Sweet Sixteen = Friends + Fun

Reasons to Celebrate!

Gagger turned 55 this year and 'Weezer' was in charge of decorating.  Can you see the resemblance?  Soon after came our other January birthday--- Angel's sweet 16.  Truly, her birth was one of if not THE happiest day of my life.  She wasn't suppose to make it let alone be normal.  She made it all right but she is definitely not normal--as Mary Poppins would say, she is 'practically perfect in every way.'

My Little Baby is All Grown Up

Yesterday was a big day.  It was wedding dress shopping day! Sweetness thinks she found her dress....and this ain't it!  C'mon, I'm not that stoopid!  My sisters told me it would be a blast and boy were they were right.  Makes me glad I get to do this 4 more times.  The best part of the day was seeing her be so calm and carefree.  It made me realize just how ready she is for all this.  She has her life together and found the perfect man to share it and you know what that means???? Gagger (my super cool, cryptic computer nickname for my own Mr. Perfect) will soon have a masculine back-up finally!

    I am going to attempt this blogging thing mainly due to the rather insistent prodding of my eldest, let's call her 'Sweetness'.  That's what blogging is all about isn't it? --the really cool cryptic nicknames for all the important people in your life!  Well, Sweetness convinced me to give it a whirl so I'm whirling away.  What's this going to be about you ask? Who knows.  It will be a surprise every time I write.  I have no idea but when it's all said and done I guess I will know.  I'm what is considered 'over the hill' so I've had a few years to figure out who I am.
     A documenter-  I've written a letter on every single wedding anniversary, nearly 30 of them.  I've videotaped each of our 5 children on their birth date every month for years and years.  Trust me, if blogging had been invented back when I was just starting out, I have no doubt I would have been all about it.
     A planner, which is very different from an executor.  I thoroughly enjoy planning small meaningful family events, things that just make a home happier.
     A follower of recipes (not sure if that qualifies as cooking).
     A photographer want-to-be.  I've single-handedly proven that owning good equipment does not a photographer make but I haven't given up yet.
     A homeschooling mom.  I don't wear jumpers though.
     A microbiologist.  Seriously, I LOVE bacteria, who doesn't?

Enough of post #1.  Time to go do what I am suppose to be doing at the moment.  Who knows.  I might be back.