Sunday, May 10, 2009

Happy Mother's Day


Happy Mother's Day. As I was thinking about today and what it means I thought about the many different layers of moms I have known. My great grandmother whom my oldest daughter is named after. My husbands grandmother who we were able to visit with often this winter. I thought about my grandmothers and the memories I have of them. There were all the Christmas' that I wrapped presents and had a Kentucky Fried Chicken dinner with Grandma Dunbar. Or the ice cream cones my Grandma Palmer always had in her freezer for my kids. There are various aunts, and teachers that weren't necessarily my mom but had a huge impact on my life. But, really what about my mom.  She taught me that every holiday is a family event. She is someone who puts on makeup every morning no matter what. She makes sure that if the kids are asking for something I have said absolutely no to they have a good chance of getting it with her. She took care of me after my hysterectomy leaving dad for weeks. She doesn't care for cold weather but after moving to Illinois was there within the first 60 days in mid December to make sure we weren't freezing to death. She also makes the best butter cream icing I have ever had.  Love to all, Happy Mother's Day...

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Prom


We have shopped, fluffed, curled, powdered and sparkled. This is the result. Oh and there was also that trip to look for a dress with dad. Mike was a good sport and took his daughter shopping for a prom dress. With my work schedule it just didn't allow much time for looking and then there was a store with a sale and between my work hours and life in general we were never going to make it. So, Mike went prom dress shopping. And well you can see the results. Liza loved her dress, and it looked like a million bucks on her. What do ya think? :) Looks good.