time to go and get a new lithium battery, and after a failed attempt at Wal-Mart, I could not find the size I needed in the small town in Florida where we were staying. So, I had to rely on my father-in-law a.k.a. Papa Kim to snap some shots. Well, I got so ancy around Saturday afternoon when I saw him just sitting there missing so many great shots...so I asked to take a few. About 100 pictures later, I got some great ones of the kids at the beach...and also some shots of little Charlie taking a sip of his first beer (aww, how cute).

We spent all day Saturday at the Kuersteiners family beach house. I think it has been in their family for over 75 years. Their mother, Martha Lee Kuersteiner, has EIGHT children. Wow! And her sister, Bonnie, who is my husband's grandmother, had SIX. You can only imagine how many cousins, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, uncles, aunts, etc. etc. that were there! It was crazy. But, they were all so wonderful.

On Saturday night, there was a big dinner to honor Bonnie - and almost 60 people were there - ALL RELATED! Crazy. Everyone stood up and gave toasts to Bonnie, and it was truly touching to hear all of the stories. As a parent, I think you hear things differently....all of her children had such loving words and such wonderful memories to share. However, what struck me the most was how much her grandchildren had to say. Almost every grandchild stood up (there are 17) and said something about Bonnie. They all had such specific memories of her singing to them, taking them places, and doing special things with them. It made me realize how MUCH time she spent with them - and really, that is all that matters! We spend so much time trying to give our kids things - when really, all they want - is our time!

Bonnie said one thing in her speech that really rang true to me...she said: "Money is not important, nothing is important in this life - except for LOVE and passing down Love and Values to your children..so that they can pass them on to theirs".....so true.

Here is a family photo of my family + all of Ken's brothers, their dad, and Bonnie. We had a wonderful time!

Bonnie's turning 85!

Tomorrow we are heading to Florida for Bonnie's 85th birthday celebration....we are excited to see all of the extended family - aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. etc. We have not seen baby Colin in a year - he is now almost 2!! Crazy how time flies. I think Charlie and Colin will have fun playing together on the beach and eating sand. The bummer of the trip is that we leave/take off at 7:00 a.m. which means getting everyone up at 5 am!! Yikes...should be a long & lovely day. Ha. When we arrive at the Pensacola airport, we then drive for 3 hours to get to St. Theresa, FL. Wow. At least we know that we'll be hitting the beach as soon as we get there!

Here are a few recent pictures of Campbell & Charlie.....thought I would share!




Campbell was thrilled when we came home the other day....and the sprinklers shot on!! Immediately in her favorite bathing suit and running like crazy!




Charlie at his first haircut.....this was taken BEFORE he realized that the woman had scissors and was going to snip his hair....lots of tears and screams followed this picture...priceless!



LOTS more pictures to follow next week of our adventure in Florida, I'm sure!