The other day while outside playing the girls both layed down on the grass and told me I needed to take their picture.
So I did..and this just amazes me just how much alike they look in this photo. I know that they are like twins born two
years apart but boy oh boy this photo really does show it. They are both very excited about the coming days as three of
their cousins are coming for a visit for the 4th of July! Millions of photos soon to follow from the family adventures ahead!
Update: Apparently this just keeps updating with the weather we are having at this exact moment. Just so you all know..when I did post this it was covered with yellow, orange and red for all the rain we were having.
This is the current radar! UGH!! I can’t wait to have more than one fully sunny day in a row! Hopefully soon!!!
Tonight
6/25/2009 Lo: 63°Mostly cloudy with isolated showers and thunderstorms this evening…then partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and small hail. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Friday
6/26/2009 Hi: 80°Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Scattered thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and small hail in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.Lo: 61°Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the evening…then partly cloudy after midnight. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and small hail in the evening. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
Saturday
6/27/2009 Hi: 75°Partly sunny in the morning…then mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 80. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.Lo: 56°Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
6/28/2009 Hi: 73°Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Highs in the upper 70s. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.Lo: 55°Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Highs in the upper 70s. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Monday
6/29/2009 Hi: 78°Mostly cloudy in the morning…then becoming partly sunny. A 40 percent chance of showers. Highs in the upper 70s.Lo: 56°Partly cloudy in the evening…then becoming mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers. Lows in the upper 50s.
Tuesday
6/30/2009 Hi: 76°Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.Lo: 55°Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Wednesday
7/1/2009 Hi: 76°Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.Lo: 58°Mostly cloudy in the evening…then becoming partly cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms in the evening. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
We have had rain basically every day for the past two weeks! UGH. Today it is actually sunny outside with big puffy clouds. If only this could last!
My first book is on its way here. “I Believe Bunny” by Tish Rabe.
Stuff happens. Life happens. Feelings are hurt. People smile. People cry. Life is a whirl wind of feelings and heartache. I know that. I have many losses in my life. I have many joys too.
I have so many things happening in my mind at all times that sometimes the hurt and pain comes to the top and runs my life for a few days. It becomes a very difficult few days to live through but I make it through and move onto better things.
It seems to me that I crave joy and happiness at all times. I enjoy my times alone..which are rare ..so I can read a good book and imagine my life differently. But to me coming back to life after that dreaming sometimes is difficult too. I go and work on my crafty stuff making cards and different projects but I don’t always feel like it is enough. I miss having very close friends. Many of mine have moved on, had children of their own and I don’t hear from them as much anymore. I miss being able to walk across town to my best friends home and spending all my time there. Calling her parents Mom and Dad just as I did my own. I guess growing up does this to a person.
The weather here has been very dreary and rainy so I think this also plays a part in my sadness. I need the sun!
I plan on working on some cards and just enjoying the evening with my family tonight. Hopefully the slugs on our back stoop will go away too! 
Right now I am sad…very sad. I have been sad for a long time but put on a good show and no one would be the wiser to think I wasn’t happy. I have very few friends and they are usually busy with their own lives so I don’t get much time to just “hang with the girls” and just relax. I spend 24/7 with my kids and I love them dearly but a mom does need some alone time, doesn’t she? I don’t think my hubby gets me at all. We don’t really talk. IT is more I talk and he ignores. It makes me very sad to see this. I just don’t know what to do anymore. Feeling alone all the time and not having anyone to really talk to is getting harder and harder for me. I can’t turn my brain off and not just think and think about things all the time. I hardly sleep. Being sad isn’t a good thing for anyone..especially me.
This is for Henry, Maria and Julia. I love you and miss you all! I can’t wait to see you soon! Love, Melody
My father was a huge part of my life growing up. He was always there for me. He understood me. He hung out with me and spent tons of time with me and Zachary after he was born. He was truly a wonderful father. He taught me to cook. How to take care of a home. He was my idol, my rock, my favorite person in the world. He died nine years ago and not a day goes by that I still don’t feel his presence in my life. He would have been 67 this year on June 9th..today. It breaks my heart to know that because of a car accident he is no longer here to be a part of my life and my childrens life. They do know who he is though..I have several photos of him around the house and the kids all know he is their Grandpa. He will always be around in one way or another.
Myself, Zachary and my father, Walter – January 21, 2000 – My birthday…
only a little over a month before his accident and two months before his death.
My father and myself in 1978 – After we moved into our T-ville home.
I think this one is from 1979 at my Grandmother’s house at Christmas maybe?
I can’t remember exactly the event. My Barbie is kissing my father’s cheek.
Dad sleeping with Zachary, August 1996 – Zachary was two months old.
Zachary and my father with him at about 6 months old..he got big fast!
I love this picture because they are both wearing white t-shirts and grey sweat pants.
Zachary and Dad on the front steps enjoying some popcorn while my father was working on
something ..I think the front door. Zachary loved spending time with his Grandpa.
He was always with him and truly loved him with his entire heart.
This was only a few months before his death.
I love you Daddy and I miss you dearly. My God hold you in his arms and keep you enveloped with our love forever.
| I love this photo of Melody. She is truly happy jumping up and down on the little playscape thingy that Grandma and Grandpa have at their house. This is her truly as a happy little girl. Well not so little..she is going to be 5 soon!! Please stop my kids from growing up! I love them being little! |
