Happy Birthday, Mom!

 We love you so much! 

You have always been special...

You were such a cute little kid!  I can definately see some of you in my little ones!

You gave me a great life...

Thanks for giving me and Ty, Em, Renee, and Julia such a wonderful loving home.

And Now, my own little ones' lives are so blessed to have

you as a Grandma!

Thanks for all you do for us.

Have a happy day!

Happy Birthday Auntie Em!

We love you and hope you had a great day.  Thought it would be fun to post some pics of you and your nieces and nephews who love you so much!

Gabby

Rylie

Ellie

Ellie, Gabby, and Rylie

Rylie and Cali

Cali

Rylie

Rylie

Rylie

Rylie, Justin, Ellie

Rylie

Ellie

Justin and Ellie

Noah

Gabby

justin and gabby (I need more pics of Gabby!)

You are a beautiful woman, a great aunt, and a wonderful sister/friend!

(p.s.  I wanted to share something I noticed last time you visited, that was confirmed by looking at all my pictures of you with my kids over the years:  Rylie doesn't leave your side when the two of you are together!  She clings to you when you are here -always has! How sweet is that?  Almost all my christmas pics this year of Rylie are of her sitting next to you or on your lap! )

Cute cousins

Aunt Julie posted cute pics of our lil' ones on her family blog to be found HERE.

Riverside Dickens Festival

2010

We thought the festival would be ruined by the rain, but out came the sun...

I'm so happy my kids let me dress them up!  They are great sports to indulge in their Mom's craziness!!!

Even Cali played along!

We spent some time in the beautiful old Universalist Unitarian Church listening to Charles Dickens talk about his life

Ellie with the Town Crier

LOTS of fun...

Doesn't my son look like he could

be a Charles Dickens' hero?

Someone was passing out NumNums:

Union Jack in downtown Riverside!

Worried faces...

This is what all the fuss was about:

They shot the BIG gun to honor the queen!

Don't tell the Mission Inn people, but she actually picked this flower before I could stop her!

We sure did have a great time! 
There is nothing better than spending the day with my family!

I am usually an anti-music video person, but I ran into this video and I fell in love with the styling of it and thought I'd post it here for a while - if only so I can easily watch it a few more times!

Thanks, Aunt Julie!


My very talented baby sister took pictures of our kidlets as a Christmas Gift for us.

 She says she wants to do more - with her nice new camera - we are so lucky!!!

Here are a few of my favorites from the1st session!