26 years blessed!

I've been thinking about it and have a confession to make. When I hear people tell Kaylee happy birthday, I kind of secretly say the same to myself because her birthday is indeed a happy reminder of that blessed and exciting day 26 years ago when my daughter and friend, and one of the nicest, smartest, and funnest people I know, made her entrance into this world.



So Happy Birthday, my sweet Babycakes! (And a very happy your birthday to me too!) : )

Whew!

My great niece, Jade, is visiting me this weekend and this is a sample of what we've been doing. Man, oh man!  I'm worn out on so many levels!

A Special Visit

We had a visit the other day from some old friends.  The Hambys lived next door to us about 17 years ago and then they moved to Iowa.  There were three girls that Kaylee played with and dearly missed when they were gone.  Ruthann was closest to her age and so I've posted these pictures of the two of them starting on their first day of school in 1992.  The last picture was taken the other day when they visited.  Ruthann is now a beautiful and impressive  mother of three under the age of three.   

And then there's Shari, my friend and  dedicated pen pal of 17 years.  That picture on the left was taken before they moved and in the bottom left picture we could still show our knees when we wore our cool and certainly fashionable overall shorts.  And now here we are on the right.  I'm holding Ruthann's youngest, Briar, and Shari's holding Cossette, her second.  Shari now has seven granchildren three and under, and there are two more on the way.  And that's from just her three daughters.  Her son, Ryan, just graduated high school and is on his way to college in California.  In fact, that's why they were here.  They visited family in east Texas, stopped by my house for a breather and then part of them continued on their way to drop Ryan off for college.

Shari's not perfect but she knows it and that's the best part of having her for a freind.  But what a fun pleasure it's been to watch a godly mom raise godly children who are now raising godly children of their own.  Yep, that's how it's done.