Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Saturday, January 16, 2010
At A Loss For Words....
I've really been thinking a lot about the earthquake in Haiti.
Those of you that don't know. my cousin and her husband recently adopted 2 boys from there. I love those little boys! I'm so saddened by the entire situation. I can't even begin to imagine what families that are adopting have gone through. As if the adoption process isn't stressful enough, now with the natural disaster and not knowing....well I just can't imagine.
I am so thankful for my family and my daughters. I just keep thinking about what if we were adopting and what if we had to deal with this. I see the pictures on the front page of the paper with all the bodies laying around everywhere. I see kids Ashleigh and Addison's age. I see grandmothers, mothers, fathers...you name it. I just think what it would be like to have to walk around these bodies looking for loved ones. A very close friend of ours is in the Army and he has been deployed to Haiti to help with the relief efforts. They don't know what they will be doing or how long they will be there or what they will be faced with.
Living in California, well any where for that matter, makes the reality of an earthquake and the devastation that it can causes more real. We've had several smaller one, 3.7 and 4.1 this last week. This whole thing has really hit home for me. It really makes you realize just how short life is and you should cherish each and every day with your loved ones and friends.
If you would like to help the Creche, where my cousins' sons lived until they were adopted, please visit these websites.
www.chances4children.org
chances4childrendonations.blogspot.com
Apparently the food container that was held up in customs has most likely been looted and they are down to a weeks worth for food.
How would it feel if your child was one of those children in the orphanage that only had food for a week?
Please help if you can and are moved to.
Those of you that don't know. my cousin and her husband recently adopted 2 boys from there. I love those little boys! I'm so saddened by the entire situation. I can't even begin to imagine what families that are adopting have gone through. As if the adoption process isn't stressful enough, now with the natural disaster and not knowing....well I just can't imagine.
I am so thankful for my family and my daughters. I just keep thinking about what if we were adopting and what if we had to deal with this. I see the pictures on the front page of the paper with all the bodies laying around everywhere. I see kids Ashleigh and Addison's age. I see grandmothers, mothers, fathers...you name it. I just think what it would be like to have to walk around these bodies looking for loved ones. A very close friend of ours is in the Army and he has been deployed to Haiti to help with the relief efforts. They don't know what they will be doing or how long they will be there or what they will be faced with.
Living in California, well any where for that matter, makes the reality of an earthquake and the devastation that it can causes more real. We've had several smaller one, 3.7 and 4.1 this last week. This whole thing has really hit home for me. It really makes you realize just how short life is and you should cherish each and every day with your loved ones and friends.
If you would like to help the Creche, where my cousins' sons lived until they were adopted, please visit these websites.
www.chances4children.org
chances4childrendonations.blogspot.com
Apparently the food container that was held up in customs has most likely been looted and they are down to a weeks worth for food.
How would it feel if your child was one of those children in the orphanage that only had food for a week?
Please help if you can and are moved to.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
WOW!
So I totally have WAY fallen off the blog bandwagon and not sure if I will EVER get back on! Oh MY! I was looking at my blog and realized how uncurrent it is! The picture on the front was from last summer.....dang! The girls look soo little!!
I'm thinking I better get off my booty and update this every few months or my faithful readers will get rid of me!!! Ok...so what have we been doing since my last blog of OCTOBER 21st??? A whole lot! lol
I'll skip all the boring details....we went to the Tournament of Roses parade on New Years. Rick's parents live in Pasadena and his dad got us tickets to sit in a balcony to watch the parade. His mom and sister went with us. It was absolutely amazing! What an experience!!
All bundled up and a little sleepy! lol
Is the parade starting?!?!?! We are sooooooo excited!!!!!!!
Heather and mom
Heather and I.....it was cold in the morning! Then it got up to around 70 I think. We had to be in our seats by 7:00am. I think we made it there around 6:40am!!
The massive amounts of people that lined the streets! They had tents, air mattress', bbq's, radios, food....everything to get a good spot and camp out with! The seats we had were on a balcony in front of a restaurant.
Here comes the parade!! The 2010 was made out of red roses. I don't know what other flowers were used. It was so awesome!!
Grand Marshall Sully and his wife.
Jack Hannah!! We had no idea that is who this was when he came by us!! I was talking to Rick on the phone about what he saw on TV and he asked if we saw Jungle Jack....and I asked Rick's Mom and Heather and we all said no. Well low and behold we did!!! This was one of my favorite floats with all the animals.
This gorilla is made of of this special grass that is only grown by one farm.
I think this was the one the girls still talk about! Seeing Ronald McDonald!!
Look!!! Jared on the Subway float!
This looks EXACTLY like the front of the actual Rose Bowl. The things they do with the flowers is amazing! You don't appreciate the time and skill when watching it on TV.
We liked this one too! All the animal ones the girls just loved!
The girls and I had a blast at the parade!! What a great memory!!! Thanks again Dad for the tickets!!! There was no way we would have made it camping out on the streets!!!!
This was one of our favorites. The dolphin is just so cute! lol
The girls loved this float! It went by us WAY to quick! The bulldogs snowboarding were so stinking cute!!!
Look!!! It's Jackie Chan and we actually knew it was him when he passed us!!!
These are just a very few pictures I took. I think I took over 700!! You know me and pictures!!! It was an absolutely amazing time and I am so thankful for the opportunity to have experienced it!
I'm thinking I better get off my booty and update this every few months or my faithful readers will get rid of me!!! Ok...so what have we been doing since my last blog of OCTOBER 21st??? A whole lot! lol
I'll skip all the boring details....we went to the Tournament of Roses parade on New Years. Rick's parents live in Pasadena and his dad got us tickets to sit in a balcony to watch the parade. His mom and sister went with us. It was absolutely amazing! What an experience!!
All bundled up and a little sleepy! lol
Is the parade starting?!?!?! We are sooooooo excited!!!!!!!
Heather and mom
Heather and I.....it was cold in the morning! Then it got up to around 70 I think. We had to be in our seats by 7:00am. I think we made it there around 6:40am!!
The massive amounts of people that lined the streets! They had tents, air mattress', bbq's, radios, food....everything to get a good spot and camp out with! The seats we had were on a balcony in front of a restaurant.
Here comes the parade!! The 2010 was made out of red roses. I don't know what other flowers were used. It was so awesome!!
Grand Marshall Sully and his wife.
Jack Hannah!! We had no idea that is who this was when he came by us!! I was talking to Rick on the phone about what he saw on TV and he asked if we saw Jungle Jack....and I asked Rick's Mom and Heather and we all said no. Well low and behold we did!!! This was one of my favorite floats with all the animals.
This gorilla is made of of this special grass that is only grown by one farm.
I think this was the one the girls still talk about! Seeing Ronald McDonald!!
Look!!! Jared on the Subway float!
This looks EXACTLY like the front of the actual Rose Bowl. The things they do with the flowers is amazing! You don't appreciate the time and skill when watching it on TV.
We liked this one too! All the animal ones the girls just loved!
The girls and I had a blast at the parade!! What a great memory!!! Thanks again Dad for the tickets!!! There was no way we would have made it camping out on the streets!!!!
This was one of our favorites. The dolphin is just so cute! lol
The girls loved this float! It went by us WAY to quick! The bulldogs snowboarding were so stinking cute!!!
Look!!! It's Jackie Chan and we actually knew it was him when he passed us!!!These are just a very few pictures I took. I think I took over 700!! You know me and pictures!!! It was an absolutely amazing time and I am so thankful for the opportunity to have experienced it!
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