Black and White Wednesday....{LOVE}

Black and White Wednesday...

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Sunday Snapshot {This is what love looks like}

Today I am linking up with my friend Stefanie over at Ni Hao Y'all...

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Today we celebrated.

We celebrated that these two have been married for 68 years.

YES! I said 68 years...Nope...wasn't a typo...

These two have bee married for 68 years...

and they still are still smiling...

They have loved..

2 children

4 Grandchildren

7 Great-Grandchildren

They still get a little goofy...

and they've been through it all...

together...

Cancer...

moving...

deaths of loved ones...

birthdays

Christmas

Illness

They've been through it all...

and still they...

love...

and laugh...

because they have eachother...

they take care of eachother...

because when your going throught this crazy mixed up beautiful life...

it's nice to have someone you can count on...

it can make all the difference in the world knowing someone always, always has your back...

Just having someone to hold on to...

it can change your life.

Happy Anniversary Gram and Gramps...

You and the life you have created together are an inspiration.

I don't know if Ryan and I will be around long enough to make it ...68 years...

but we sure are gonna give it a shot...

and it means the world to me...

to have you...

to help show us the way!

Love you

7 facts...

So I "stole" this from a blog I follow...

and it seemed fun...

so thanks to Me and my boys... for not picking 15 friends...

so I could "tag" myself!

Here are the rules folks:

To accept this award you have to...

1. Thank the person who tagged you and link back to their blog

2. list 7 random facts about you...

and 

3. tag 15 friends to pass it on to...

Sounds like fun right?

Here we go....

1. My 13 year old daughter introduced me to my best friend.

2. Hawaii is my favorite place on the planet and I would move there in a heartbeat if I could.

3. I hate snow.

4. Feet disgust me.  Pretty much all feet...with the exception of baby feet.  They are smelly and gross and I don't want to see them... I don't even like my own feet...yet I would wear flip flops or go with bare feet every single day of my life if I could.  This MUST be a product of being a Florida girl.

5. I have yet to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. 

6.I love to technology.  I LOVE it.  I buy the newest thing...and two weeks later...the next newest thing comes out and I want that too....

7. some of my best friends are under 5 and not related to me.  I am a preschool teacher...and my kid are some of the coolest people I know....

I tag....

ourmothershipadventures

life with kaishon

Imperfect as perfectly possible

Delicious Ambiguity

Miss. Sheylala

Tina Michelle

counting seeds

Ordinary Miracles and the Crazy 8

The Gangs all here

fireworks and fireflies

football and fried rice

and um... anyone else who wants to participate...link back to me...and have fun!

HER passion..

My Roo...she's kind of a conundrum.  She is so laid back most of the time....there are times when you want her to get excited or show some enthusiasm...but not my Reilly Roo.  She's a cool as a cucumber type of chick.  Which most of the time... works around here.

The one thing Reilly is passionate about is....Cheerleading.

Boy does this kid LOVE to cheer!

She works so hard to try to perfect "the next skill" whatever that may be.
*this week that means she is now LANDING her standing back tuck!*

She works through her fears.
*this week she managed to twist out of an arabesque. crying all the while...but still just stubborn enough to do it!*

The thing about cheerleading is that it isn't like every other sport...Cheerleaders spend weeks and weeks getting ready for competitions.  Yes, they cheer at games...but really it's all about the competitions...

and this weekend there are two...One Saturday for one team! GO PRIME TIME ALL STARS!
and one Sunday!  GO DOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL!

and


next weekend there is one on Saturday... which both girls are in...

cause when you have one kid that is this passionate...
it kind of rubs off on the other kid.

and


the following weekend Reagan has ONE that last two days and is a couple of States away!

This is what they both wait for.

The COMPETITIONS...

and to be honest...

it's what I wait for too!

I've heard it more than once.

Those who can't play....cheer 

Can I just say...ohhhh this gets my goat.

These aren't girls out there trying to date a football player...
These aren't girls who can't do other things so they sadly choose to cheer because it's whats left...

NO WAY! 


Most of the football, basketball, baseball players I know....can't do what my kid can on a mat!

These girls are GOOD.

They work hard.

They choose this.

They love this.

I am so so SO proud of my cheerleaders!

Black and White Wednesday....{my girl}

Black and White Wednesday it wicked cool...
and it's here...

This child stole my heart the moment she was born...

and she has kept right on stealing it every day since.

Love you goofy!

Black and White Wednesday....Missing summer...

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So way up here...

In the frigid place we like to call New Hampshire...

We sure are missing the sun...

and the warmth...

and the beach...

and bikinis...

and sprinklers...

So I thought we'd go back a little bit...

and remember...

and re-live it...

just a little bit...

Cause although I know other parts of the country are experiensing spring...

this part....

it most definitely NOT.

and won't be...

for some time...

Around here...We'll still be wearing snow pants to school...

and hoping for a snow day here and there...

it takes a strong person to live up here...

where the winters are oh so long....

and horribly cold...

but I've got to tell ya...

the summers...

The summers in New England...

They make it SO worth it..

It's been nice winter...

but we've had enough...

BRING ON SUMMER!!!

Her best friend...{Sunday Snapshot}

*So last week a blogger friend of mine wrote about the wonderful relationship her daughter has with her blanket...
which made me realize I haven't talked about Reagan and her bestest friend...So thank you...for the reminder!!!*




When Reagan was a teeny tiny baby...

like barely months old...

I crept into her room to close her window....

It was a chilly spring night...

and I reached into her closet...

and without even looking...

I grabbed a blanket...

and covered her up....

and that was just the beginning...

of this...

Reilly never had a "blankie"

so I didn't know this kind of "blankie" love...

until this girl...met this blanket.

Green blanket followed Reagan to child care

every.single.day.

and then it followed her to Pre-school

every.single.day.

We've always had some blankie rules.

Yes, you can bring it in the car to the store...

but it doesn't go in the store.

No it doesn't go to the bus stop.

Yes, it can go on sleepovers.

and of course...
Yes, it can always always go to bed with you...

I only wash it at night. 

After I sneak into her room..

take it off of her...

wash it...

dry it...

and replace it before she wakes up..

Don't get me wrong...

she knows I washed it..

"cause it smells so good."

but the thought of going to sleep without it is unbearable.

I wonder sometimes how long it will last.

and between you and I ...

it's pretty flippin nasty.

It has stains...

most of which were made with chocolate milk...

But...

the edges are still silky.

and it still feels just right when she rubs it while she is falling asleep.

I love that she has this "friend"

We have plans to turn it into a quilt...

but....we have to wait until she is willing to let it go...

at least for a little while...

This kid sure has a crazy case of blankie love..

"Green" blankie love that is....

Come on over and join us at Sunday Snapshot...here!