May we never forget
I will always remember 9/11. The horror of it. The bravery of the New York fire fighters as they went into those two doomed buildings. I remember congress singing on the front steps of the capital building in a show of unity.
I think of our brave service men and women who are serving in Afghanistan and Iraq defending our freedom. And I think of the families of the people killed on 9/11 and of the families of the service men and women who have been killed. And my thoughts and prayers are with them all.
I had the news on this morning and they were showing the memorial services for 9/11 and Chicken asked what it was for and I told him. I think it’s important that we always remember.
Wordless Wednesday
So here is Kyboo with the big Girls! Here are three of my nieces from left to right, Abbi, Ansley & Reed. They were all hanging out at Reed’s party and she climbed up she wanted to be one of the girls too!
Wordless Wednesday
So we went to try out carseats last night and this is the one I REALLY want but it’s REALLY expensive. Anyway couldn’t help but snap a pic of Kyboo she was saying ” Cheese”!
Atlanta
So we took a mini family vacation over Memorial Day weekend. We had so much fun but I quickly found out when you vacation with kids it is so exhausting! Being in a hotel room has it’s drawbacks. Your kids go to bed when you go to bed and since we did not want to go to bed at 8 our kids went to bed at 10 or 11. Which made them slightly grumpier the next day, plus there were no naps to be had since we were on the go the entire time.
We went to the World of Coke the first day and that was fun the Chickens liked tasting all the different coke flavors from around the world and they had some crazy ones. The rest of the trip we managed to cram in the Georgia Aquarium, The Fern-bank Museum, The Zoo and the High Art Museum which Ben really loved.
I would say the Georgia Aquarium was the biggest hit though. I swear these places are ingenious for finding ways to part you from your money. We came out of one exhibit and they had face painting all set up and Mason wanted one. So he got this Spider-man on his cheek and he was sooo proud…cost $5 we got off cheap he wanted his entire face painted and that was $25 his daddy said no way!
It was neat to compare pictures from the last time we came to the Aquarium Mason was only 8 months old.
He was such a cute fat baby!
Staying in a hotel was a new experience for the Chickens they loved it. Kyboo really liked the huge mirror. Mason kept calling the hotel our new home.
This is the picture I took from our balcony..
And Mason took this one…
I think he was going for the artistic thing like his daddy.
All in all it was a really fun vacation. Now I am making plans for the beach in September….
The Zoo…
We went to the zoo for the first time since Mason was 18 months old.. And as you can see he LOVED it.
And well Boo just looked longingly at the “kitties” aka lions behind the glass.
Happy Mother’s Day
I just wanted to wish all the mothers out there Happy Mother’s Day. No matter if you adopted a child or if your children are grown or if your child is in heaven. You are all mothers…….big ((HUGS)) to you all and much love. Happy Mother’s Day!!
50 YEARS
These are my parents, Bill and Cathy German, on their wedding day April 24, 1959. They just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They have 6 children ( I am the baby in case you were wondering) and 23 grand children. They met in the navy and dated for only three months before they got married. Needless to say raising six children was not easy. They never had a lot of money but they worked hard to care for their kids and provide for them the best they could. With the divorce rate so high it is kind of rare in this day and age to see someone make it to 50 years of marriage. So I thought it would just be nice to share that it still can happen. My dad writes poems and he wrote this one for their 50th. I just wanted to include it.
Once upon a time
As our story will show,
A young Navy coupld
Cupid shot with his bow
He was a sailor
She a cute WAVE in blue.
Three months of courting
And they both said “I do.”
In a small Navy Chapel
At Millington, Tennessee,
A few friends and no flowers
And the best part, it was free.
On April twenty-fourth
It will be fifty years.
A life full of blessings
With laughter and tears.
Not in the beginning
But now Christ leads our way.
We have been nothing but blessed
Is all we both can say.
Six lovely children,
A quiver full you see.
Brenda, Kenny , and Mike
Cindy, Dana and Jodee
To top everything off
As we’ve been in God’s hands.
We are ever so blessed
With twenty-three grands.
That’s our story for now
I will lay down my pen.
And if given a chance
We would do it again.
