Wisdom

"All the great achievements of history have been made by strong individuals who refused to consult statistics or to listen to those who could prove convincingly that what they wanted to do, and in fact ultimately did do, was completely impossible"

Mum and her camera

What a sweetie!

My silly girl!

Anna doing the "Luigi pose". :)

Anna's serious face

Ok... so when I get bored, I take photos.

Heather's B-Day Dinner

The Birthday HOTTIE

Amber & Heather

We had a lovely meal, good food and a FABULOUS time!

KARATE KID

Anna has been asking for MONTHS if she could do Karate.

She LOVED IT!

Ode to Ireland

Tis noth'n betta to see than a gift from "EWE" to me.

Marie just got back from a trip to Ireland.

She brought Anna a little woolly lamb.

YES... Tia's mommy has a name.

How people treat you is their Karma....

How you react to it is yours.

- Wayne Dyer

Bella and the Banana Spider

Ok... so it's our first "Quiet" weekend in a very long long time. I get out of the shower Sat. morning to find Bella in serious pain. She was bit by a Banana Spider outside. Anna & I rushed her to the vet where she was taken care of, stabilized and sent home w/ antibiotics and painkillers. So much for a quiet weekend!

Anna's Halloween Joke

While "Trick or Treating" Anna would ask people...

What's a pirates favorite letter?????

RRRRRRRR

hehehe!

Tom told her that!

Halloween Night

Anna all "SwashBuckled" out in her get up.
lil Pirate and lil Witch

The Witches of West Chase.

THE FOOD!!!!!!

Halloween Party part 1

Ok ... my friend Tina who I affectionately call "Martina".

Martha (Stewart) + Tina

Invited Anna & I to a Halloween party the day before Halloween.

The girls eating "Mummy Dogs".

Dressing up in costumes.

I thought I had a photo of Anna and her cookie haunted house that they each made. It is so cute. It's the Halloween version of a gingerbread house!

Halloween Party part 2

My spooky spider cupcakes!

Yes, there is an eye missing on one of the spiders.

Hmmmm Anna says "it's a mystery where it went."

hehehe

AWESOME finger cookies!

Margaret "sneaking" a finger cookie!

Tina ,Margaret & Julie
Thank You Miss Tina & Emily for inviting us to such

a lovely Halloween party.

International Day at Anna's school

Anna's school celebrated International Day by asking the

kids to represent the countries where their ancestors came from.

Anna singing and waiving her Ireland flag.Anna wearing the Russell Tartan/Plaid.
Holding the Irish flag.

After the program we all went upstairs and
enjoyed desserts from all the different countries.
My friend Marie aka "MiMi" came over the day before
and helped me bake Irish Soda bread to take.
Thanks Marie!!!! :)

The Davis Inn

My friend's children stayed w/ me while she was in the hospital having baby #3.

(Her husband was in Nigeria)

The pink wig was VERY popular!

"Lil MISS Super Star" in the morning.

(Before Auntie Nancy got a hold of her hair)


Anna & Abi going to gymnastics class.
Yes.... I did Abi's hair.
Gold star to Auntie Nancy!


Anna & Abi had this thing with lining up
all the shoes and such to make a trail????
Hey, it kept them happy and busy!

Visiting Schevonne and baby Samantha at the hospital.

HURRAY RIBBON DAY!

At the end of every gymnastics session is Ribbon Day!

Anna, Abi & Nate.
Anna carries it around the rest of the day.

Yes.... really.... at the table for lunch and dinner.

At night when she brushes her teeth.

Then just before she goes to bed we put it in her memory box.

By then it is a little wrinkled and creased.

Anna bouncing to the mat.


Parker takes class right after Anna's

Photo Op.

All things have Inner Beauty

Take the time to look for it!

An afternoon with MiMi

Tag team pumpkin painting.

Go GREEN TEAM Go!

*note the two dif. faces she has painted.

The yellow one on the left and the black one on the right.

A million hugs of thanks for giving me a break from Mom!

hehehe

Luv Ya MiMi!