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Cookie Date

Published on September 5, 2012September 18, 2012 by 7friarys1 Comment

The girls enjoyed their first day of school yesterday. Lucy and I kept busy all day long. We made some cookies for our first day of school cookie date with Chloe and Megan (Emma was a field hockey practice). We also started working in one of her workbooks. She was a little quiet without the girls here, though. As the bus pulled away this morning she said “I miss the girls already”.

Cousin Cookout times 2!

Published on September 3, 2012September 18, 2012 by 7friarysLeave a comment

We ended the summer with two really nice parties with our families. Jon’s mom threw her annual cousin cookout on Saturday. I didn’t get as many pictures as I would have liked. I thought maybe if I ran around with my camera all day people would have thought I was crazy. I did get a couple of cute ones with Lucy and Sam.

Flowers by Marlene

As you can see I didn’t care if my parents and brother’s thought I was crazy with my camera:

They made me figure out the self timer on this one in less then 30 seconds. I love the expressions on everyone’s faces!

I was a little sad leaving both parties this weekend. We only get together with our extended family once a year now that we live so far away and everyone is busy raising their own families. I love having these pictures to look back on. I know that we have made so many nice memories for our girls.

Saying Goodbye

Published on June 5, 2012September 18, 2012 by 7friarysLeave a comment

I lost my grandmother yesterday. I was on my way to see her one last time when my father called to tell me that she passed away. I knew it was coming for weeks but that didn’t make it any easier. Watching my mom cry made me think of the day that I will have to say goodbye to her and the day that my girls will have to say goodbye to me. I think it is so important to tell those you love how much they mean to you. No one ever gets sick of hearing “I love you”.

I will always remember how much my grandmother loved me and how I could do no wrong in her eyes. I still have sweaters and blankets that she knit for me. I will always remember the dolls that she made me when I was little and how she always let me take a sip of her Burbon Slush when no one was looking. I will remember her lecturing me in the morning that I wasn’t eating a big enough breakfast. And how mad she would get at my grandfather when he would tell her to leave me alone. My grandfather died 18 years ago today and I can picture him waiting at the gates of Heaven saying “What the hell took you so long?” Finally they are together again.

It’s going to be very hard saying good bye to her this week but I will treasure my memories forever.

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