embarrassing.....priceless

i totally embarrassed my niece today....it was quite spontaneous. We were in the local CVS Pharmacy, and i realized they were playing the BeeGees over the PA. I don't know what came over me i started dancing down the aisle. The Hustle for those of ya'll my age...the Electric Slide the the younger ones. She turned bright red and asked me to stop....it was priceless.

And of course i didn't stop

sweet sweet kailey

This is my sweet niece Kailey. I'm not sure how old she is in the photo....she is now 19. I just love the innocence of this photo and how it seems to capture her in deep thought. I'm not sure if Kailey knows this little fact but me and her mom were pregnant at the same time and we had both picked out the same name. It was gonna be a race to the delivery room to see who would get the name. Unfortunately i lost my baby and my sister got the name. My only comfort is i will get to meet my kailey in heaven and enjoy this sweet kailey here on earth.

happy...pics

My beautiful children at the pool cliff, colleen and mexa....before things turned ugly. see previous post

happy day

The pool is open....and its a happy day. Especially for my kids. They spent 3 fun filled hours at the pool until their bodies got tired and they started turning on each other. After 20 minutes of bickering i announced it was time to go and believe it or not this was all it took for them to become mommas little angels. Or should i say momma and auntie rhonda's little angels. You see i'm am now the proud momma of 4 kids...1 natural birth (colleen-13), 1 step-son (jonathan-14), 1 niece (mexa-16), and 1 nephew (cliff-11). My sister had a little break down about a month ago and i now have her 2 youngest kids. I have new respect for my mom. i'm not sure how she kept from having a breakdown raising 4 of us on her own. I have new respect for my husband, taking in someones else's kids and raising them like his own. I have new respect for myself, i never fully realized how much your love grows when you give it away.

beginnings....

well i've done it, after much contemplating i have a blog. You might be thinking whats the big deal? Well after a lifetime of journaling and never....and i mean never...letting anyone read my journal i am taking the big step of putting my thoughts out there. For everyone to read. Come what may. Very scary. For me anyways.