Snow Day

A couple of weeks ago I thought we saw the last snow of the season.


I was sure we made it over the last snowy hill, and Spring was just on the other side.


Even the trees seemed to be doing a "here comes spring dance."


But then,


It snowed AGAIN!!!!


Notice, the snow is actually falling sideways in this picture.


Well, what better to do on a snow day,


then play Superheroes!


Save the world,


and make Matzo Ball soup for lunch.


So thats what we did.

My Son The Super Hero!

I thought I would share my family's Halloween experience.
This year I asked my son what he wanted to be for Halloween and not surprisingly he answered “Spiderman.” I thought to myself – Why did I even ask? I should know that. Suddenly it hit me, we have passed the point, where as a parent I can pick out his Halloween costume.

This realization made me kind of sad. In the past I have really enjoyed picking out his costumes.

His first year
he was a lobster


followed by a monkey


and last year, true to my Parrothead roots, I chose the Shark Costume.


The shark was my favorite.


However this was another milestone in the world of Sawyer Bean,
Picking out his own costume.
Spiderman.


He made a terrific Spiderman, it's almost as if he was born to be Spiderman.


It could just be me, but I swear he got faster with that costume on. It was like, as soon as he put it on he didn't stop running.




I also learned something new this year, just in case someone else might find it useful I'll share.
When you get your child's costume, if you are planning on having them wear "warm clothes" underneath, BE SURE to have them try it on with clothes underneath it the first time! Unless they are planning to wear a coat over their costume, in that case, good luck with that.

I did not do this,
instead we let him try on his costume and run around the house for hours. When it was time to put the costume on for Halloween it took me an hour to convince him that he needed to wear clothes underneath it. He insisted that Spiderman doesn't do it that way, and I insisted that Spiderman's mom said that he does! Eventually after MUCH convincing he put the costume over his clothes and had a very Happy Halloween. Overall we had a really great Halloween, I hope you did too!

Happy Birthday to You

Happy Birthday Papa!
Here is your cake

Happy birthday, we miss you!
Don't forget to make your wish!

08.08.08

today is my dad's 60th birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY POPS!

We got you a Birthday treat!
Make a wish!
I know it will come true!
May you always have a school boy heart!!!!

Love you, Happy Birthday!!!!

Sorry, Nana Sue

Happy Birthday to you,
Nana Sue!!!

The other day was Nana Sue's birthday. I knew this.
I was waiting for my husband and son to get home so we could all call and sing or at least wish her a Happy Birthday. My husband even remembered from work and we agreed that we would call later that night.

Only then, we picked up Sawyer and ended up going out and WE DIDN'T CALL!
:0 :0 :o
YES, we forgot to call on Nana Sue's birthday, I am SO sorry!

However to make it up to you Nana Sue
we bought you a cupcake.

and included a candle, so you have one birthday wish you need to make!

I didn't know if you preferred chocolate
so I got this one also.
Technically, this is good for another wish because both candles and cupcakes are for you!
It's your birthday and in your birthday month you can NEVER have too many wishes,
or cupcakes for that matter!

If you didn't live half way across the country from us we would deliver them, I thought about mailing them however, I just don't think after shipping they would seem as special. Under the circumstances we will probably eat them for you, besides pictures last longer. :)

We just wanted to make sure you to know how special you are to us.
We feel SOOOO incredibly lucky to have you in our life.
Enjoy your birthday wishes!

WE LOVE YOU
!!!!!Happy Birthday Late!!!!!

I am a blog slacker!

While on Vacation I completely slacked on posting blogs! I am an official blog slacker! But what do you do? I was on Vacation, so the following six blogs are "flash back blogs" of my trip back to Colorado. I hope you enjoy them!:)

Catching up with Family

After a week by myself my husband and son joined me in Colorado.
It was really nice to catch up with family.

Sawyer really enjoyed visiting Colorado. His Papa took him fishing.

They didn't catch any fish.

They did spot this duck who had a great sunning spot.

After fishing we climbed trees.

and met a new friend in the park.

A girl and her lens

This week I bought a new lens.

AND I LOVE IT!!!! LOVE IT, LOVE IT!

I have yet to take it off my camera.

I have been snapping shots of my family since I opened the box.

Check out the depth of field I get!
I can't put it down I think it is my new favorite!

My family is over it already,

O.K. REALLY over it.

However, I LOVE IT!!!!

REALLY LOVE IT!Thank you Canon for making it for me, and then selling it to me!
I love it! Did I say that already?

You can DOOOOOOO It Dad!

My dad just casually mentioned to me, he quit smoking two months ago. Two months is HUGE when quitting smoking, (Heck, two hours is huge when quitting smoking) especially after xxx amount of years.
He said to me “Aim, it's so hard, I loved smoking”. All I can say is:
I know Dad, I know. I have SO been there. It sucks (at first) to give up those “addicting little friends”. After all cigarettes are always there to fill the void in life whenever you feel you need something but don't know quite what. Unless, of course you run out and can't make it to the store to buy more. However cigarettes are not your friends. YOU DON'T NEED THEM ANYMORE!
You have us, we smell better and give better hugs!

For this accomplishment I would like to express how incredibly proud of you I am. The road can be difficult. So for you, and anyone else fighting the same battle, I will leave you with the following statements of encouragement. They help me when I am faced with a challenge:

“You can DOOOOOOOO it!”-Rob Schneider from all the Adam Sandler movies

“Keep moving forward!!!”- Walt Disney

"Never measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was." Dag Hammarskjöld

"You did it Pops, you did it!" your grandson

and also some famous words of wisdom:

“Yesterdays are over my shoulder, So I can't look back for too long,
There's just too much to see waiting in front of me, and I know that I just can't go wrong!!!!”
-YOU KNOW IT! The Great One - Jimmy Buffet

Dad, you deserve a Hug!

and some flowers

and some gum!

We are working on a third generation Parrothead here
and we need you.

So KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! WE LOVE YOU!!

AND WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!!!!!!!!!