An honerable farewell

Recently we went to a military funeral for a very dear family member. This man served our country for over 30 years and even when discharged continued civil service. I will always remember him for his strong opinionated ways, hysterical humor, political views, awesome tenderness with the kids. He was a mans man.

I was so incredibly touched by the service, the horse drawn ride from the ceremony to grave site, playing taps, the gun salute and the presentation of the flag and casings..... a very emotional experience.

Mikayla and her cousin were able to ride along behind the horse next to the seasoned vet. I gained a whole new appreciation for what these men/women do even after they retire, they make it possible for families to still have the honor by those that know what it's like to serve. It was a very touching service.

A very touching experience and it makes me so appreciative. He will be missed. It was an honor to know him and to bid farewell to him with the respect he deserves.

My Craft Room View

This is what I see when I'm working in my scrap room. Today she was working on painting some frogs :) such fun times!!!!

The circus came to town :)

We had so much fun. Mikayla had a blast and really seemed to enjoy all the action, her favorite parts were the animal acts :)


Here's our circus star



Yum!!!





here is some of the circus... my camera didn't take very good pictures of the action but I did get a couple :)








They had a booth where they dress her up as a clown I will scan that picture to show later but here is our little clown, she looked soooo beautiful. She loves face paint.... she cried when we had to wash it off :(

Some scrapy work :)

It's been awhile since I posted any of my work but here is some of what I've been up to.

What a wonderful weekend!!

Happy 4th of July!!!! We didn't actually do too many activities but did enjoy just being together and being home! It was such a nice break! We spent some time at the book store, at Chuck E Cheese (my dad got his first Chuck E experience), with family, and just home, it was so nice!!!

Mikayla was SOOOOOOO funny, she was so excited and so happy that it was almost firework time, she would be far away and then come charging at me screaming "I'm soooooo happy" the drama behind that comment was soooo funny then she would fly into my arms completely knocking me over she had so much speed. It was sooooo funny! I absolutely love seeing her so happy.

Love the look on Jonathan's face.... he was mid-comando crawl LOL

I'm so bummed my pics are blurry but she loved and was afraid of the sparklers all at the same time.