Lucky Dorito

Five things I fully expect to hear today as we (my girls and I) drive 900+ miles across the country to spend a week hanging out with Shannon and her daughter:
1. Are we there yet?
2. I’m hungry.
3. Are we there yet?
4. Mommmm…. I’m hungry.
5. Are we there yet?

Who do you think will be [...]

how INSANELY BIG the great state of Texas really is ???

Guess I’ll catch ya’ll when I get there!
I hope to post some pictures along the way tomorrow… if it all works out!

“Look at this,” he says, lifting my hand where we could both see my wedding band and engagement ring.
“In this, is a lot of love.
It was given in love and it symbolizes that love.
It’s unending.
It’s strong.
That ring is on your finger for a reason.
Because YOU are my wife.
Because I love YOU…. always and forever.”

Awwwww.
For whatever [...]

I speak often of my sweet friend Shannon, also known as Sweet Pea, whom I just love dearly. We’ve become fabulous friends over the past few years and at this point in time, I can’t remember what my life was like before her friendship … and… I don’t want to remember! Because I know it [...]

I just love having Guest Bloggers! I hope you do as well…. The following is from my sweet friend Jean!
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Well, it’s Father’s Day.. and I’ve been contemplating fatherhood. What is it that makes a great Father? I think mine has it hands down, whatever “it” is. I’m the original “daddy’s girl”! I’ve always [...]

(Image found online here)
Text reads as follows:
The Third Sunday in June shall henceforth be known as Father’s Day and accordingly, all dads are hereby endowed with certain rights and privileges for a period not exceeding 24 hours on said date, as noted below:
The right of utter and complete domination of the remote control, including the [...]

My dad must have endured a lot with 4 young girls in the house. He was the lone *male* in our household for many years, until my younger brother was born when I was fourteen. I was the youngest, the only blond you see in this picture - and although I only remember my dad [...]

During May, I enjoyed posting everyone’s *Mom-stories* in honor of Mother’s Day. Of course, that sparked the idea to do the same for June and Father’s Day. It wasn’t long after I suggested *Dad-stories* that the first one arrived in my inbox. My friend, Kansas Jen, (I call her that to keep from getting her [...]