August 21, 2006
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Great day at Raging Rivers. Wendy, Maddie, Josh, Nick and I spent
the day there, and had a great time just hanging out - riding the
slides, floating in the endless river, bobbing about in the wavepool
and laying on lounge chairs in the sun.Apparently, I did not apply the sunscreen liberally enough. The entire front of my body now has a lovely lobster hue...
The shade of red will fade, but the memories made already more than make up for a little sunburn.
Have I mentioned lately how good it is for my heart having a friend
like Wendy so close in proximity? So good. While I am aware
that there are many who love me - so many who are dear to my heart -
they are all so far away...and I did not realize how much I was missing
someone to just hang out with and spend time with. Someone to sit
and drink coffee with and to talk about nothing and everything - and
for it not to matter if the subject matters or not - to know that you
are being heard - face to face. Thanks Wendy
[and A for the hook up!
]. mtyek.No pictures from today [ummmmm - not so secure that I will post
pictures of people - myself included - in swimsuits. I shudder at
the thought actually]....I do have some pictures to share however...Friday was my nephew Alex's
[my brother Caleb and his wife Joannas third] one year birthday, and
the family came out in full force to celebrate.I have put off putting up these pictures in hopes that I could figure
out how to use the new photo editing program on the computer - to at
least get the red eye out, but to no avail. Sigh. Please
ignore the red eye...First the birthday boy.....Grrrrrrr......
Random family shots -my niece Bethany...
Alex's big brother Michael, with my brother Jesse - he adores his uncle...
My nephew Ian [my sister Hannah and her husband John's son] showing off how flexible he is.
[check out the chili on his chin - he LOVED it]
The oldest four cousins [out of six with seven on
the way!] at dinner [with four little wiggling bodies, this was the
closest thing I got to a good shot]...from Left to Right - David, Tabitha, Bethany, and Michael.
My sweet sister Jannah with Alex. [she is the best aunt in the world, and babysitter extraordinaire...]
My dad with two of my redneck [but so handsome] brothers.
L to R - Joe, Caleb [birthday boy's daddy], and my Dad...
Cake time...
Before the mess - he was starting to get a bit sleepy, poor baby...
Then came his cake - not so sleepy anymore.
And then came the best part of all - the face plant [totally not staged or prompted btw]
I love this shot with his feet hooked up on the highchair tray.
All clean! [smooch - gotta love a tub shot]
This was my attempt to get a picture with the birthday boy - fresh out
of the tub, he was having none of it AT ALL. Greased lightening,
this one. I love how it looks like I am pinching the crap out of
him - I promise I wasn't
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Happy Birthday Alex! We are so blessed to have you in this family. I love you!
Comments (22)
reat post---what a cool family. yeah- it does indeed look like you are pinching the crap out of him...but if you were it'd look more like recent shots of Rex...so...we believe you.
=)
you're a great: aunt [sister, daughter, friend]
ditto A..you are a great sister, daughter and especially friend...sorry you are burnt..i'm silly crispy myself..so much for kamikaze. Know that I feel so blessed to have you in my life.
I love this post with the great pics. You are an amazing girl!! And you're right, your brothers are very cute.
love the family shots...i miss my family! that little guy is adorable!!
so glad of the new, wonderful friendship as well!
Cute pictures of the kids!
Ooooo, you are so lucky to get to hang with the Mucci clan. They make great memories! I miss them so much. Thanks for the prayers across cyberspace. Love your site! Those photos are precious. Seven on the way? Amazing. Sending up prayers for a peaceful heart.
RYC: Cole is the 2nd son of a family that failed to get the "word" that they shouldn't have more children. God rules and over rules ! Cole was a bit early , mother and child are great and praising God.
What a good looking family. Your parents obviously have good genes. Hey, I like your hair in the baby pinching shot.
Love you dear.
Who is this Wendy?? I'm jealous of her
Of COURSE I'm kidding!! One of the great disadvantages of writing - you can't hear the humor sometimes
Those kids are so cute! You are so pretty! I miss you!
Yay!! I can't wait to get your e-mail.
Oh, but the pride I have WAY out ways the sadness I feel over her getting bigger..... so I assume I will fair well that first day. Well, we'll see!
School doesn't start for Becca until Sept 5th. So, I have a 2 weeks from today. Uggghhh. I'm excited, yet sad at the same time. She's growing up and there's nothing I can do about it!!
pinch! Your hair looks divine when it's all curly like that, btw.
Now to comment on your post:
Have I told you lately how very JEALOUS I am of that Wendy gets to see you so much? So not fair. She's a lucky gal. I cherish our phone calls and e-mails.... but oh, it would be so nice to actually sit and have a cup of coffee and get to actually talk to you in person. {Sigh}
I'm also jealous of your big family fun you guys always have. Man, that would be so cool! Family is so important to me, and I only get to see most of my family members once every 3 months or so.... and my brother like once a year. It would so awesome to do all the cool stuff you guys do together. When Becca gets older..... I wanna still have family day all the time (if she'll allow it!!), so that we never loose the closeness we had when she was at home. So cool.
Wow, it took me 7 minute to type that paragraph. That's embarrassing.
That comment was getting long, so I thought I'd break it down, one more time to say:
The bath tub shot - OH MY. What a cutie!! His eyes are so big and beautiful! A little heartbreaker in the making!
And I love you. Hope the rest of your week is very kind to you and that you find yourself laughing a whole lot. (To me, that would be a mark of a great week, to laugh a lot, so I wish the same for you, my sweet friend.)
hi friend, i missed you on gmail. I thought of you lots today..hope your sunburn is fine...
Ahhh.... Ms Havah I've read so much about
Of course you're welcome to pop by any ol' time. Seriously though... where did you hear that I like TMBG? Do I have that posted somewhere? LOL. I'm baffled. But YES! I absolutely do. And I give them a wee bit of credit for my marriage 
A story for another day...
I love all the fun pics! Happy 1st B-day to Alex!!! I love the idea of making him his own personal cake, yummy! I love your curls! Gorgeous!!!
It is so nice to have a friend to do things with. Wendy sounds like one of those bosom friends!
Hi Havah! I am now the rather shy proprietor of a Xanga site. It might take me awhile to figure all this out! I love you roomie!
You'll have to give me a little tutorial!
Cute pics of the kiddos!
You're lucky to get to hang out w/ Wendy and KK... I've heard [read] a lot about you!
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