…every time I come to my blog to write – I censor myself. I guess I think that either I can’t handle the emotions or you can’t.
I suspect it’s me.
Found an old friend at MySpace – since I’ve been scanning pictures from our wedding into the computer – I thought I’d post these. Tricia – did you have bridesmaids’ dresses similar to this too? lol
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My bridesmaids – DeeDee, Susan, Beth, me, Anne & Patty
The night before the wedding DeeDee & Patty sleptover (we were so young!). DeeDee was gluing fake nails on me – and almost got her hair glued in too! LOL
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Today Joshua would have been 5 years old.
I’m trying to have a normal day. Headache is not helping. One good thing about tonight is that it’s my weekly knit night…always a good time.
I wish I could say something spiritually encouraging or even poetic. But I’m just sad. Nothing encouraging about that! Have I said before how much grieving sucks? Good! ‘Cause it is still true!
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This holiday weekend we traveled up I5 to “The Cabin”. The Cabin in a piece of land in the Mendocino National Forest that is partially owned by someone in our family. We talked about the history of the ownership this weekend and let me tell you – it’s confusing! Several local families bought the land – I’m guessing in the early-mid 1900s (that narrows it down doesn’t it?! LOL) – and either my Grandpa and his brother were part of it. Or, maybe it was bought earlier by my Great-Grandfather and my Grandpa and his brother inherited it. We don’t know. And, not knowing means we really don’t know what the ownership situation is now…but we know that we love it there. It’s hot. There is no electricity. There is no cell coverage. There is an old well where, until recently, we had to pump water by the bucket and carry it inside. I have a whole scrapbook of our trips there. We try to go each Memorial Day weekend…and since Joshua’s birthday is around that weekend…it adds a special significance to gather together with our family.
This year, my brother-in-law, Kevin, and my sister, Beth, took my mom and their 3 kids up on Friday night. We joined them on Saturday morning. Unfortunately this year my brother, Brett, and his wife, Christy, and kids could not attend as they could not find anyone to watch the animals at their place. On Sunday, my uncle Butch and my cousins, Andy & Matt, joined us for the day.
So, here are some pictures from this year….enjoy!
The young boys really enjoyed shooting targets with their BB guns.
and so did the big boys…
Here are the jr shooters….
and, the sr shooters…
J3 spent alot of time trying to ride a bike. Of course, the meadow is not even…so he fell more than anything else. But he enjoyed it all the same!
I was laughing at the boys with their ‘toys’ until this guy crawled out from under the cabin!!
This picture is after he was already shot…since things were so crazy we had to re-enact the shooting:
Why two shooters? Well, only one of them had snake shot (Eric).
Matt & my mom salted the snake skin – we plan to display it at the cabin.
After all that excitement, we did what we normally do….sit around the fire and tell stories.
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I love you more now than I ever thought I could then
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