millionoaks

Seasons,Seasons

2006-09-01T10:59:00.000-07:00

Wow, it's been a while since the last post! Today is September 1st, how I wait for the next season. I love all seasons equally, I really do but by the end of one I'm always ready for the next. Pumpkins & wind followed by a huge holiday rush. Even though it's still warm, I can smell autum. I really can, if you just stop for a minute, usually at night or early morning you smell it and feel it. It's completly refreshing. I can't wait!

A day under the sun!

2006-07-07T13:22:00.000-07:00

We spent the day in Santa Barbara and had a perfect day!
Half of the day was spent at the beach, the rest of the day we rode our bikes around State St. and the pier. We had so much fun!
Miss Thing!

Hooked on Phonics

2006-06-15T12:54:00.000-07:00

Growing up, I was never into reading. It wasn't that I didn't like to read, but being far to busy with my social life I only read what I needed to for school. To tell you the truth I can't remember to many books I actually did read in school. As an adult, I have found this love that I missed out on as a child. These characters that I have fallen in love with will always be my friends. When I end a beautiful book I am sad when it's over. I think of these characters through my life and how fun it is to dive into someone else's world. So with this great love for literature, I have a lot of catching up to do. I need a list. I need everyone's help. Great books, sad books, important books. I want to know them all! I have a small short list already please let me know what books you people love! Here's my list so far(give or take a few)

Anna Karenina-reading
Oliver Twist-plan to read
pride & prejudice-plan to read
summer sisters-read
a tree grows in Brooklyn-plan to read
memoirs of a geisha-read
R is for ricochet-read
The secret life of bees-read
My sisters keeper-read
Catcher in the rye-plan to read
cry the beloved country-plan to read
little women-plan to read
a month of Sundays-plan to read
Night-plan to read

Swimming Time!

2006-06-12T12:49:00.000-07:00

Since our pool is not yet swimmable(green & gross) We opt for swimming in the tub! Sydny has always loved the water. Whether she is playing with the hose or taking a bath she is always smiling!

2006-05-26T13:47:00.000-07:00

GOT MILK!!

Do you realize??

2006-05-09T14:29:00.000-07:00

"Do you realize, that you have the most beautiful face, Do you realize were floating in space? Do you realize that everyone you know someday will die. And instead of saying all of your goodbyes let them know you realize that life goes fast, it's hard to make the good things last"
~flaming lips~

How precious these beautiful times are! How fast they will be gone. We must grab these beautiful days and hold on to them for in a fleeting moment they could be gone.

2006-05-01T07:48:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE LOVE OF MY LIFE

44 Years! 44 years of love, 44 years of wonder, 44 years of happiness.

I am so lucky to celebrate another year of this wonderful man. This wonderful husband & father. A man who has given me everything and asked for nothing. He has touched my life and made it better. How lucky Sydny and I are to have him. Happy 44th George!

A GOOD CUP OF JOE!

2006-04-14T08:19:00.000-07:00

We mix it with cream or sugar or cream and sugar or no cream just black please. We ice it down when were hot or drink it for warmth. Regular, decaff, imported,gourmet or flavored I like them all. The normal use of coffee is for jolting me awake in the morning. Just like the folgers comercial, I can smell it brewing from my bed. But we also use it for ending a great meal, or a cup at 4:00 p.m.to keep us going till 9:00. Coffee is a friendly drink. Coffee is a hand welcoming you into our home, saying come on in, take your shoes off and stay awhile. Coffee has become something to do. "Let's go get a cup of coffee" Good things happen when you sit around with a friend and have a cup of joe. Whatever the reason we drink it, we are glad it's there.

BIRTHDAY GIRL

2006-04-11T20:07:00.000-07:00

cc riding the pony, she had so much fun

blowing out the candles

This beautiful child, such a piece of me and such her own person. How she has changed my life. In her eyes I see everything I ever prayed for. She is the epitome of innocence. A perfect rain drop in a storm. She is my rainbow! Happy birthday to the girl with her own ideas!

Spring Fever

2006-04-04T11:42:00.000-07:00

Spring means different things to different people, spring break, spring fling, or spring cleaning. For me it's spring bulbs. Gladiolas, Iris',and Tulips. Of course my dogs dug up most of my bulbs, but some are still hangin in there. I think spring is a sort of renewal, a rejuvenation for our garden and our souls. When I see those green leaves poking thru the dirt i know the warmth is coming soon.

2006-03-31T10:25:00.000-08:00

As a parent we have these amazing powers. We can stop our child from crying with a kiss on a "booboo" or sing to them when they are restless.

But when our child is sick, there is almost nothing we can do. No magic, no special song to make them well. All we have are our arms to hold them. We watch them while they sleep and pray they are well soon.

2006-03-29T12:22:00.000-08:00

THE RHINESTONE COWGIRL!!

I love these pictures of cc. This is her birthday hat and boots. She would wear those boots everyday if I would let her! She is such a fun kid!!

2006-03-28T20:06:00.000-08:00

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO RIDE
CC LOVES TO RIDE W/ HER DAD

2006-02-22T14:43:00.000-08:00

WILL WE EVER MOVE??

THIS IS OUR BEAUTIFUL LAND. MY HUSBAND WORKS DAY & NIGHT THINKING ABOUT THIS PROPERTY. WE CAN'T WAIT TO LIVE UP THERE & HAVE A BIG GARDEN W/ VEGGIES & FRUIT AND LOTS OF ANIMALS!! HORSES,DOGS & CATS OH MY!!

2006-02-20T13:07:00.000-08:00

Sometimes i think you might never really know love unless you have a child. This love that is within me is deeper than anything imaginable. I have become this super mom or super person. She makes me the best person i can be. Even if I can never have another child i will know how blessed i am. Everyday i know how blessed I am.

2006-02-16T16:54:00.000-08:00

cc & me

big girl

2006-02-16T16:53:00.000-08:00

this is my amazing kid. she never fails to surprise me and she always makes me laugh,hard! she looks so big here
my big girl