SLIPPING THROUGH MY FINGERS...

Since seeing MAMMA MIA I can't get this song out of my HEAD!!!!...So this is dedicated to my 2 Beautiful Daughters...

Schoolbag in hand She leaves home in the early morning

Waving goodbye With an absent-minded smile...

I watch her go With a surge of that well-known sadness...

And I have to sit down for a while....

The feeling that I'm loosing her forever,

And without really entering her world

I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter...

That funny little girl...

Slipping through my fingers all the time

I try to capture every minute The feeling in it

Slipping through my fingers all the time Do I really see what's in her mind?

Each time I think I'm close to knowing...

She keeps on growing...

Slipping through my fingers all the time...

Sleep in our eyes Her and me at the breakfast table

Barely awake I let precious time go by...

Then when she's gone There's that odd melancholy feeling

And a sense of guilt I can't deny...

What happened to the wonderful adventures?

The places I had planned for us to go...

Well some of that we did, But most we didn't ...

And why I just don't know.

Slipping through my fingers all the time...

I try to capture every minute. The feeling in it

Slipping through my fingers all the time...

Do I really see what's in her mind Each time I think I'm close to knowing...

She keeps on growing...

Slipping through my fingers all the time

Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture...

And save it from the funny tricks of time...

Slipping through my fingers....

10 Things I Know For Sure...

1. I Know My Children Love Me...And I Love Them...

2. I Know My Grandchildren Love Me...And I Love Them...

3. I Know Life Isn't Always Easy...

4. I Know I Want To Be Happy...

5. I Know I Love Babies...

6. I Know I Love To Travel...

7. I Know My Happiness is Determined By Me...

8. I Know Things Change...Not Always For The Better...

9. I Know I Need To Have A Good Attitude...

10. I Know Prayers Are Answered...

Yes, I am feeling a little down...and feel like my life is going in directions that I can't control. But, I am the only one that can make me HAPPY BY DAMN...and I am going to do it...(with the help of a good counselor.) I also know like Bon Jovi sings...It's My Life...It's Now or Never...I'm Not Going To Live Forever...(that's for you Linds)...

What Is It About Babies?...

Why is it that when a new baby comes into the room all the girls can't wait to hold them? Last night we had a party at Sue's house because my Mom. Dad, Nancy and Luke are leaving to go home today. The minute Rorke got there we all started passing him around...Don't you think because I am the Grandma I should be 1st to hold him?...No I was after Mckayla, Madi, and Macey...Babies are the best and we are so happy to have this beautiful new baby in our family...he is so loved and these cute little girls will one day have beautiful babies of their own!

Lindsey and Rorke...

Mckayla and Rorke...

Macey and Rorke...
Madi and Rorke...
How sweet are these special little girls?...

Fat Cats Again...

Luke wanted to go bowling...so you guessed it! It was off to Fat Cats again...I think this is my 3rd post about that place! We had a good time, bowling, laughing and just being together. Sorry I didn't get pictures of everyone...
Attendees:
Sue, Trish, Mckayla, Macey, Maryn, Nancy, Luke, Ty, Madi, Jacob, Owen, Lindsey, Craig, Hunter, Cole, Dave and Myself...


Cole with really red eyes...
Lindsey giving me a thumbs up...She had the Highest Score...Ya Linds
Ty and Madi...I think they were having fun?
Craig...Matching his boys with a Mohawk...He looks grumpy!
Lindsey took a picture of the scoreboard...
Jacob after he got a strike...Jacob had the Highest score on his team...Ya Jacob!
Madi and Makayla...
Cute Lukie...
Cute little Owen...
Hunter...
A Fun time was had by all...I think, maybe not Craig...just kidding...he always looks angry when I take his picture...Do you think he is trying to tell me something?

Happy Birthday Angela...

Happy Birthday Angela...Have a GREAT DAY! Thanks for being such a good friend to Lindsey...
You are a special kinda GAL! I have loved watching you grow up...I knew you from the 1st day you were born...ya know!

Mamma Mia...

I went to see Mamma Mia last night with Sue, My Mom, Lindsey and Jill...Lindsey and I had already seen it in Oregon with Meg...I have to say that I did like it better the 2nd time...I have always been an ABBA fan...the music just makes me happy and makes me want to dance...the scenery in the movie is beautiful, and 1 day I am going to go to Greece...The movie is a little corny in some places...
I love the play...I have seen it 3 times...2 times in Vegas and 1 time in Salt Lake...If you are in Vegas and want to go to a play check it out...be prepared to dance!...

Multnomah Falls...

We stopped at the Falls on the way to Megan's house...They are beautiful...and it was a needed break for the kids...way to many hours cooped up in the car!

Sleeping Beauty and Sleepy Boys...

The kids slept on the floor everynight...They thought it was so much fun...in the morning we would find them in lots of different postitions...feet in faces...heads on tummys...and so on...We left at about 6:00 am on Sunday so I didn't want to wake Molly and Brayden up that early so I
quietly kissed them goodbye...about 8:30 I get a call from some very sad little children that we left without saying goodbye...It broke my heart!

Concert at Clark County...

We had tickets for Toby Keith and Montgomery Gentry Friday Night...It was a blast...good music... good friends...good food...We went to this really fun place called Beaches that is right on the Columbia River Front...It was so beautiful...Megan's sweet friend Molly got there about an hour before us and saved us a table with a window...The food was fantastic!...then it was off to the concert...YEEHAW...I could look at T-Roy all night long... How cute is Montgomery?...T-Roy...
And Toby isn't so bad himself...

Happy Birthday B-Mann

Brayden turned "5" years old today...Megan had a party for him at "Out of This World"...It is a really cool play area and pizza place...kind of like "Fat Cats"...the kids had so much fun...Happy Birthday Spider, or B-Mann! I Love You...and I am glad I got to be with you on your BIRTHDAY!

Brayden or Spiderman...

Cole as Spiderman...

The Cake...

Spider on the bikes...

Hunter and Cole...

Colie on the bike...

Miss Molly on the bike...

The Beach...

Yesterday we went to Lincoln City...We had so much fun...it was kinda cold and of course very windy...I don't think I have ever been to the beach in Oregon when it wasn't windy...