NO SLUMBER at the Slumber Party 4 18 09

| April 19, 2009

  When thirteen year-old girls laugh – it is  loud.  They find reasons to scream (SHRILLY) and giggle a lot  ….  and they live large – especially at a slumber party.    Did you ever wonder why they call these gatherings a slumber party?  When you get a gaggle of girls together there is going to be ANYTHING BUT SLUMBER.  Sleepover […]

Cooper’s FIRST Ball Game – April 18, 2009

| April 18, 2009

The BIG first ball game took place today – and the two teams of five year olds (Swift Creek vs. Midlothian) BOTH WON.  Now isn’t that just the best deal ever!  Everyone wins.  Wouldn’t that be a nice system if it happened in the REAL WORLD?  Hey, I guess it DID happen in the real […]

Nanna Turns 13 April 16, 2009 and My Parents Celebrate 66 years on April 17

| April 16, 2009

We have a teenager in the house now…..Nanna (AKA Leanna) turned 13 today!  She surely was HAPPY to be teasing us about the fact that she was going to turn into a teenager!!!!       It seems like only YESTERDAY that I was singing her to sleep! She started the day with a 13 candle breakfast – […]

Busch Gardens – Easter 2009

| April 12, 2009

We had a wonderful, albeit slightly cool at times, day at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, VA today.  It was my first time to visit and I really enjoyed it.  I hope to return many times – there was so much to see that we only scratched the surface! Not only was it an amusement park […]

Searching for Bunnies April 2009

| April 11, 2009

Grandangel Sarah and I went out searching for Easter BUNNIES in their natural habitat this week and look what we found (we hit the JACKPOT when we went to Sara’s Quilting Cottage!)  After we stopped at Quilter’s Corner to say hi – we HAD to stop for fudge at Kathleen’s!!!!