I Heart Turkey

OK no more sad posts. On Thanksgiving I was digging through my potatoes and I found a heart shaped potato. I can't bring myself to eat it.

Grandma Lorraine

Today our Grandma Lorraine died peacefully in her sleep after a long battle with cancer. She wasn't your ordinary grandma. Grandma was a spunky lady. She loved clowns and the Price is Right. She left behind 5 children, 10 grandchildren, and 1 great grandson. Today she was reunited with Grandpa Frank after 22 years. I bet she was glad to see him. We will miss you Grandma.

It's Amazing.........

For the last two weeks my grandma has been in the hospital and now a nursing home. Today she was given a week to live. I took Tyler to visit her twice last weekend and I was was amazed at how he treated her. They've become close buddies over the last two years. I watched her eyes light up when she looked at him. He sat on the bed with her and talked about Batman and candy. The rest of us looked at her with sad and concerned eyes and all he saw was his Grandma Dude. Today he visited her with my mom and she said he sat there and held her hand and asked where his presents were. He doesn't know anything about cancer or death. How wonderful. Thank you Tyler for your innocence and for loving your Grandma Dude so much.

Halloween Tradition

I think it's funny when I realize I have some sort of tradition and had no idea. I've been taking pictures of Tyler for the last three years with our Mr Potato Head Pirate Pumpkin. I think I will keep this tradition going. I like seeing how much he's grown each year. Where did my little Yoda go?

A Very Exciting Saturday!

Saturday we celebrated a few milestones for our little family. ~Roy and I celebrated our 6 year wedding anniversary! Woo Hoo! ~ Tyler took his first trip across the state line. ~ We went to Eckerts farm in Grafton Illinois. It was actually a really cool way to leave the state for the first time. We had to take 2 ferries. ~We realized that he was getting too old to fool. ~ We went to Eckerts with the intention of going apple picking. He watches that show Caillou and there was an episode where they went apple picking so he was well aware of how it worked. So the last couple weeks we've been hyping the whole apple picking thing. Since there was a late freeze this year a lot of the apple harvest was ruined so the apples were limited. So instead of picking them yourself, they pick them and you buy them. So I thought I was being clever when I let him "pick" the bag of apples we were going to buy. It appeared to work until we were on the way home and he started screaming "I forgot to go apple picking!" It was kind of sad.

The FedEx Arrow

One of my customers told me that on every Fedex truck there is an arrow. I finally found it and now I see FedEx trucks everywhere. Everytime I see one my eyes go straight to the arrow. Did anyone else know about the this?

A Winery Wedding

On Saturday we attended a beautiful wedding at Hidden Lake Winery in Illinois. We were so excited to get away for a weekend and spend time with old friends. It was a great time. I only had a few mishaps(my hair went flat before the reception and I rolled my ankle twice). After a few glasses of wine I began feeling sentimental and couldn't help but to look around the table and notice all the happy couples. We are so blessed to have wonderful friends who all seem to be happily married. It could've been the wine. :)