Mommy Memories

Dear Blog- You have been ignored and deserted. I am very sorry. It is a bitter sweet thing to write on here. I LOVE to share pictures and memories on here so that one day the girls can read it and remember all the fun we had. At the same time, so much of my memories and pictures were stored here the last couple years for my mom. For her to see because she didn't feel up to coming to many of the events or she was there and we wanted to capture and remember those days. And now, she isn't here. She isn't here to see the girls getting bigger. She isn't here to see Harmony come home. She isn't here to listen to the boys say they went to their first LIVE Red Socks game. She isn't here to HEAR Gracie talk. She isn't here for Reagan's 4th Birthday Party that we have been hearing about for 5 months. She isn't here to listen to Brooklyn talk up a storm like she said she would. She isn't here and life goes on. I somehow thought it would all end if she wasn't here. How could life continue without the one who was always there? The one who made every event so special? And yet it does. Memories are still happening. I am now determined to capture them like I always did. She would want me to still remember, enjoy, and be happy. She would want the girls to smile and laugh and for it all to be captured. So, as much as it is hard for me to smile and write this, these little girls make me smile and laugh every day. So, the choice is to smile and laugh too. Last week, Hayley, Tom and I went to Iowa to visit Grandma. It was so good to see her. For awhile I have just wanted to hug her. The first time she saw us, she hugged us with teared filled eyes. That made the entire trip worthwild. Here are a couple pictures from our time with G-ma. They were taken on my phone, so they aren't the best, but the moments were captured just the same. Me, Gma, and Hayley before lunch one day. It was a beutiful day in Iowa.

This was right before we said good bye to Gma and headed back to AZ.

Hayley, Tom, and me as we say good bye to our family and head to the airport.

This is Jim, Gma, Tom, and Dan. Three of Gma's four boys. Not too bad of a picture.

This is Hayley and me in the hotel being silly.

These pictures are also off my phone. I have been using it a lot lately for pictures. The girlies for Easter.

The girlies going to school the day before I left for Iowa.

The girlies at the end of March before school one day.

This is Hayley and my crews in the mall. We weren't even through the first store and people were pointing and whispering at us. The kids are great. They do a great job.

This was a picnic on the back porch after church one Sunday. I think we took their clothes off to keep them clean.

So Dear Blog. There is your update. I know that a lot has been missed and hopefully that will change. It is the end of April and the weather is warming up. School will be out soon and summer will be in full swing. Memories will be in abunance and I will do my best to capture them. Until, enjoy these and smile at these wonderful smiling faces. As Brooklyn would say, "Peace in the Middle East Blog."