Rachel Skating

A Different Kind of Christmas

Missing my Mom....

Rachel's Band Concert

I am so behind in blogging. Rachel has had two concerts since I last blogged. The first one is from December, the second from October. Enjoy! (I doubt anybody is actually reading my blog, so this is for us to enjoy or to preserve as a memory....)

Rachel's Birthday

 Rachel's friend surprised her with a "heart attack" for her birthday.

 14 balloons!

 Mashed potatoes instead of cake...

 We decorate for Christmas on Rachel's birthday. Fun!

Rachel Adoption Day

I love you so much, Rachel. I am so blessed to be your mother. I am so glad that you joined our little family 13 years ago on December 1, 2002. I love you more than chips and salsa.

Thanksgiving

 We are so glad that my dad, Sue, Brandon, Nate, Lana, David, Liberty, Dan, Crystal, Katie, Emma, Chas, Lucy, and Harrison came to visit us for Thanksgiving. We had a wonderful weekend.

 Our Christmas photo....

Some things given to me by my mother when she visited Plymouth, Massachusetts....

 Lime Kiln Trail hike....

 Music Man party....

 Silly pie game...

 Carkeek Park.....

Halloween

 We carved pumpkins the day before Halloween....better late than never.

 I was so excited that I was able to roast three pans of seeds without setting the fire alarm off. It was a good year!

 Dinner in a pumpkin...

 Barfing pumpkin dip...

 Deviled spider eggs....

 We spent the entire day in costumes visiting people. It was such a fun way to spend Halloween. I'm so glad Halloween was on Saturday so we could do this....

 It was a very rainy Halloween...

 The candy sort and candy trade....

 I planted pansies in honor of Mom in a few pumpkins. I sure miss her.