Catching Up……….
Isn’t it funny that when you have so much to journal or blog about that you don’t have as much time to do so? We have had an A-Mazing Summer, truly. Even in the midst of my sweet Mom’s surgeries, we have made some of the sweetest memories.
My hope is to finish our travel log from our First Family Vacation in addition to up [...]
A Special Treat For The Girls
Today was a very special day for me; I was able to treat Mom to a day at the Salon. My precious hairdresser got Gillian, Mom and I in for some pampering at the last minute. The setting was tranquil and calming. Shawna has a lovely waterfall and pond just outside from where we were getting our hair done, you could see not only us shedding [...]
Happy Birthday Sweet Gillian
Goodness, it hardly seems real that my baby girl could really be 7. What a true blessing and gift from God she is. Kip and I both knew that this little girl was going to be special the minute she drew her first breath, seven years ago. Gillian can change the world with her smile, and she can crumble the mightiest of men with her persistenc [...]
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Sweet Gillian Finally Lost Her First Tooth!
After much wishing, dreaming and praying, her tooth was finally ready to come out and I actually was the one to pull it out! Yay Mom!!
The sad thing is that I don’t really get a toothless beauty because her new tooth has pretty much already emerged, although not right where it should be but [...]
A Very Important Date
After we were sufficiently heated up from the warm temperatures at the Grand Canyon, we gassed up and had a quick bite to eat before we headed back on the road. Our next big trek was to be this one, Arizona to California. The only place we had a specific date we had to be there was our hotel reservations for Disneyland.
During our long hau [...]
At Long Last…….
THE day is finally here!
Saturday, June 12th 2010
It is 5:00 am and Hayden has been up since 4:30, dressed and ready to go. I scramble to get my last shower at home, Kip tries to wrap up a few work issues and Gillian stumbles downstairs wrapped up in her soft blankie ready to sleep once we load ourselves into the Motor home (ya right). Exc [...]
The Making of a Family Vacation
For the past couple of years we have tried to plan a couple of different family vacations and for a variety of reasons they didn’t work out. Hayden and Gillian were so gracious and understanding when we didn’t make it to Mount Rushmore last Summer but they continued to talk about going somewhere out of Colorado. We have created [...]
Space Bag Travel Tip
While trying to figure out how to pack for our family vacation (7 days x 7 people), we had to be creative and think outside the suitcase. Although the RV has lots of great storage, we needed to make things easy and not create a lot of extra weight.
Our solution? Space Bags and Ziplock Bags.
These clear (on one side) bags make it easy to [...]
Fashion Designer
Love her lil 'tinkies' too.
It seems whenever my little girl gets bored she gets creative. I really should to look into sewing classes or something for her so she can really create something on her own.
My lil Gilli goes through my clothes, old and new, and gets inspired to create something fresh with them.
My Girl
Yesterday she [...]
Gillian’s New Toy!
Seriously!
I have heard of kids (mine included) playing with big boxes and having hours of fun with their cardboard creations. It often causes parents to scratch their head and wonder, “Why exactly do we buy toys?”
Last night my super talented and loving husband installed a new dishwasher for us and from the old one he took out [...]
