Do you want to be a "Flower Girl"?

Wedding planning is so fun....so far.. we've been surfing the web alot looking for ideas... and this is the best. With peacocks being a little bit favored....
Flower girl anyone????

WOW.. It Happened...Wedding bells will ring !

OHHHHH MYYYYY HECKKKKK

It happened... I got older, (even though that is not really the point here).

Andee and Andrew got engaged

We are so EXCITED, I mean after almost 5 years of dating, it's official. The bells will ring.

Oh my...there are lots of things on my mind right now.

It's my little girl, turned into such a beautiful woman. And what a great addition she is bringing into our family. We love Andrew. They make an amazingly darling couple, and have tons of fun together.

Here's some of the outline of the big question being ask.

Andrew came to Del and I last Friday, February 27th and ask for our permission to marry Andee. Of course, Yes, and after our conversation, we promised not to say anything to anyone until he ask her. So I have had a week of tears of joy in the shower by myself. I really am excited, but am overcome with emotions.

So they take off to DCA & PHL to visit his brothers. I didn't have a clue when or how he was going to ask her. Just knew I had to keep quiet until the phone call came. Saturday about 1:3o pm. Ciera came walking down the hall and said.."Mom, I need to show you something, but my heart is beating so hard right now". She looked a little emotional. Then she showed us the text/photo Andee had sent her with the ring.

So... now from Andee's timeline....

They were walking down by the National Harbor in DCA. They came upon a bench, and there was a peacock feather (that's a whole other story) on it. Andrew said, "Look, there's a peacock feather on the bench, as they went over to look at it, Andrew got on his knees and proposed.
Meanwhile.... There was a man following them (unknown to Andee that he had been prearranged by Andrew and his brother and sister in law, see Brett & Shelby on Blog links to the right) taking pictures of this whole event. How fun !!!

Andee was a little confused by the man taking pictures, but told Andrew, we need to get that mans name, he has pictures of us getting engaged....how funny...

Boys will be boys ???

BOYS...????????? Will they always be boys?????

Today Bridger went hunting with his friends for each other!

It is an air-soft gun war. I don't understand why, but it is supposedly a fun game where you shoot each other with these air-soft guns and feel the pain for days. I really am freaked out about it, but the other parents don't seem to think it is anything too weird. And dad seems to think it is ok....so off he goes.

He comes home and showes me his war wounds, and then is off to his next adventure.

Now I think this looks like a scary gun.

So I think back of when he was just a little boy, with 2 bigger sisters. There were not alot of boy toys, so he would gather his trucks, swords, and monsters, and push them around in his sisters doll carriage. I guess.... Boys will be boys !

My 100 Year old Grandma

My Grandma Nora is such an amazing lady, and so is my Mom....
I love them both so much !

I want cake and ice cream

When I was younger and I would hear little old ladies say they were going to call their sister's back east or where ever they were and wish them Happy Birthday. I always thought that was sooooo weird. I thought, why don't you just go see them, or have them come see you. You should be having cake and ice cream together. But then I got to be one of those little old ladies and I have to call my sister's and wish them Happy Birthday over the phone. I wish we were still little and could just get together and have cake and ice cream.

Happy Birthday Ellen

We look like orphans :)

Did you know me in High School?

If you knew me in High School you would never, ever expect me to have kids that would be in the "Lime Light". So can you believe all 3 of my kids are very involved in extra curricular activities. Also if you knew me you would never, never, never guess that I would have kids with 4.0 grades. I barely made a 'C' in Under Water Basket Weaving. Andee was a cheerleader in Junior High and all of High School. Ciera is Cheerleader in Junior High, and Bridger is a Student Body Officer. Here is a video of Ciera and Bridger doing a half time dance at a basketball game. It was the Cheerleaders (Ciera) and Student Body Officers (Bridger) combined dance. They actually got along while learning it, and had a good time. Bridger is in a white tee with blue Hawaiian print swim shorts, at the first of the dance he is second from the right side. Ciera comes in with the girls and is on the far right in the orange tank with orange Hawaiian print shorts.

The WAVE Hike

Wow.... No words can describe The "WAVE" hike. So beautiful, that you have to see it yourself. And what a fun day hike. I loved being with my family, they mean so much to me. We had such a good time hiking, talking, being silent, being together, and just taking it all in.
Surfing The "WAVE"


Papa & Andee


Papa & Ciera


Bridger being Bridger and climbing on ledges


Bridger in the "WAVE" bowl


Yes.... can you believe it... Del was there!!!!

The Wave

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