Christmas ornaments

my favorite ornaments are the ones of my children from when they were very young. this is mandi at age 2 1/2. mandi's nursery teacher took this pic
danny at about age 2, taken at the nursery at church

this "snowman" was made by danny at school, 1st grade?

i love this picture of kyra--another one done at the nursery at church

cody-- kindergarten

cody's visit with santa--don't you love the "cheesy" smile?

cody in 2nd grade, i think

Christmas Eve

Brad and Kathleen vs. Kyra and Dad.

Dad and Kyra won this game.

Brad and Kyra are pregnant.

(Brad puts a new meaning on this phrase)

Who is farther along?

We read the Nativity story, watched the Nativity story, and then played Trivial Pursuit.

I hope it becomes a tradition!

Flashback Friday!

When I was digging in my closet for pictures of Danny for his birthday post, I came across this picture! Don't you love my hair!

two little ones

I couldn't wait for Friday to post a flashback picture! Mandi and Danny at Kevin's parent's house. Danny isn't even 1 year old and he is walking! It looks like Mandi is wearing ruffle-bum panties.

Flashback Friday

i'm stealing the idea from my daughter-in-law and her sister----we're going waaaay back for this picture. its my junior picture--i was 16 1/2 years old! here's a funny bit of trivia--my first three years' pictures in high school, i wore clothing i made myself! this is my favorite dress of all time! i'll have to get a copy of the picture my brother-in-law took of me in this dress, full-length. guess what year this was.

Resolution update

So---its been a year since I made my New Year's resolution to lose weight. Its been a very tough year, to say the least. I've been struggling to stay on the fitness train and I'm back on now.

weight-147 12/16/2009
weight-141 12/16/2010

I've lost 6 pounds but only have 11 more to go! I'm going to do it! Who's with me?

(I know you've seen this picture before but I really like it. I think I look gooooood.

more earrings

I really love these earrings! Last year when I stayed with my grandchildren while their parents went on a cruise to mexico, they asked me before they left what they could bring back for me and I was clueless. They were gracious and brought me these lovely earrings along with a bottle of Mexican vanilla (I just used the last of it last month!). They also gave me a really pretty necklace. I'll post that tomorrow.

photo album

some of my favorite pictures of danny...(about 1 yr old)
(2 yrs old)

kindergarten. i told my sister i wanted to have retakes and she told me not to because someday i would think it was a cute picture. she was right! i love this picture! (5 1/2 yrs old)

6th grade. love the hair! his sister mandi styled it for him. (11 yrs old)

i wish mandi had styled it for this picture....(15 yrs old)

17 yrs old--i must have taken 3 or 4 rolls to get a picture danny liked for his senior portrait. notice the car in the background. danny's dad's boss gave it to danny.....he never got to drive it.

Picture....

I'm just going to string out my picture journal.... I don't know what that means. anyway, I got this picture off our "rogue's gallery" wall. haha (mandi and kyra put it up a few years ago). I'm posting my favorite pictures of Danny. This picture was taken when he was going to pre-school. It was the Tiny Bearcats Preschool. The "teachers" were high school students at Paso Robles High School. Danny loved it! Don't you love this darling picture of Danny? (he's 5 1/2 years old)

Danny is 32!

This is one of my favorite pictures of Danny and Jenny! Happy birthday, Danny. Wishing you many more to come! I will be posting your birth story but not right now. Love you, Danny!

Baby Kyra!

I know you've all been anxiously waiting for this post. I promised a picture of Kyra as a baby and here is one of my favorites! This picture was taken in August, 1985. Kyra was 9 months old.