Jack is One!

 Happy Birthday Jack!!

Mommy rocks at cake making!

Raspberries to the darn hat!

Jack with daddy and mommy
who are the best parents any child could ever hope for......
little Jack is blessed!

Leah loves her little cousin Jack and is so sweet to him!

The men, after all it was Father's day weekend!

I love these guys...

all of them are great dads!

Kate loves her Aunt Rachel.....

and her Aunt Rachel loves her!

Sis is the family photograper...gotta work to get her in a picture

so glad we did!

Sis's husband Shawn got this great shot of us

Oh, how I love my family!

Uncle Rich being the cut-up we all know and love!

 

Jack taking his show on the road with cousin Kate....Aunt Sissy too!

And the band plays on......

Our sweet baby boy Jack is one....

Happy Birthday!!

Leah is five!

I absolutely adore my Leah.....I can't believe she is five already.

Pure happy magic when I'm with my girls...we have so much f-u-n together!

Dick and I have been so blessed to have a gifted daughter

to capture our best side...

it was 90 degrees on the porch and somehow she got rid of my shiny face ;-)

I have no idea how Sis got this shot...

the girls were like Mexican jumping beans on the front porch! :-)

I love, love, love this precious baby girl!

Kate is one happy girl when she has a balloon...the bike didn't hurt either!

Leah and her brand new Barbie bike

When it's your birthday and you get a new bike, you get to ride all over

Gramma Re's house...no problem!!

Pop Pop trying out our son-law Shawn's Elvis sun glasses...

.....thank you very much!

Starbucks does it again with their Caffe' Vanilla Light Frappuccino

Caffe' Vanilla Light Frappuccino...

170 calories for a grande (hold the whip cream)

Yum!

My sweety pies...

Sam lights up the room with his smile...so smart and extra funny...energy galore that's my Sam!

Pop and I are looking forward to Thanksgiving when we will all be together...and get some great hugs from our boy!

My girls enjoying the beach....

Kate is so very beautiful....beyond smart and charming. 
 If you get a hug from Kate...you are a lucky duck....they are heavenly!

Sis really caught Leah's personality to a tee with this shot.... what a living doll she is!

Spending time with Leah is total girl time!

 

Jack...baby Jack ;-)

Jack has stolen all our hearts clear and simple.... that smile...can't get enough!

Jack will be one on Father's day this year...perfect.

Summer.. let the good times roll!!

The friendliest guy you will ever meet...

I planted these impatience May 1st..they are still weeping...

can't wait until they leap!

Front door reminder...

A few from the side yard....

I love summer!

"Saved By Grace" Jadon Lavik

Ephesians 2:8-9
For it is by grace you have been saved,

through faith

—and this not from yourselves,

it is the gift of God

— not by works,

so that no one can boast.

A Little Heaven Here On Earth....

This is Wilson's Garden Center in Frankfort Kentucky

Unbeknownst to me, Dick was snapping shots yesterday while I shopped and dreamed...

looking for drama in my garden....and this is the place to find it.

A husband and wife team were the owners for a long time.

Then several years ago he was tragically killed in an automobile accident.

Without skipping a beat she made the decision to carry on...

he would have wanted her to.

Since then the green houses have flourished

Wilson's is better than ever....God's hand is evident there.

Lost in heaven.....

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Don't worry

 Be happy!

My sweet Leah Maree...