Tulip Festival

A Beautiful Day,
in A Beautiful Place
with Beautiful People.
Susan, Zach, Cam and I went to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point. Definitely worth the trip if you ever get a chance. The day was perfect with temp in the mid 70's under a bright blue sky.

HINT: You gotta click on these pics to enlarge for the full effect.



The colors were gorgeous! Pinks, yellows, reds, oranges, whites, purples......



Here's Zach taking a picture of Cam and Susan who are taking a picture of us.



The boys were sooo good for a long walking, photo op trip with mom and grandma.
(We walked for over 3 hours and they never complained. Of course I bribed them with ice cream when we got done if they'd let me take pictures.) I took 317 pictures today, it was so much fun.



Their favorite part of the day was rolling down the big grass hill at the end of the day. These little guys must have rolled down and hiked back up at least 10 times. You can see the pure joy in the expressions on their faces.






There's nothing like a fun day out amongst the flowers, under the sun with my daughter and grandsons to make me appreciate my life and all the blessings in it. This day was a winner.

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Easter Brunch with OUR BUNCH

Happy Easter!!!



The Grandkids



Cam and Shea hunt for eggs



Seth enjoys a Strawberry

My New Bedroom

I'm soooo excited to show you my new bedroom.




I call this color "Robin Egg Blue" It is really relaxing and at the same time uplifting. If you click on the picture you can see that the bedding is covered in butterflies and wildflowers. AAhhhhhh!
A huge change from the previous decor.
Gotta Love It Baby!

Summertime music under the Stars

This summer We will be enjoying concerts under the stars. We have become country music concert goers and LOVE IT!

Here's our current line up:

July 17th- George Strait with Blake Shelton and Julianne Hough



July 23rd- Kenny Chesney with Sugarland, Miranda Lambert and?


August 22nd- Toby Keith with Trace Adkins


September 19th- Brad Paisley with Dierks Bently and Jimmy Wayne


This will be a summer to remember!

Amazing how the mind can wander...

As I relaxed in my hot tub a couple nights ago my mind went on a little journey. It started with looking at the stars and remembering a night in Dad's hot tub with Brexton several years ago. It was really fun taking Brexton to visit his Great Grandparents in Valley Springs, CA. I thought of all the fun times we had on that trip and the great memories of little things that happened. Brexton remembers coloring lots of pictures while we were there.


Arriving at the airport in Sacramento

Brexton and Grandpa Chuck making pizza


From there I went back to when Jake was a little guy and was lucky enough to travel to Wisconsin with his Grandma Jane to visit his distant relatives. I had to search for this picture of them boarding there flight in 1977. (This picture was rescued after the Mudslide in 1983, thus the mud stains) Then, that brought back memories of him in that cute little Baby Blue Polyester Suit (it was the '70's remember) that he wore. I loved that little guy in his fancy blue suit. Stills brings tears to my eyes thinking of how adorable and grown up he was at a mere 4 years old.

One of my favorite memories:
Grandma Jane told a story about Jake on the airplane. She asked him "Why are looking up? Why don't you look down and see what's on the ground?" Jake replied, " I'M LOOKING FOR HEAVENLY FATHER" That just touches my heart every time I think about it.



Here's Jake in that blue suit with his little sister Suz.
Wow...memories are a marvelous thing.

The Birds

For a preview of the original movie click on the title above.

I took these pictures on Friday in Woods Cross.
It reminded so much of the "The Birds" (1963) a suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. As a child of the 60's this was the scariest movie ever. I still like to watch it and it still scares me.


Did you know.....
According to The Hollywood Reporter a 2009 remake of The Birds is in production, with actress Naomi Watts, who is in discussions to take the role of Melanie Daniels. The plot will be based on the original short story by du Maurier.
It had been reported that the film would have a release date of July 3, 2009. Producer Brad Fuller had discounted that report in an interview with The Trades. In an interview with the Denver Post, Robert Knepper said he would also be starring in the new remake; although no official word is out, it is believed that he has signed. According to IMDb, the remake has been delayed and likely would not be released until 2010 or 2011.


I'm looking forward to seeing the remake, however it will never have the same impact of the original version.