30 + 1

Most of this was written yesterday...for the yesterday before that the 29th of May...

And so yesterday morning the shepherd and I were up at 4:00...he had a chiropractor appointment and wanted to get his chores done...I usually do not help but said I would help feed some of his bottle babies...and as we are both getting ready...I tell him 31 years ago we were at the hospital.

Turns out our baby girl was thinking about coming.   Oh she said she was coming but it took her the whole day to decide that she was in fact coming...well I think she got to thinking about if she didn't hurry that she would have to share her birthday with our anniversary.   I wanted to wait 2 years before any babies...well 1 year 364 days 23 hours and 39 minutes...fairly close...

I pull out Heather's baby book...oh no it is not any where near completion...and I am sorry Lance...not much there at all...can't even find yours right now...but I see one tiny little girl in an isolette and I think how fast the time has gone...

I look in her baby book and I read something...written when she was 4 years old...the age of her daughter...I had written...

 

"you told mommy you were going to have a purple house out by the mailbox your husband was going to be nice like daddy - not handsome, black hair you said you were going to have 5 girls & 5 boys (we will see)."

And I flash forward to you now a mommy to your own 4 year old...a purple house by the mailbox...yes I could hear your daughter telling you the same thing.   After all the mailbox was a long way to four year old legs!    Well a little further than the mailbox...and not purple...but enjoyed spending time at your birthday.    Enjoyed those there...though I know you were not surprised to see us...but wanted to give you your Texas gift bag...You poor thing...have to see George Strait in Texas AGAIN during this birthday time...I snap a few pics of your birthday...my baby girl...30 + 1!

 

 

Thanks Aunt Aum...the ice cream cake was delicious!



My baby girl...all grown up...not really that OLD!
 

Happy Birthday...since the first princess would wear the crown...

We might just be a little bit of a clown!

 

Love these two mama's and their girls...even if one has her tongue out!

Listening and loving...

I think if we could all eat our mashed taters like this!!!

 

First bite of watermelon...seemed to like it!   Love those Grandma's!!
 

It is hard to eat Daren when I am sooooo tired...

Aunt Aum...making sure we all had a big slice of cake!!!
Assisted by Oppy who seemed to stay hidden well...
 

Heather getting help with her gifts...

Preparing the watermelon...

Open up...

Cool fries don't just happen!

Love these girls...PRINCESSES!



Don't tell him...a little blurry because he usually is dodging me...
but a good one...don't tell him I said that either!



HOLLYWOOOOOD!  Baby B!

A flying Baby B!

Some guys...gotta love an Andoooo!

A "book" from Grammy!

Helping out...

Southside...where the one who was waiting on you...holds the baby...
And who even knows what kind of story might be told between these two!



Jake and one of his favorite ladies...

 

And another...he has some sweet girls...
this one might have him wrapped around those cute little pinkies...
Guess you didn't sit quite close enough JAKE!



No Texas trip complete without FLIP FLOPS!!!

And so a little late and so I will stick this up...Happy Birthday to my daughter...I am blessed to have her in my life.   I admire and adore...and am thankful for her and her daughter!   Happy Birthday Heather enjoyed spending time with you and some of "your people".  ENJOY TEXAS...and now that George is retiring...maybe that pool boy gig will come through!!!

 

lya

 

Happy Birthday "Mom"

Thinking of a special woman...having a birthday...the shepherd's mama!    We won't go into numbers...though I am sure she is fine telling you...because I think she looks great!   I put up pictures earlier on facebook of her and getting some hugs from different family members...and just a few though I probably have some more! 

However, I think of today...and getting to go to lunch with her and a couple of her sons...Number 2 in the order I am sure would prefer to remain anonymous when you look at the pic...not sure what happened to his thumb!

I laugh at my husband at times and tell him how he reminds me of his mom...so I make them pose for a picture of him giving her pansies...this was their first pose...neither too excited...similar expressions!

So I tell them to look at each other...look at those expressions...SAME!

And then they start laughing almost the same...I love to see them laugh!!!

And then the shepherd...just admires one of his favoritest women!!

However, I stopped by tonight...and this guy...was telling me he brought his bride a rose...oh yes it was off one of their own bushes...but a rose all the same...Happy Birthday!

So I just stop and say thank  you "Mom Pfeiff" for the special joy you share and thank you for being the special person that you are.   I find a pic of "Joyce" for Izzy's preschool graduation...yes a GREAT Grandma and a GREAT mom you are!  God bless you and keep you!

lyp

Mothers...mom's...and mama's...momma's...

And another Mother's Day about to come to an end...I think of my mom...never called her mother...mama or is it momma?    She was Mom...and I think of my granddaughter...my daughter...and getting to spend the weekend with one little precious Isabel Marie...

I have a picture on my mantle...my mom of days gone by and I think of my cousin talking about her mom and sometimes forgetting to remember "all of her"...how we at times freeze someone in a certain place and that is how we see them...and this just a glamour shot of the day perhaps...I look at her eyes...and I see my son's green eyes...

I think about this woman...her dreams...her thoughts...a part of me...a part of my daughter...a part of my granddaughter...and I wish I would have got to know and love all the women she was...that I waited so long to really get to know and appreciate the love that she had to give...

And today I got to see one of my favoritest moms...with one of my favoritest daughters...my daughter...and her daughter...and to see them reunite of being a part a little over a day...well two nights...but Izzy giving her mom roses...some pink ones...she is gonna love these Ahma!   I think she did Izzy Bell...I think she did!

The bond these two share...a deep one...and I reflect on my day...I think of my mother's day cards and gifts...one from Izzy...giving reasons why she loves me...with her hand print on it...also on the envelope she has written her own name and her mom's...and on the inside of the card.  She gives me a photo album that has her looking like she might be a little dancer and it is engraved with Ahma's Favorite Faces.   Love Izzy.   And then pictures that go with this of some of my favorite faces.   Including some of those other "grandchildren" of mine!!    Such a ham she is...

A sweet card from her mom...the kind that brings a tear to my eye almost every time she gives a card!    An awesome card from my shepherd...that melts my heart.   And then there is my Lance card.   My son...who if I ever got one of the mooshy cards...would assume...well I do not think he would even give me one while on my death bed...but that's what I love of him...and it reads:

"Good moms let their kids lick the beaters."

You open it up and it reads...

"Great moms turn the mixer off first."

AND TO THINK I WAS SO CLOSE TO BEING GREAT!!!    I told him I waited until he was 13 and figured it out!   But that is why I love a Lancey Pants!   So I include one of my other gifts of being a mother...the most recent picture I have of Lance...

I also got to share a ride with another "mom" my husband's mom he shares with me...a special woman...and Izzy and her mom give her a gift...and I get them to pose for a moment...

I also get to see Jay's mom...Grammy...Ahmy...You know I am not certain how to spell...but Izzy's other grandmother...and Izzy and her mom give the cutest little pot with an orange flower...that seemed to pick Izzy...that happens...and I always think she is getting help!

And now a beautiful gift is falling from the heavens...It is snowing...spring snows usually have some moisture in them...it seems to melt as it falls...And I am so blessed and thankful to the LORD that I am a mother and the children that I have...my mother who influenced me more than I knew...sometimes shocked of the words coming out of my mouth...

lyp

21...

And so I start going backwards...as I already missed Ethan's birthday in blog time...but got to experience it with him in LIVE time...in person...even got to sit by him when we ate...one of my special people...we all met up in Denver at the Matador (well a parking lot downtown)...the reason chosen...because my cousin Kelly had done some work there...and Ethan thinking a lot of him...chose this as a place we should check out...a thinking of one who shares a birthday close...and thought of this weekend as well...

We had to spend some time waiting...I with my camera...sometimes get caught up in just watching what goes around...and the joy I feel watching those I love...LOVE!   We had worked on making a SPUN OUT 21...consisting of 21 choices where to eat and gift cards or cash to go there...I had enjoyed working with his mama on this project as she was over on our side of the  mountain working!   But I get a pic...or maybe two...

His Grandma Ethel and Grandpa Chuck there...giving a special quilt...a treasure to have for sure...Oh that Ethan makes me smile with some of his expressions...

Izzy had her own gifts...TOYS!   A Nerf gun that somehow I took it has something to do with ice cubes...and though 21...he loves toys...and he loves one little Izzy Bell as he thanks her for her gift...

 

And always fun to have party horns...when hanging out in the parking lot...

 

 

 

And when the white truck filled with those who had traveled from Cedaredge...I loved capturing their greetings...though I missed Garrett's greeting as he bailed out of the truck and wishes a happy birthday to his friend...a good one I wish I would have caught...so instead...it is just the after...

 

 

Caught the siblings almost after they were done hugging...and "little brother" and "big sister"...love these two...need to work on getting there quicker...

But third time a charm when I catch Ethan and Josh...and I loved seeing these two...both share the bond of loving one special princess!  

And I think FAMILY...as I look and see these two...one would think it had been so long that they had been apart...but a song comes in my mind as my brother has always adored his "smokin' hot little bride"...and the words came in my mind so I look it up..."Where've you Been" an old favorite song by Kathy Mattea...and the words...I'm just not myself when you're away...

And perhaps it odd to share a song such as this but perhaps it is love such as these two share...the kind of love that creates a special one as Ethan...a love that we should take note of...and I capture a couple pictures of these two...so happy to be in each other's company...apart on their wedding anniversary...but reunited for their son's birthday...always a busy time for them...it seems Ethan was actually born on Mother's Day or close to...and then anniversary...but I stick in Shane and Jo...a couple of my favoritest people's in the whole wide world!

 

 

 

And as we waited...I loved the light of the evening...catching glimpses here and there...

 

 

 

 

And the words come to my mind...FAMILY...we may not have it all together but together we have it all...May we always remember how blessed and loved we are...

 

 

So Ethan I know it is past your birthday and it is getting late...but I am thankful to have you in our family for 21 years...you are a special blessing to me and to all of us...not only when spending time with you...Shane...Lance...do I get time with the each of you...I get some time with my dad as well...and so I end with a favorite pic of you that definitely lets us know you might be related to Jim Lance and I pray for our family...that LOVE continue to be the foundation of what we mean to each other...

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ESHUN!   

 

 

LOVE YA LOTS!

 

lya