I Wish Upon A Star....

 

  

To our family and friends

we haven't forgotten you

or

taken you off the list! 

 

Several years ago we stopped sending Christmas cards

 

~ but please know ~ 

 

Our thoughts and wishes are still there!

 

 May your

Christmas be Merry & Bright

 

 

and may the

New Year

be filled with lots of

Love, Happiness & Heartfelt Moments!!!

 

Our Love ~

Cathy & Dan

Babies!

 

 

 

Oh, it's been such a very long time since I've written ~

 

A lot has happened that has kept hubby and I,

along with our family, very busy!

 

Our daughter Michelle and son in-love Steve

welcomed their third child ~

Evelyn Joanne

on August 3rd!

 

With the birth of Evelyn

we now have 4 beautiful grandchildren!!!

 

 

On September 16th

our son Dan and daughter in-love Amanda

shared the wonderful news

*oh so cleaverly with the picture below!*

 that they had a

*bun in the oven*

due the end of May!!!

 

 

We are beyond excited with the

news of grandbaby #5 on the way

With the addition of this little baby ~ 

the first

*Tufano*

named baby

 in 25 years has

Great Grandpa

reminising back to his day of

being the first born

*Tufano* grandchild!!! 

Hmm, I think a little extra spoiling

went on!!!

 

On October 7th my daughter Cara ~

who was moments away from

beginning a regiment of

meds to assist in having a baby ~

found out that help wasn't necessary

as the pregnancy test she

had to take *before*

showed up positive!!!

Four, or was it five tests

later ~ it finally sunk in ~

She and my son in-love Casey

were expecting baby #2!!!

 

So come June 2013 

there will be

6 grandbabies!!!

Still very, very excited with each bit of news!!!

 

And then today ~ we find ourselves

 

BURSTING

with more good news!!

 

Not only is

 daughter Cara expecting

 

but

 

there are

 

TWO BABIES!!!

 

I tear up just with the thought

that by June 2013 hubby and I will

be the proud, proud Grandparents

of

 

SEVEN

 

sweet, adorable,

 loved to the *moon and back*

grandbabies!!!

 

There is nothing like being a grandparent

no matter what #

each grandchild is!!!

 

Each will always hold

 a very, very special place

in my heart...

 

 

Well, with that news ~

I'd better get busy

cause I've got a

stocking in the

making for my

little miss Evie

and now

I happily have

3 more to do

by Christmas 2013!!!

 

 

 



HAPPY EASTER....

WE WILL BE CELEBRATING

WITH

FAMILY AND FRIEND

AN

EASTER EGG HUNT

WITH

CAMERON

AND THEN

 DINNER

IN OUR

NEW DINING ROOM!!

IT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS

(NO LIGHT FIXTURE OVER THE TABLE)

BUT WE

ARE VERY PLEASED

WITH THE

TRANSFORMATION!

NO MORE SQUISHING

NO MORE HAVING

TO DISMANTEL

THE TABLE

AFTER

**************

THERE IS STILL

A VERY

COZY CORNER

FOR READING

  

AND AN

EVEN

COZIER

LIVING AREA!

(THAT STILL HAS THE LIGHT FIXTURE)

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!!!

my worries...

I'm not usually an alarmist but this recent health issue has me unnerved, blown away and just plan scared.  I had a routine mammo on Sunday, 3/18 ~ yes, a Sunday!  I was in and out ~ cause really who else would want to do that on a Sunday morning.  I was just grateful that they offered a weekend day to get the test done!  It's been 2 years and now that I have insurance I'm catching up with all that needs to be done.   I went about my business until Tuesday when the phone rang and well, I don't always answer it at work ~ but I did...  The dreaded phone call ~ one that I've never even given much consideration until that day.   I pretty much went brain dead, numb, non functioning when the caller explained the call and that I needed to have further test done.   I couldn't even ask *why* ~ just *ok*, *ok*. 

I've been reassured by many of my dear friends that have experienced the same thing and all turned out well for them ~ I'm truly holding these experiences to be what will be with me.  After being at another Dr. on Friday I found that I'm having 2 additional tests ~ a Digital Mammo and an Ultrasound.  Which reared my worries even more.....

The next two days are gonna be long and even longer will be the wait to hear whatever may be....

In loving memory....

 

 

Jacob Thompson
1987 - 2009

The Broken Chain

We little knew that morning that

God was going to call your name.

In life we loved you dearly,

in death we do the same.

It broke our hearts to lose you, 

you did not go alone,

For part of us went with you,

the day God called you home.

You left us peaceful memories,

your love is still our guide,

And though we cannot see you,

your always at our side.

Our family chain is broken,

and nothing seems the same,

But as God calls us one by one,

the chain will link again.

author unknown

******************

March 3 ~ March 4

I find myself reliving

two days of indescribable

moments

It's been 3 years,

life has forever changed...

each of us still feels

the heartache ~ the pain ~ the grief

of that devastating time in our family's life

 

Jake~

love you, miss you, always in my heart