I am a little sad today. I just came across this picture and just started reminiscing of when I still had my dad in my life. He died April 13, 2005. But the whole year before that I lived in Henryetta and my mom and dad came 900 miles to see me a lot. I saw them 7 times in one year (for a week or two at a time) with them coming to Henryetta or me going to Olathe. I cherish those days. Well, Dad's last Christmas, they came to Henryetta. They stayed like 2 weeks. It was so wonderful. I wish I could have known it was his last Christmas, I wouldn't have left his side! He was such an affectionate person. There was NEVER a time that I had to wonder if he loved me. He was always showing love. And not just showing love, but he said it ALL the time. I miss his hands, he was a cabinet maker, so you would think with all the splinters and everything they have to deal with that he would have rough hands. NO. His hands were as soft as a child's hand. I miss feeling his hands. While they were in Henryetta for his last Christmas, we all piled in their car and drove to Muskogee (about an hour drive) just to see the famous Muskogee Christmas lights they have in a beautiful park. My parents never stopped doing wonderful things for us. Taylor was 4, almost 5 when he died, and Blake was 2, almost 3. Taylor remembers him quite well, but Blake just kind of remembers him, which tears me apart, because he is one person that deserves to be well remembered. I'll never forget that Christmas. I always had Christmas with either Ryan's parents, or my parents, never both. But that year, 2004, I got to share it with both. It was by far the best Christmas ever, for me. There's not ONE day that goes by that I don't think of him. Some days I have a hard time coping with it, like today, but I feel better now that I've gotten it out. But I will always love and miss my Dad.Friday, November 30, 2007
Christmas 2004
I am a little sad today. I just came across this picture and just started reminiscing of when I still had my dad in my life. He died April 13, 2005. But the whole year before that I lived in Henryetta and my mom and dad came 900 miles to see me a lot. I saw them 7 times in one year (for a week or two at a time) with them coming to Henryetta or me going to Olathe. I cherish those days. Well, Dad's last Christmas, they came to Henryetta. They stayed like 2 weeks. It was so wonderful. I wish I could have known it was his last Christmas, I wouldn't have left his side! He was such an affectionate person. There was NEVER a time that I had to wonder if he loved me. He was always showing love. And not just showing love, but he said it ALL the time. I miss his hands, he was a cabinet maker, so you would think with all the splinters and everything they have to deal with that he would have rough hands. NO. His hands were as soft as a child's hand. I miss feeling his hands. While they were in Henryetta for his last Christmas, we all piled in their car and drove to Muskogee (about an hour drive) just to see the famous Muskogee Christmas lights they have in a beautiful park. My parents never stopped doing wonderful things for us. Taylor was 4, almost 5 when he died, and Blake was 2, almost 3. Taylor remembers him quite well, but Blake just kind of remembers him, which tears me apart, because he is one person that deserves to be well remembered. I'll never forget that Christmas. I always had Christmas with either Ryan's parents, or my parents, never both. But that year, 2004, I got to share it with both. It was by far the best Christmas ever, for me. There's not ONE day that goes by that I don't think of him. Some days I have a hard time coping with it, like today, but I feel better now that I've gotten it out. But I will always love and miss my Dad.Wednesday, November 28, 2007
My momma's coming!
I have been trying to talk my mom into coming out here for a long time. She has wanted to but just didn't have the braveness to drive out here by herself. Well she asked me to look online at plane tickets. I looked at Travelocity, Orbitz, Hotwire, Cheaptickets, and Priceline. All of the prices were like $700.00-$900.00. Well I decided to just TRY and offer Priceline a cheap price. She gave me her credit card number and I put in the offer of $200.00 and it was ACCEPTED! So taxes and all it will only be a little under $250.00! It said her savings was 69%. So she is scheduled to fly here on Tuesday of next week! 6 days away!!!!! She will be here for 1 week. I'm so happy. She has never seen my house. It will be so wonderful having her here. I can't wait!!!
The picture that had me worried for years!
When Blake was a baby (4-5 months old), I had our family pictures taken shortly before Christmas. I ordered a package deal. But there was this one picture that didn't come in the package that I KNEW I had to have. It was of Blake sitting in a present box with a Santa hat on his head. And he had the most ADORABLE smile. So I ordered 1 sheet of wallets (8). I knew that would give the grandparents one some Aunts/Uncles and I would get to keep at least one. I lived in Colorado at the time so I mailed Ollie and Sharon an 8 X 10 of the family picture and a wallet of this pose. Well, Sharon didn't realize that the wallet was in the package and accidentally threw it away. I gave out the other pictures and thought I kept 2 for myself and Blake. Well I asked Sharon if she liked that picture and she told me she never got it, which I told her she must have accidentally thrown it away. She was so upset about that. So I knew that I had 2 so I sent her one of mine, which left me with one. Well...shortly after that we moved back to Oklahoma, and moved again, and again, and again. And somewhere I lost my copy of that picture. I was devastated. I loved it so much! I started asking my mom, sisters, Sharon and sister-in-laws to keep an eye out in their pictures for it, because I wanted to make some copies. Everyone looked but never found that picture. I don't what happened to all the rest of the pics, but no one seemed to remember it and couldn't find it. It was just a little wallet. So I'm getting more and more upset the more time goes by and thought I'd never see it again :( Well, one day, I was at Ollie and Sharon's and decided to try to find it, because Sharon couldn't remember what it looked like and I could. So I looked all through her pics and didn't find it. Then I thought to look through her China Hutch drawers... and I FOUND it!!!!! I immediately scanned it and e-mailed it to myself and saved it on my computer and kept that wallet. Since it is a Christmas picture I didn't post it before, but I just want everyone to know how important this picture really is to me. Sorry I have rambled on, but I just had to tell everyone what I went through to find this picture. I think you guys will understand why right about now ;)
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Holiday decorating
Ryan and I thought we had SOOO much Christmas decorations. I mean, we have like 3 storage totes of lights, garlands, stuffed animals, etc... We decided to clear out our bookshelves and decorate for Christmas in the room with the bookshelves. Well, we cleared everything off and started putting decorations on the shelves but it didn't cover NEAR as much of the shelves as we thought it would. So you will have to forgive the empty spaces for now. I'm sure we will buy a few more decorations here and there. I just didn't want to wait to show our decorations. Also, as you all know,we moved to Sapulpa in March and we have some ADORABLE stockings, but I searched high and low for those in our garage, but never found them. Blake's is a Denver Broncos, Ryan's is a Santa Clause, and mine & Taylor's is a snowman. So I am bummed about that. I don't know if maybe we left them at Ollie and Sharon's house last year or what, but the ones in the picture will also have to do for now.
We also didn't have a tree. When we moved to Grand Junction in October of last year, we had been borrowing my Mom's tree, so we gave it back to her. Well, I was reading the after Thanksgiving sale papers with Cherrie and Melissa and found a Christmas tree in the Target ad, so I went with Cherrie and her mom to all the sales. I bought the tree, and it is a pretty nice tree, just a little smaller than I want. But that's okay, it too will also do for now. Ryan likes LOTS of colors and sparkles on the tree, so that is our style we use. We haven't put on icicles yet, but will very soon. Oh and by the way... my kids put on 90 % of the ornaments, so they kind of look uneven in a few places ;)
This is Taylor's first Christmas ornament. It is already her 8th Christmas. I can't believe how the years have gone by!
And here is Blake's first Christmas ornament. It is his 6th Christmas. Wow!
We also didn't have a tree. When we moved to Grand Junction in October of last year, we had been borrowing my Mom's tree, so we gave it back to her. Well, I was reading the after Thanksgiving sale papers with Cherrie and Melissa and found a Christmas tree in the Target ad, so I went with Cherrie and her mom to all the sales. I bought the tree, and it is a pretty nice tree, just a little smaller than I want. But that's okay, it too will also do for now. Ryan likes LOTS of colors and sparkles on the tree, so that is our style we use. We haven't put on icicles yet, but will very soon. Oh and by the way... my kids put on 90 % of the ornaments, so they kind of look uneven in a few places ;)This is Taylor's first Christmas ornament. It is already her 8th Christmas. I can't believe how the years have gone by!And here is Blake's first Christmas ornament. It is his 6th Christmas. Wow!Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Happy Thanksgiving
Ryan and I started working on Christmas lights 3 days ago and I worked some more last night. Can you tell we are stoked about the Holidays ;) I plan on putting up a few more color lights around the windows and on a bush. But that won't get done until after Thanksgiving. It is an AWESOME day today, it is really chilly outside, and leaves are falling all over the place! It is supposed to be like this all week. Ryan said he heard it may snow on the weekend. But we will see about that. We are going to head down to Henryetta to be with Ollie and Sharon; Christopher, Melissa and Aiden; Lee, Cherrie, Elisha, Stormie, and Samuel. I WISH Dale, Chantel, and Andy were out here also :( I miss them. I also miss my family very much. I don't think we will have the money to go to Colorado for Christmas. But you never know. But way more than likely, we will be having Christmas in Henryetta also, which I'm not complaining about, I LOVE Ryan's family's traditions. I just wanted to show everyone our lights so far. I will probably have more pics of inside next week sometime.
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