Our crazy lives in this crazy world

Saturday, February 24, 2007

District Champions

My sons Varsity Basketball team won their district championships last night!!!! The girls varsity won theirs as well, so now for the 1st time in History the boys and girls varsity teams are headed to the state finals... :) SOOO close the diamond ring :):) GO TIGERS!!!



Tuesday, February 20, 2007

these are a few of my favorite things.......

here are few pics of the kinder..





Sunday, February 18, 2007






Here I am with my best friend, my love, my partner in crime and in life.

Thursday, February 15, 2007

random photographica



Here is a pic of Ashlee getting ready for a dance, Tony in the outfield,Cassidy and Dominic doing what they do best , LOL My ring my sister gave me for my birthday, and Dominic just posing...

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

My Tiny Valentines....

















I know motherhood is stressful and more so with 6, but when you see images like this, it makes every moment worth it :)

Valentines day!!!


Happy Valentines Day to all!!! Today Sal and I celebrate our 18th Wedding Anniversary!!! Feels like we got married just last week. Time has flown by and 6 kids later and MANY moves all over the world and we still like each other, LOL.. Not bad for 2 teenagers with very little to start out on. I love Sal. Sal is truly a dream husband. He always helps around the house, never needing to be asked, he takes care lovingly of his children and they adore him, he changes diapers (woohoo!!!) He puts his families needs above his and would litterly go without anything for us and he does this happily. In 18 years he has never yelled at me and Im sure I should have been yelled at about something, LOL.. He always thinks im gorgeous and sexy whether I am in sweats or dressed up. He thinks its cute that I eat cereal for a midnight snack. I think its cute that his favorite indulgance is chocolate chip cookies. I love you...

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

February 13, 1988

Me and my sister lost our dad and our mom lost her husband. That morning will be etched in my head forever. We woke up as usual on the weekends and my dad like always, insisted that we eat his delish breakfast before we go about our day. After Breakfast my mom took me to work. I had to stop at Walgreens to get some foundation and my mom gave me money for it and like usual INSISTED I come back out and give her the change. I came out and my mom was gone, weird, so I went to the next door where I work. Im not sure how long the time frame was but it couldnt have been even a 1/2 hour before my boss, JOHN, came to me and said Mary, you need to go home, Art will drive you home. I was soo excited as it was the day before my 17th birthday party and 1 week after my birthday, I really thought oh my gosh they bought me a car and I told Art, when we turn this corner I bet I see a shiny cute car with a big bow on it!!! We laughed and turned the corner and the laughter stopped. Where I thought my car would be was a fire truck and ambulance and police cars. I walked in the house and it actually was unusually quiet, I went to wear I saw the commotion(the back yard) where I saw the most HORRIFIC site I will ever lay eyes on. It was my dad laying on the porch being worked on by paramedics, his eyes were open but he wasnt there. I screamed BLOODY loud and a police officer came to me and I ran into the kitchen and tried to hide behind the fridge, my mom and sister came out and my mom was crying.. The ambulance took him to the hospital.. Im honestly not sure how me or my sister got to the hospital but we all ended up there and were sitting in this TINY hot room off of the ER for what seemed like a hundred hours but was probably no more than 20-30 minutes. A DR. and nurse walked in and sat down and went over what they had been doing and things of that nature and that is when my mom said, "Dr. what are you saying?" He said Ron is dead, im sorry.. We cried and cried and cried. They told us we could go see him in a few minutes. We walked into his room and he was laying there sooo peacefully. My dad was quite the joker and while we were hoping this would be another of his jokes, it just wasnt.. It was for good and for real. Right at that moment life changed for me, Ronni and my mom. I was sick with heartbrokeness and nausiated like you cannot imagine. We all went home, cried some more accepted tons of phone calls, neighbors and visits from friends. The next morning was Valentines day and while we should have been exchanging gifts (every holiday was a big deal to my parents, LOL we got a cute thing for everything) was not such a wonderful day. Ronni and I went with a family friend to pick up some relatives from the airport, after we went to the viewing. I kept my eyes shut walking in hoping, just hoping that if I shut my eyes It wouldnt be happening. We had the viewing, then his company had a memorial service at their office, which was beautiful. Later we traveled to Utah for his funeral which was funny and moving all at the same time. Thus, started our new life. I miss him, even more now than 19 years ago when it happened. I miss him everytime I have had a baby, I miss him everytime I see something in the kids that reminds me of him, I miss him now that my baby is going into the ARmy. Im sure he would LOVE to give Nick all kinds of info about the Army, LOL I just miss him. Love you Dad!!

Saturday, February 03, 2007

Romanater


Well its official, I have a crawler and this kidlet is QUICK, Fast and in a hurry!!! He follows Dominic around like a little puppy. We also have 4 teeth, 2 top and 2 bottom. We are eating solids 2-3 times a day. Still nursing and have moments where we will drink a bottle, LOL still working on it. I cant believe he will be 7 months old on Tuesday!!!