So here is the card that was given to the birthday boy :)

Zach @ 30

So here is the latest picture. Zach at 30 yrs and 1 day. Isn't he the most handsome guy? :) I could be a bit prejudice but he is very good looking.

Happy Birthday ZACH

Ok! So Joyce, sweet sil that she is, has always done these terrific birthday blogs for family and friends. Well, I figured there's no reason why I can't too.

This is to Zachery, our 1st born, our son who we love dearly and are extremely proud of. He was born at 2:22 on May 21, 1980, after approx 10 hours of hard labor. My first moments after he was born that I remember; I cried. 30 years ago, finding out if you were having a boy or girl was not routine, and even though I wanted a boy really, really bad, I didn't know...until he was born. So I cried because I was so overwhelmingly happy. Then of course there were the few minutes (probably seconds, in real life) that I was not hearing him cry and was scared. Just minor stuff. I also remember Brad calling him a 'conehead' baby, which he was. He only got away with it that first time in the hospital though. The next time he said it the nurse jumped all over him, saying he better not be calling that precious little boy a conehead no more. :) The doctor said he would be fine, it was just the way he came through the birth canal that cause his head to appear cone shaped, and he is just fine.
Other momentous occasions that he may or may not appreciate me remembering. Like the time, he decided to pee off the front porch, in the middle of the day in a subdivision in downtown Bossier City, La., or sitting buttnaked on the white German Shepherd in the back yard, or when he grabbed the hot wire at the top of the fence and instead of turning the power to the fence off, I ran out and grabbed him off of it, shocking us both. Then there was the time in Germany when he 'forgot' to catch the bus and go to school because he was sledding. And sometimes we would send him into the bakery because he spoke better German than we did....and he was only 5. Then he started growing up and did things like Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts and he always looked so sharp. Of course that was also when he told his Cub Scout Leader that 'Mom sneaks drinks'...so she asked me if I needed help, like AA :) don't ya just love it. Or when he was in Karate and would show us his moves.
There are lots of things I've left out but I just want to add what a wonderful man and a loving husband to Leslie he has become.

I love you very much Zach and hope you had a wonderful 30th birthday.

Mom

cards I've made

Just made a couple of cards I thought I'd share. The 'shirt' card is for a hs graduate with money inside. The other is for a couple that's getting married.

Mother's Day Card

Couldn't post this last week but, here is a picture of one of the cards I made for our Mom's for Mother's Day. The other was only slightly different. You can't see all the details but it has pearl accents and stickles.

Week in Review

I'm sitting here trying to think if I've actually done anything worth writing about this past week......No :) Had most of the mornings off all week and still didn't get my house cleaned or laundry done but, did pull a few weeds from the flower beds and made a birthday card and our Mother's Day cards. Fixed Brad a Chocolate Pie with Cool Whip topping for his birthday plus homemade tacos with all the fixin's for his special dinner. Worked Sat morning, came home mowed the grass and pulled more weeds (they grow so much faster than the flowers), then went to our Mother/Daughter Banquet with my Mom (Brad and the other men from church cooked the meal and served it and cleaned up. Plus they sang to us also). Then had lunch at Mom's today, (sandwiches so no one had to cook) and cut some limbs at her house...didn't pull any of her weeds though. Now to rest up for the coming week...should be interesting.





The men singing



Mom & Kelly

Just wanted everyone to see the kind of messes I sometimes make when I'm making a card or layout. See the mess, then see the tiny hummingbird cut from paper that isn't much bigger than a brad. It's been somewhere on my worktable for 3 weeks now without getting lost, and yet I have a hard time finding my adhesive cartridge when it's right in front of me :)

Happy Birthday Brad

Just want to wish my hubby a Happy Birthday!!! Click

This is where the ducks hang around during the day. At night they have there own little suite upstairs on the 2nd floor.

The ducks, going to bed via the elevator, at the Peabody.

Few More Pictures

Here are a few of the pictures from our Anniversary Dinner celebration and some from our get-a-way weekend to Hot Springs and Little Rock.