Oh Dear!

dumb pictures.
Tate and his ladies.
What Emily wants in her room.
view from powder ridge


I'm sorry! I deleted that snarky post to avoid making anyone feel bad, but in mentioning it, I made people feel bad. I promise that if you even a tiny bit worried that it might be you, then it wasn't you. :) I ought to make a time limit for myself: no posts after 10 pm. Anything I say after that time I can't be held responsible for. :)
PS--how do I make the text come first, with the darn pictures underneath it?
PPS have a lovely Sabbath, everyone!

Don't I always have an explanation for everything?

baby Vinnie
All but 2 of the grandkids
Baby Vinnie
Paul and Emily
My Fam


So a few nights ago I was on the computer to do something and everyone else was in bed, even Mike. I was cranky, it was late, and I made a super-snarky post about mushy-brag posts, and I even posted it. I went upstairs, and five minutes later I was back downstairs deleting it. So there you go, that's why I had no new post from the weekend. Aren't you glad you clicked here just to know that???

more swimmin' pics

Swimming with Grandma Julie and the cousins

Here are some pictures (about 1/6th of what I took) from swimming at Powder Ridge last Thursday. I was able to take so many because I got to hold baby Vinnie while he napped! I can post some more later, but I will fall asleep if I sit here and wait to upload anymore pics right now. FYI, Emily, in her board shorts and swim shirt with her dolphin, was pretending to be a dolphin trainer at sea world. Pretty cute.

willow park: these are kind of loud

heirloom flowers, sort of

These are some flowers in our yard that used to be in Grandma and Grandpa Adams' yard. I'll never forget the first time I saw all those poppies in bloom that lined their driveway. WOW. If I can find it, I should scan in pictures of one-year old Emily with those poppies. I hope someday they'll fill in the space and produce more than 2 blooms, but I'm just so happy that they finally did bloom. From what Mike knows, Grandpa Adams' mother bred irises or made new kinds or however you put it. Thanks to Shaney for rescuing these flowers for us. Maybe someday I'll have a plant that people remember me by. I hope it's not a dandelion. :)

soccer. soo much soccer. and a gift w/purchase.

He's the red shirt in front, in his "silky soccer shorts".
lEmily had to sit out 2 quarters. Better pictures of her do exist.
aHere's Hayden waving from the goal.
One day Emily set up a stuffed animal photo studio. She has a lot of clients. This is one of my favorites. She needs to retake the pics of the sock animals she made. They are pretty sweet. You should ask her to make one for you!
Yesterday was the last soccer Saturday until 2010! Hooray! Tate scored his first goal ever, and rumor has it there's a picture of it out there somewhere! Your gift with purchase (ok, with viewing) is this website: www.instant-origami.com/. There are delightful movies of origami being created. Delightful meaning unusual and funny. It's safe; would I send you there otherwise??? Have a delightful week. I will; I am going to run errands by myself until I just don't have any to run, because this is about Tate's last week of school. MY BABY ISN'T OLD ENOUGH FOR FIRST GRADE. But that is another post........