Wordless Wednesday

A Glorious summer's evening at Lake Michigan .....The sky was a picture to behold....
Mother & child...nothing more beautiful!

A Day At Mimi's

The boys spent part of the day at Mimi and Grampa's on Saturday. We made a home-made sandbox for the large bucket of Florida sand I brought back from my vacation to Sandestin Beach last month. I spread out a blanket on the front porch, since the grass was wet from all our rain and let the boys have at it. Gray was facinated by the feel of the sand and he had a ball scooping and digging for the sea shells I hid in the sand. Noah had more fun helping make the sandbox. Carter got bored right away and decided to just ride in the big red car.

Mimi's Cubby Bears

These are my little Cubby Bear Grand-son's....Carter, Gray & Noah...I love this picture, taken last year. I can't believe Carter started Kindergarten, Noah 1st grade and Gray will be "2" in October.

Wordless Wednesday

One of my favorite pictures from my "Sister Vacation" the last week of July....in Sandestin Beach, Florida....

Good-bye Dean!

My neice Dayna, and her fiancee Rob are getting married in 3 weeks in "Jamaica"......

They are glued to the weather channel watching as Hurricane"Dean" threatens their wedding site. My prayers are with them today and the days to come that their plans will go on without a problem. They also live near the Gulf, so I am also praying for their safety as well as my sister and other family members in Louisiana and Texas. They all bounced back after hurricane "Rita". My sister is in the background of this picture looking like a guardian angel...Love her! My nephew, Chad is also peeking in the background too...

"Wordless Wednesday"

Grand-daughter Abby on the beach last Saturday... 5 months old...Isn't she the cutest little bathing beauty?

Abby at the Beach

This is my little grand-daughter Abigail, just turned 5 months old. At Lake Michigan....she didn't know what to think when her daddy let her toes touch the water...she is such a little cutie pie....

Her mommy, Elsa & daddy, my son, Nate, wanted her to see the beach for the first time. She was facinated by the sand. Aren't they a beautiful family? My son is looking forward to the next child, but Elsa wants to wait a while, of course....She's smart!

My Grandkids....Bring me Joy

These are my "4" Grandchildren in action...Carter, Abby, Noah and Grayson. My daughter has the three energetic boys and my son has the sweet girl....These 4 little miracles bring me more joy than I can explain. Gray recently learned to say "Mee Mee" and it is so cute......Every time he see's a blue mini-van, he says Mee Mee, and Steph, my daughter says, when she passes a building at the end of her street, he says Mee Mee....something at that spot reminds him of me..who knows what? Another thing that Gray does which melts my heart is, when he comes to church, he runs as fast as his little legs can go to get to me on the stage, where I sing back-up. He moves his little arm up and down while running like he is pumping so hard to get to me. I have always been close to the boys and hope I have that closeness with Abby as well. My son loves to share with me all the new things she is doing and changes, such as teeth and giggling. He even called me while I was on vacation last week to let me hear her first giggle. I could go on and on about my favorite subject. Can you tell that I am a very happy MiMi?

Wordless Wednesday

My Sister Vacation Last Week...at Sandestin Beach, Florida....Thanks Sis!

I'm Back from Vacation

I am back from a Glorious Vacation with my sister, Diane. We had the best time and didn't waste one minute. We were up by 5:30 drinking coffee on our balcony overlooking the ocean and taking in every second. I celebrated my 51st Birthday and 33rd wedding anniversary this past week. By the way, thank you to everyone who sent me Birthday wishes. I was amazed and overwhelmed to read them all. There is too much to tell about my trip, but I will be posting lots of pictures so you can see for yourself how much fun we had.

Go Mimi, It's Your Birthday

This is Steph here, taking over Mom's blog for the day- it's her birthday!

Mom, you don't look like you could really be 51 years old now, but I love how proud of your age you are. You're a wonderful example that life only gets better through the years, and age is just a number. You'll always and forever be a kid at heart.

So eat all the frosting off your birthday cake today!

I love you!

Getting Ready for Vacation

I am getting ready for my Big vacation with my Sister and have been too busy to Blog lately. This is a dream for both of us...A Sister Vacation in Florida on the sandy beach....I will be flying out tomorrow to her home town and then we both will be driving the trip to our paradise for 6 days. I will post our vacation pictures when I get back...so...until then....Everyone have a Great Week....Stay Safe....

Wordless Wednesday

In Memory of a precious little girl named "Hannah"

MeMe

I was tagged by Amy

Four jobs I've held:

1. Daycare/Pre-school teacher


2. 2nd Grade Teacher Assistant


3. Insurance Customer Service Representative


4. Administrative Assistant

Four movies I can watch over again:

1. Four Seasons


2. Steel Magnolia's


3. Beaches


4. Home Alone

Four places I have lived:

1. Chicago, Illinois
2. Dolton, Illinois
3. Northwest Indiana
4. Northwest Indiana

Four t.v. shows I watch:

1. Food Network/Paula's Homecooking, Paula Deen


2. Will and Grace


3. 7th Heaven


4. Big Brother

Four places I've been on vacation:

1. Orlando Florida-Disney World


2. Colorado Rocky Mountains


3. Gatlinburg Tennessee/Pigeon Forge


4. Virginia Beach

Four favorite foods:

1. Miller Pizza Co. Deep Dish Cheese Pizza, when Not following Weight Watcher's


2. Egg Plant Parmesan (Olive Garden)


3. Chicken Alfredo


4. Fried Ice Cream

Four websites I visit:

1. Amy at my wonderful men
2. Steph at Adventures in Babywearing
3. Lori at Glass Half Full
4. Sheryl at peanut butter and jelly boats

Four people I am tagging:

1. Kimmy at Melchert family
2. Shana at My 3 Wiseman
3. dawn at dawn and jimmy
4. anyone else want to play????

Throwback Thursday

I came across this picture even though it is not a way back throwback...it was taken Jan. 2006 while babysitting my grand-sons, Noah and Carter. My daughter came home and found us like this, so she grabbed her camera. I just love this picture of my 2 little angels. Gray must have been with his mommy & daddy....I would have had to stick him in the middle. I will try to put an oldie but goodie up next Throwback Thursday. Thanks pinks & blues girls for another fun Throwback Thursday!

WACKY WEDNESDAY

Is this the life, or what? Happy Wacky Wednesday! Don't forget to check out Amy's Wacky Wednesday

My Family Table

These are our Family Table's. Lori at glass half full is hosting a Family Table assignment. Mike and I have dinner in the kitchen. I usually start dinner at 5:30, when I get home from work. He will not start eating until I sit down. He is very respectful and patient. Sometimes it takes a little longer for my food to cook since I try to follow the Weight Watcher's program, but he still waits until everything is finished before he starts eating. I remodelled our kitchen with a fun Fat Chef theme and really like being in my kitchen.

When our family comes for dinner, we sit in the dining room. We have the grown-ups table and the grand-kids table. I love being in the dining room cause it is a calm airy room.









I have to say that when I was taking pictures for this post, I was cleaning up the kitchen table to make it look perfect, but really, it is perfect when the family is sitting around the table and we are saying Grace, holding hands and wiping up messes! Thanks Lori...this was fun!

Throwback Thursday - Unkie Nake

This is my son, Nate with my grand-son Noah, who is now 6 years old. He is a very Proud Uncle to his now 4 nephews...This is such a sweet picture with Noah's hand on Nate's cheek. He is also a very proud daddy to Abby, who is 4 months old. He loves to visit the toy stores and look for what he can get the boys. I still have all of Nates toys at my house that he had growing up, so now they are passed down to his nephews who are always saying "I love to play with Uncle Nake's toys"....so special...I told him when he has a boy, he can take all his toys back...

Don't forget to visit pinks & blues throwback thursday....they are the founder of this fun day.

"Wacky Wednesday"

This is my grand-son Carter after his first haircut. What a face! Thought this would be a good Wacky picture......He turned 5 years old yesterday! Don't forget to Visit Amy's Wacky Wednesday...A Must See!

I had another fun filled weekend, starting at 5:30 on Friday. We took dinner to Woodland Park in our town with Steph and the grand-son's. They had so much fun playing. This is Gray behind a plastic bubble. Every time I would walk away from him, he would cry for me. This look says "I love you Meeee Meeee".........Noah had his tongue out in this picture of he and Carter on the space shuttle. The boys were so in awe of the skateboarders as we watched them do tricks before we left. I love Friday Summer evenings such as this...simple, but fun. Then, Saturday morning, I watched my little Abby girl so her mommy could work at her yard sale and her daddy went golfing.....Mike and I went to see Shrek 3 in the afternoon, then Abby came back over while her mommy and daddy went out for dinner...So like I said, it was a very busy Saturday. My kitchen floor needs some attention from being ignored, but who cares??? I have learned to not swet the small stuff and enjoy what is important, my family!