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taking time out to play!

Lori
Life is so busy... I understand the "take time to smell the flowers", It's crazy... Days, weeks and then months... Now years fly by!!! It insane. How do we keep up. I'm not one of those people that marks off days on the calendar, but I do fill the days up with chores, appointments and events for my family and friends. It's amazing I get them all done. Even when you take time off it seems the time flies faster and before you know it you are back in your old routine again. I always love to read those book... Don't sweat the small stuff... And my favorite quotes are the ones that say it's not the clean house and the car you drive that they remember but it sure makes it fun when racing for the end... Is it a race? Rat race... I miss the long summers between grades during my school years and having nothing to do(actually getting bored). Now I even rob my kids of that these days filling up their schedules with play dates and activities and sports. But this is how it's done now a days right??? Who knows maybe my kids will be in therapy and telling the doctor... "My Mom and Dad did too much for me!!!" hahaha...Sorry I must of fell asleep... I was dreaming. Why is it that we want to give our kids so much more then what we had.... Did we have it so bad??? I really think some of the changes happened for other reasons too... Like not being able to let our kids go off on their own...You know when we left in the morning and did not come home till dinner... Stranger danger has really gotten scary. You cannot even let your kids walk home from school anymore... Our school has a NO walk policy... They do not want the responsibility. You can throw a rock to my children's school and they have to take the bus or be dropped off at the front gate... Oh well just think of what it's going to be like when our kids grow up.... Weird huh?
Slow down...Enjoy... Life's too short!~!!
Lori

Happy Birthday Gabi!!!

Lexi, Dominic & Gabi

Lori
Hi... Life is good! I wrote a really nice blog last night about my weekend adventures and the blog was off for repairs and I did not copy it before publishing it and it was gone... All that work and details for nothing... Unless you consider lesson learned! Copy before publishing it to you blog.
Sum up weekend I had family pictures with my whole family. It was the first time since my wedding that I had a family picture. That was 13 1/2 years ago... Where does the time go. Since the recent events in my family (passing of Aunt Irene) I realized time is too short!!! So I told my Mom and Dad that for their Anniversary (46 years) that I will get our whole family together for a family portrait. I went shopping and bought all the matching clothes (in purple... Mom's favorite color) and tan pants. Semi dress but comfortable. It was a success!!! Everyone looked awesome.
Before the appointment I took some pictures of the kids and I will post them!

Lori

Hi, It's been a stressful week but I'm healthy and so are my family... Today I'm asking for prayers for my friend Dawn who starts chemo. She is among millions who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. She has had all her surgeries (double mastectomy and some reconstruction) and is now starting the chemo and radiation to follow. She lives in Florida and It's so far away I can only hug her with my words.
She is a proud Mother of four and her youngest is not even a year old. Dawn is also a hard working wife for her husbands business. She needs any support we can give her so please say a prayer for her and her family to have strength and healing.

I Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Lori