Gavin's 8th Birthday!!

Children

I thought one day

I would be a famous artist

and create great works of art.

Instead, God made me a mother,

And my children are His masterpiece.

The design of their lives

Will live on after me.

What is painted on their hearts

Will last an eternity.

~Anonymous

A Night on the Town

Yes, we went out for our anniversary! Bryan surprised me by taking me to Teatro ZinZanni! We had been once before, a few years ago, and loved it! It was SO fun to go back, again! If you have never been, I suggest you go! Check it out at http://dreams.zinzanni.org/cinema.htm.

Thank you, my love, for a wonderful evening

and for 10 amazing years!

I love you!

Our 10th Anniversary!!!

"Going on a Berry Hunt..."

"...What a Beauuutiful Day!"

It's Official...

I finally did it! I joined a gym! I went this evening with Kim (of course). The best part was, I made her laugh so hard she fell off her treadmill! Well, not completely, but pretty darn near! It was awesome! Now that's funny! (Sorry Kim. Had to do it. Love you! This picture is just for you!)

Boating on Lake Union for my Mom's Birthday!

Finally...the last of our vacation pics!

Slide Show

So, I finally figured out how to do a slide show! Although, I didn't get captions put on there. One step at a time, eh? This slide show is of some of our adventures in Rapid City, South Dakota: Reptile Gardens, Dinosaur Park and Storybook Island. Enjoy! (And be sure to check back for more slide shows in the future!)

Vacation Pics...

Trevor's New Glasses

My little precious got glasses! Isn't he cute? He doesn't have to wear them all the time. They are just for reading and doing school work. I could tell immediately that he could see better and he is no longer straining to see his papers! Yea!

See if this makes you chuckle...

...or at least makes you sing a little song from your past...

Trevor felt like he needed to (very seriously) explain Sesame Street to me as he was watching it. He said, "Mom, there's going to be four things. One of things is going to be not like the other three." Thank you, Trevor. ; )

Ahhh...Wyoming

This is a picture of an article in the local paper about the Buffalo Bill Days Grand Western Parade...which, unfortunately, we missed by a day! The important thing to note is that the picture on the bottom right is my dad! He is a "cowboy action shooter"! Hee hee!

Water Park

In case you couldn't tell from my recent photos, we just got back from a trip to Wyoming to visit my family. (My dad, step-mom, and sister.) I'm sure it would make more sense to put all of my pictures in a slide show, but I don't know how to do that and I don't feel like figuring it out right now. So, I will just keep posting them a little at a time until they are all on here! This is one of the things the boys were most excited about doing when we were there. It is a new park "in town" (That's the terminology when you live in "the country".) that has water fountains for the kids to play in. If you look closely, you can tell the "city kids" from the "natives"... My boys are the only ones wearing water shoes! Ha ha!

Mini-Golf

Pirate's Cove Mini-Golf was just one of the many activities we did on our 36 hour jaunt (from Wyoming) over to South Dakota! We all had a blast!

Mount Rushmore; South Dakota

Happy Independence Day!

God Bless America! My dad, the boys, and me.

Devils Tower; Wyoming

In Kiowa Indian mythology it was said that...

Once upon a time, seven little girls were playing in the woods far from home when they came upon some bears that chased after them. They found refuge on a great rock that rose into the sky with them on it, making them into stars. The bears tried to pursue them, but all their efforts were in vain. You can still see the struggle and their claw marks in the rock.

Devils Tower is actually a "volcanic plug" that stands 1267 feet above the surrounding terrain. In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt named Devils Tower the First United States National Monument.