CHAIR UPDATE

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THE FABRIC MATCHES THE FABRIC OF MY CURTAINS

SO I GOT THE BAR STOOL CHAIRS AT A YARD SALE THIS SUMMER I FINALLY GOT THEM DONE I'AM HAPPY HOW THEY TURNED OUT I LOVE FINDING THINGS FOR MY HOME FOR GREAT DEALS.

POTTY TRAINING

I NEVER THOUGHT THIS DAY WOULD COME, IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY WHEN WE GOT ZAK. ZAK WOULD TELL ME MOMMY POO POO CHANGE PLEASE, I TOLD MY MOM SHE SAID I THINK HE IS READY, SO LAST FRIDAY I WENT AND BOUGHT ALL THE FUN STUFF, I EVEN GOT HIM A JAR AND PUT SOME FUN THINGS IN THE JAR, SO WHEN WE GOES HE GETS TO PICK SOMETHING OUT OF THE JAR, I CALLED JOSH AND TOLD HIM I GOT EVERYTHING HE SAID DON'T YOU THINK WE MIGHT BE PUSHING HIM, SO WHEN I GOT OF THE PHONE I THOUGHT MAYBE WE WOULD WAIT BUT THEN HE WOKE UP FROM HIS NAP AND SAID MOMMY PEE PEE ON POTTY, I THOUGHT NO I THINK IT'S TIME, I THINK JOSH THOUGHT THE SAME ONCE NO MORE DIAPER HE IS NOT A BABY, SO MONDAY COMES I THINK "O" BOY HERE WE GO, BUT HE IS DOING AWESOME, IN FACT YESTERDAY WE WHERE GONE FROM 10: 00 AM UNTIL 9:00 PM HE HAD ONE ACCIDENT AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF ME I WENT TO TAKE HIM UP AND THE PHONE RANG, I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW EASY, I WOULD HEAR SO PEOPLE SAY HOW HARD IT IS, HE LOVES HIS POTTY JAR, I LOOK AT HIM AND THINK WHERE DID MY BABY GO,I LOVE TEACHING ZAK AND TO WATCH HIM LEARN , I'AM SO BLESSED TO BE HIS MOM, AS ME AND MY MOM WHERE DRIVING HOME I TOLD HER I NEEDED TO PUT ZAK ON THE POTTY WHEN I GOT HOME, BUT I SPELLED IT OUT SO THE NEST THING HE DID WAS SPELL POTTY, ME AND MY MOM LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND WE LAUGHED,I LOVE TO HEAR THE CUTE THINGS HE SAYS AND DOES I LOVE THIS AGE, I WISH THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO GROW UP SO FAST I LOVE THE SONG "LET THEM BE LITTLE FOR THERE ONLY THAT WAY FOR SOME TIME". I WILL ENJOY ALL THE WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE OF MOTHERHOOD, I KNOW SOME DAYS ARE HARD.

MY FOREVER BEST FRIEND!!!

TODAY JOSH AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 12 GREAT YEARS, LOOKING BACK AT ALL THE YEARS, I FEEL SO BLESSED TO BE WITH THIS GREAT MAN, HE TEACHES ME SOMETHING ABOUT LIFE EVERY DAY I'M ALWAYS SO EXCITED WHEN I HEAR HIS TRUCK COMING I LOVE TO BE WITH HIM AND TALK WITH HIM, I LOOK BACK AND THINK OF THE TRIALS WE HAVE HAD TO FACE, AND IT HAS MADE US A STRONGER COUPLE, HE WORKS SO HARD FOR OUR FAMILY, I'M SO THANKFUL FOR BEING SEALED TO HIM FOR TIME AND ETERNITY, I LOVE YOU HONEY, I HOPE YOU KNOW "YOUR MY BEST FRIEND", JUST LIKE THE SONG I HOPE TO SPEND IT WITH YOU, THANKS FOR ALWAYS MAKING ME FEEL LIKE A QUEEN, AND I LOVE HOW YOU ARE ALREADY TEACHING OUR SON, TO TREAT ME WITH RESPECT, AND FOR ALWAYS BEING THE BEST DADDY EVER.

OUR ANGEL!!!

THIS PICTURE IS NOT THE BEST OF IT BUT I'AM SURE MANY OF YOU WILL SEE ME WEARING IT....

A COUPLE WEEK'S AGO ZAK AND I WENT TO DELIVER A BABY GIFT TO ZAK'S BIRTH MOMS COUSIN, SHE JUST LIVES UP THE STREET I HAD NEVER MET HER, WHEN WE GOT THERE SHE SAID SHE HAD A GIFT FOR ME FROM MELISSA (ZAK'S BIRTH MOM), IT WAS SO FUN TALKING WITH HER WHAT A NEAT PERSON SHE IS AS WELL, I COULD NOT WAIT TO GET HOME TO OPEN THE CARD AND GIFT, JOSH WAS SAD THAT HE DIDN'T GET TO MET HER, SO WE OPENED THE CARD, IT WAS SO SPECIAL, I LOVE TO HER FROM MELISSA, JOSH AND I ARE ALWAYS WONDERING HOW SHE IS DOING, IN SIDE THE GIFT WAS A BEAUTIFUL HEART NECKLACE WITH PEARLS, IN SIDE THE CARD WAS A LITTLE CARD THAT SAID ADOPTION TREE PENDANT

OUR LATEST ADDITION IN OUR CUSTOM LINE OF ADOPTION JEWELRY. THIS EXQUISITE, CUSTOM-DESIGNED AND CRAFTED STERLING SILVER AND PINK PEARL ADOPTION TREE PENDANT IS A REPRESENTATION OF ALL HEARTS BOUND TOGETHER BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE ADOPTION JOURNEY. SEVERAL SMALL, PINK FRESHWATER PEARLS ARE CAREFULLY INTERTWINED ON BRANCHES OF A STERLING TREE AND SYMBOLIZE THE HEART OF ALL WHO TRAVELED THE PATH OF ADOPTION(BIRTH FAMILY, FOSTER FAMILY, ADOPTIVE FAMILY...) AND WHO WILL FOREVER BE CONNECTED BY HEART THROUGH THE PASSAGE OF TIME. LOOK CLOSELY THOUGH... THERE IS ONE SLIGHTLY LARGER PEARL REPRESENTING THE HEART OF THE ADOPTEE. ALL ARE ENCOMPASSED WITHIN A STERLING SILVER HEART WHICH REPRESENTS ALL HEARTS BEATING IN UNISON FOR THE LOVE A CHILD.

I LOVE MY NEW NECKLACE, I WILL ALWAYS TREASURE THE LOVE THAT BOTH JOSH AND I HAVE FOR THIS FAMILY, AND MAINLY MELISSA FOR THE SACRIFICE SHE MADE FOR SO WE CAN BE A ETERNAL FAMILY, ALSO ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE I GOT A LETTER FROM MELISSA MOM, SHE SENT TO PICTURES OF MELISSA WHEN SHE WAS AROUND ZAK'S AGE, I LOVE THEM I CAN NOT BELIEVE HOW MUCH ZAK LOOKS LIKE HER, I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT MELISSA AND HER AWESOME FAMILY, THANK YOU MY ANGEL FOR GIVING US THE BEST GIFT EVER. (ZAK), WE LOVE YOU...

PUPPY LOVE

OK SO MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT JOSH LOVES DOGS, AND WHEN I SAY DOGS, I MEAN DOGS, OR PUPPYS, WE HAVE BOUGHT 2 PUPPYS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND NOW HE IS RUBBING OFF ON ZAK, I LOVE THESE PICTURES OF ZAK, THE ONE IS OF ZAK WHEN WE WHERE COMING HOME HE HELD THE PUPPY ALL THE WAY HOME, THE OTHER ONE HE WANTED THE PUPPY TO RIDE WITH HIM TO PICK UP SOME COWS, BOYS AND THERE PUPPYS., I MEAN MEN AND THERE PUPPYS

IN MEMORY OF MY TWO GRANDMA'S

MY GRANDPA LOOK AT THE GRAVE

MY DAD, HIS MOM'S GRAVE

ME AND ZAK

ZAK AND MY GRANDPA I LOVE THIS PICTURE, ZAK SAYS GRANDPA GEORGE!!

GRANDPA LOOKING AT GRAVE

GRANDMA HEAD STONE

GRANDMA NIELSEN I STILL NEED TO GET ALL MY PICTURES OF HER PUT ON A DISK

GRANDMA ALM HOLDING ZAK FOR THE FIRST TIME

THIS LAST FRIDAY& SATURDAY MARKS, THE DEATHS OF BOTH OF MY GRANDMA'S, WHO I LOVED SO MUCH, MY GRANDMA "ALM" DIED LAST YEAR, MY GRANDMA "NIELSEN" 5 YEARS AGO, THESE WOMEN WERE SO IMPORTANT IN MY LIFE, THEY ARE PART OF WHO I'AM TODAY,I WILL ALWAYS BE THANKFUL FOR THE MEMORIES THAT I HAD TO SHARE WITH THEM. FRIDAY WE WENT OUT TO DINNER WITH MY DADS FAMILY, THEY GOT MY GRANDMA'S HEAD STONE ON HER GRAVE, SO AFTER DINNER WE WENT UP TO LOOK AT IT, IT IS STILL SO HARD TO SEE MY GRANDPA, THE PAIN HE IS STILL FEELING FOR HER, IT WAS FUN TO SEE MY COUSINS AND EVERY ONE ELSE, I WILL POST SOON, IT HAS BEEN SO CRAZY AROUND HERE, I'AM SURE JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. "DEATH LEAVES A HEART ACHE, NO ONE CAN HEAL, LOVE LEAVES A MEMORY NO ONE CAN STEAL".

WATERMELON ANYONE???

I MADE THESE WATERMELON COOKIES A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, THEY WERE FUN TO MAKE, I WISH I WOULD OF MADE THEM A LITTLE BIGGER, I LOVE WATERMELON, THE GOOD OLD SUMMER DAYS!!!

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ZAK WAITING FOR GRANDPA AND GRANDMA TO COME, HIS PUPPY THAT HE IS HOLDING IS FROM ZAK'S BIRTH GRANDMA NANA, HE LOVES IT

MY CUTE NIECES IN THERE COSTUMES

JENNA HOLDING ZAK AFTER THE PLAY

JESSICA BEFORE THE PLAY

THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW MY DAD KNOW HOW MUCH HE LOVES HALLOWEEN, THAT IS WHERE I GET MY LOVE FOR IT, HE WANTED TO BUY THIS BUT IT WOULD NOT FIT IN THE CAR THANK GOODNESS

WE HAD TO STOP AND GET DRINKS IT WAS SO HOT THERE, ZAK WITH JESSICA

ANOTHER PICTURE OF ZAK AND JESSICA, HE LOVES HER

MY CUTE SISTER JUL, ZAK IS HELPING HER COOK

ZAK HELPING COOK, HE WAS WEARING JASON APRON

ZAK AND I GOT TO DRIVE UP WITH MY MOM AND DAD TO SEE MY CUTE NIECES IN THERE PLAY, THE PLAY WAS WAS "ANNIE" THEY BOTH DID SUCH A GREAT JOB,ZAK DID SO GOOD DRIVE UP AND BACK IN FACT MY MOM AND DAD SAID MOST KIDS HIS AGE WOULD BE CRYING, IT IS ALWAYS SO FUN TO GO UP AND VISIT MY SIS AND HER FAMILY, WE ALWAYS HAVE SO MUCH FUN, WE DID ALOT OF SHOPPING WE WOULD STAY UP TILL 12: 0 or 1:00 EVERY NIGHT,WE STARTED SOME OF OUR CRAFTS AND NEVER FINISHED, I WILL SHOW YOU THEM WHEN I GET TO THEM, IT WAS NICE TO BE WITH MY SISTER AND HER FAMILY AND MY MOM AND DAD, I LOVE MY FAMILY THEY ARE EVERYTHING TO ME, I HOPE THAT THEY ALL KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE AND CARE FOR THEM ALL, THANKS JUL AND YOUR FAMILY FOR THE FUN TIMES, ZAK LOVES BEING WITH HIS COUSINS, ALSO THANKS MOM AND DAD FOR LETTING ZAK AND I TAG ALONG YOU ARE ALWAYS SO KIND.