I'm old, I know :)

Alright, so today I'm posting about something you may not know...I love home-made floral arrangements and since all my roses are in full bloom right now, I thought I'd share some of the flowers that have brough a huge smile to my face lately:

I love the velvet petals of this dark purple one! Seriously- the petals look like sheets that I want to just crawl inside and curl up in!

This is a mock orange and grows in a huge bush- LOVE my mock orange. It is so fragrant. It's growing right outside my kitchen window and when I open it up, the scent fills up my entire house!

This one is just neat...I call this my candy cane rose but that's not it's official name. Doesn't it look like a candy cane though? (sure doesn't smell like one)

Come, follow me...and I will make you fishers of men. Matthew 4:19

Would you believe me if I told you that JD and Ryan caught 9 fish the other day? And that of those, Ryan caught SEVEN?????????

Even Gage had a great time :)

more ryanisms

i want to remember these forever ...

me: "ryan, you are wearing my socks"
ryan: "mom, you need to share".
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me: "no gage. you can't eat the laudry soap. that's icky"
ryan: "yeah, gage. rememer the rules. remember the rules bud".
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ryan: "what's that thingy mom?"
me: "oh, that's a canoe"
ryan: "what's it used for?"
me: "it's a boat"
ryan: "ooohhhhhh. it looks like a basket".
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(i am cutting my steak)
ryan: "oh, that is naughty mom. you need to put that knife back. only
big boys can use knives. only me and daddy. you might cut your
finger right off".

what dinosaurs drink...

"mom"
"yes, ryan"
"dinosaurs have muscles, right?"
"oh yes, dinosaurs have muscles. they are very strong"
"yeah cause they eat leaves and flowlers"
"yes, they do"
"yeah, and they drink..."
insert loooooooong pause. ryan's looking around with a quizical look on his face searching...i know the words are there, but sometimes it just takes a minute.
"they drink....FLUID...yeah, fluid."

can you believe that? dinosaurs drink fluid. my kid's a genius. :)

We Remember

This is the video I made in Olivia's memory. It's my first 'movie' so it's pretty glitchy (bear with it). If you want to view it, I would press 'pause' on the music below.

Remembering Olivia Rose

It's a tradition in our family to journey to Idaho for Memorial Day every year. We spend the time remembering those we've lost- especially our precious baby girl, Olivia Rose. We miss her terribly. It is very surreal to see that time has continued to pass- the once grassy area around her gravestone is now covered with other child markers. Time is beginning to etch its way into Olivia's marker as well. It's hard to believe that it has been almost 6 years.

I made a video in Olivia's memory but I'm having a hard time getting blogger to load it. Hopefully it'll work out later this week. Anyway, here are some pictures of our weekend...

Did you know that more babies die inutero than of SIDS? Nearly 30,000 infants in the United States died inutero last year- more in Arizona than in any other state. If you know of anyone who is pregnant and near term, please urge them to conduct kick counts three times daily and ask their doctors for nonstress tests until delivery.

Happy Birthday Song