Lost. and Found. Mostly.

 

My kids and I have grown, in different ways...these were taken last summer. I absolutely love them. I will soon post single pics and expose their personal lives one by one, lol! Once again, Kellie did a fabulous job, and it's just about time to have them taken again! A lot has happened in the last few years. Many good things and many not so good things. I will share eventually. Some things are just too painful to relive just yet. I AM going to try to post more, if only to keep a family journal of sorts. I've never been one to take millions of pictures and I worry that my kids will wonder if I even owned a camera! (Um, yes, I do...I just forget it all the time.) So...I'm workiing as an AmeriCorps member and I am in charge of a volunteer reading intervention program at Brighton and Rosey's school. Hard to believe, but Mia and Mack are in junior high now.  And of course, I'm still 29 years old ;) I am still in college full-time and my world needs a few extra hours a day! More to come....be patient.

Happy Birthday MiaLeigh!

MiaLeigh Marie,
Eleven years old. Really, I can't believe it. Time does fly, I was so excited for you to come home. I spent many sleepless nights dreaming up hair styles and fun things for us to do. I prayed for you to stay little, but I guess you eventually had to grow up. You are quiet, determined, sensitive, sneaky (in a good way), brilliant at the piano, an excellent friend, and one of the greatest joys in my life. I depend on you for too much, and you handle it so well. You take charge of the little girls so that I can study and freak out just a little bit. I hope you find all the happiness you deserve. You are beautiful, outside and inside. I love you so much!
Happy Eleventh Birthday!
love, MOM

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! (FINALLY)

I'm praying that next year is better than the last...it's gotta be, right? Hope you and yours are safe and sound.
Happy New Year!

p.s. - photo by my bestest...kelliehalesphotography.com i picked a "grandma would like this one" but there are some great ones this year. seriously. no one can capture my kids like she can... i have the FUNNIEST pictures especially of rosey :)

I'm slowly coming back...

ok, so maybe i feel like writing again. that's got to be a good sign right??? we'll see. maybe i'll even post some random pictures!

Me

I am going away for awhile. Not really away...just away from this blog. I am going to find myself. The real me has been away too long, and I am finally going to find her. (No, I haven't lost my mind...I've finally come to my senses.) I got lost a while ago. I feel bits and pieces of the me I love trying to surface and it feels like bubbles inside of me. They make me want to giggle out loud. I can't wait to find the whole me, again. Good things are coming, I can feel it. Don't worry about me while I am gone. I will be okay. I always am :)
~Love, Amy

I LOVE ROSES!

NEW IN THE SHOP!!! It's never too early to start shopping for Mother's Day :)

Dear Spring,

Try harder. I could really use a little more sunshine and flowers.
Can't wait to see you.
Love,
~Amy