My husband’s side of the family suffered a painful blow this past weekend. We received a call Friday afternoon that Jeremy’s cousin’s little boy drown at Lake Alatoona after playing on the beach all day. Even though I don’t know Amy really well, the news made me sick to my stomach. I can only imagine […]
Category Archives: Family
Disney Oh Nine
Three days offline to prepare and 6 days offline to recover. Whew! I think we are relatively back to normal thank goodness. Laundry is caught up, emails replied to, food back in the pantry, mail opened, and bills paid. (sigh) We drove to Disney on pins and needles after my Expedition had “issues” just days […]
My Weekend in Pictures
Warning: this post contains many, many pictures of my family. Which will surely delight…my family. The rest of you will just have to suffer through, or “mark as read” on the google reader. Which ever is fine with me. For anyone wishing to continue, we had a busy weekend. The weather was gorgeous. Friday we […]
Aunt Leona
Every year at Christmas time my Aunt Leona comes for a visit. My kids, who watch more Shrek than their mother approves of, call her Aunt Fiona. Aunt Leona is my grandfather’s sister. As a young girl I enjoyed her so much. Not only was she full of funny stories about my mother’s childhood, but […]
Old News
Each year, in the fall, my parents take the family on a weekend retreat. They pick a state park, rent a cabin, and we all hang out for a few days, taking in the local fun spots. Two weeks ago we headed down to Pine Mountain at FDR State Park near Callaway Gardens. As the […]