Happiness

...is a Heavenly Father who loves us no matter what
...is having a sweet, wonderful, loving, adorable husband
...hearing squeals of delight from your little girls because you got some Polly Pockets out for them to play with
...having a kitty "sent" to you that is just perfect...adorable and sweet...
...having Tufsey come running when you call his name
...sunshine
...beautiful flowers and HONEYSUCKLE VINES in BLOOM!!
...listening to laughter--especially children's laughter as they swing outside and play
...summer weather for sure
...is LOVE!
And yes, little weird things excite me such as this: today the overflowing trash can got emptied AND the street cleaner/sweeper came by--all in the same day. I love it when the street cleaner comes down the streets. We live on a corner so maybe that contributes to why I like it. It just makes everthing look neater--even though I try to keep it free of debris.

In other news...I just said yesterday that Aliyah wouldn't lose any teeth forever and low and behold she comes to me and says her tooth hurts when eating...it's loose. I came to the realization that I needed a picture of her with all of her baby teeth as those days are soon coming to an end. She's growing up! Maybe I need to say some other interesting thing that won't happen and it will--like I would never be a millionaire--haha!

Catch up

What's the surest way to get it to rain??
You guessed it...wash all of your windows and doors. So, I checked that one off my to-do list and it's raining today. Also in catch up, I got the laundry completed and the house cleaned--yay! I'm happy for the extra day to catch up on stuff. Now, it's time to get the girls to chill out and take a nap...bye for now.

It's Official!!

Funny memories....but anyway this picture was taken after my mom cried a bit once we were all outside. She cried through my entire ceremony, but not at this one really.

It was taken BEFORE I asked Jared to toss his hat in the air...

...and I thought I didn't get it...but this picture shows that I did so I asked him to re-toss...and it LANDED ON THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING. Everyone was laughing. I videoed them with the ladder getting it down.

I also had to take a picture with my parents holding his diploma...

So, yes he did graduate and tomorrow we party some more.
The pictures are with my old falling apart camera (literally) cuz the computer won't recognize my new camera or Josh's Ipod or whatever so the old one camera has to do.

Graduation--Congratulations!!

Just a quick minute to post before we get ready to leave...my brother graduates tonight--YAY. If I were my parents, I would have booked a cruise--lol! I asked them where their regalia was since they should be walking as well--haha. It's just that he's not very books/school oriented--and that's no secret.
So, CONGRATULATIONS Jared!! We'll party tomorrow! I just wish Josh could be there with me to watch--it definitely would be more entertaining.
yay--Class of 2009!!

Giving

I got the joy of watching someone get a large gift the other day. It was so cool! Without naming names or situations...here's what it was...
This isn't the kind of "gift" you see given every day...not for a birthday or holiday. This was a just because I feel you and your family could use this. The person receiving this was in shock I'm pretty sure. A sizable / HUGE gift that is perfect for the family getting it. The coolest was to watch the joy of the giver and the happiness of the receiver. It wasn't like the receiver had any clue that they were going to get such a gift. The other neat thing was to hear the person that got the gift say that their family had prayed for God to provide for them. I'm doubting they would have ever expected what God gave.
I wasn't the person that gave or received the gift, but wow I could feel the joy of the giver and receiver. I felt so happy for them! It truly brought a smile to my face.
In other happenings...it FEELS LIKE SUMMER!!!! I made sure to spend some time in my adirondack chair after work the past two days to get a good dosage of those "sun" vitamins. I'm of the opinion that the sun has incredible health value =). Yes, I know it can cause skin cancer and what not, but talking on a cell phone could cause brain cancer so they say. I still talk on a cell phone, and I'm still gonna enjoy being in the sun =).

WHAT??

What I am missing is school. That was quoted by Aliyah about 2 minutes ago. Did I hear that?? It is May and everyone is starting to get out of school. Granted, we have been finished for a little over two months, but she's MISSING school. I have begun ordering various books that she will need for next year off ebay--we save lots of $$ that way! She is excited because the readers should be coming this week. She wants to start reading them. Tonight, I got out a cursive writing book--she began trying it out.
I will let her do various things like practice and begin learning cursive and she can read her readers all she wishes, but I am NOT starting school up again already. Nope--not until August!
Keirah gets to hear the readers and/or any one of Aliyah's books every night--until she falls asleep. How fun is that?? Aliyah reads out loud and many times by the light of the nightlight to her. Okay, I confess, I read by flashlight as a child--under the covers--lol!!

LAAAZY

I don't feel tired, but I just don't feel overly motivated my to-do list. Perfect weather to do it, I am just bein a boring person. There's shows I wanna watch, but I don't want to spend the time I mean waste the time watching them. I'm gonna put on my productive shoes now--I hope!!