Rest in Peace Aunti: Sept 2, 1914- June 29, 2010

Aunti has made her way back to the farm. thank you for all the wonderful memories you gave and created with me over the last 33 years of my life. You have left an imprint on me that will never be erased. I love you aunti. NOW YOU BE GOOD!!!

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.

--Reinhold Niebuhr

Aunti

Please send you prayers our way as my Great Great Aunti Diana passes on. It has been a very difficult, trying few weeks taking care of Aunti. I love her so much and I don't want her to pass yet she is 95 almost 96 and has lived a very long full life. I know she is ready I am just getting ready. Watching someone die and experience every stage of death has been the most challenging, draining yet most amazing thing I have ever been through in my life. I have witnessed her talking to God, asking him to take her and asking to be back with her family again. Aunti's body has shut down yet there is something inside of her that is keeping her going.I pray that when it is my time to go that I will have impacted as many lives as Aunti has. People have come far and wide to see her as she passes over to the next phase of life. I love you Aunti and you have no idea how much you have impacted me. I have learned so much from you and have really stopped and learned to appreciate the little things in life. Thank you for your wittiness, your smile, your laugh, your jokes, your stories, your fashion, your vainness and your love. You are the best great aunt I could have ever asked for.

Turning 33

As the years go by somehow getting older gets here a lot quicker. As a child all I ever wanted to be was older. I wanted to be 6 so I could go to Kindergarten, 11 to get my ears pierced, 13 to be a teenager, 16 so I could drive, 18 so I could have independence and buy scratch tickets, 21 so I could legally drink and go to the bars and 30 so I could officially say and feel that I am an adult. 32 was a very hard year for me but I know I have come out a better and stonger person. I realized many things this year but the biggest thing I realized was how lucky and blessed I am to have the 2 most wonderful little girls in the world. They are my rocks and my heart overflows with love for them. I sit here right now with tears in my eyes as I write this. This last year I have been able to really apprciate the meaning of family and friendships. I have gotten the privelage of taking care of my 95 year old auntie who is currently in the process of passing. Every wrinkle on her face tells a story of her life. I hope someday to have those same beautiful wrinkles. Her wisdom, compassion and loving ways are an example to me of how I want to live life the rest of my life. So although 32 was probaly the worst, hardest and best year of my life I look at those small(and very few thank you)wrinkles on my face and know that they are all the markings of me, my life and my future!

Music in the Park 2010

You know it's summer when Music in the Park starts. Come join us on Tuesdays for this family fun event!

Early Birthday Gift

Mara gave me my Birthday present early. The little cherub just couldn't wait to share it with me. This is what it was and I love it! I asked her if I put it over my eyes will I really get an extra ten minutes?? I guess we will see!!!

Hands on Museum

Last week the girls and I along with Haley and Karys met Kelly and her girls in Olympia for an afternoon at the museum. The girls kids played for hours and had such a blast. The best part of all was the super artsy, creative fathers day cards that they made.

A New Adventure

Recently I was hired on to teach at First Presbyterian church School(where the girls go). I am so excited for this new adventure next fall. My entire life all I wanted to be was a teacher. After college I did some student teaching in Gig harbor but didn't go anywhere with it because motherhood presented itself. I am so grateful to have gotten this time home with my girls but I am really looking forward to using my degree. I have dabbled in so many different things over the years which have been good but just not very fulfilling. This is where my heart is and I can't wait to start!