DADDY and DAUGHTER BONDING

This has been such a great weekend with Trynity. I really want to take this time to thank Trynity's mother for "keeping AAron in her life" over the past almost four years. It is so fun to see Aaron and Trynity interact. I love to hear her call him "DADDY"... (and I think he loves it even more than me). Trynity will be attending a superior pre-school this Fall and Aaron and Tryn's mother have decided to work together to allow Tryn this opportunity to have a fantastic start at learning. Today Aaron and Trynity went shopping for school supplies, a bookbag, and some outfits (oh, and some sparkly shoes she wanted). It has been fun to see Aaron so excited about his daughter in his life again.

BIRTHDAY POOL PARTY

SHARPLES GROUP SHOT

ZEKE JUMPING INTO THE WATER -over and over again.
LYDIA TALKING TO HERSELF IN THE HOT TUB
MIKAYLA NOW LOVING THE WATER
OUR PHOTOGENIC EVELYN

DADDY & DAUGHTER HAVING FUN
TRYNITY, AARON, ZEKE AND LYDIA

EVEN KINGSTON HAD FUN IN THE POOL
ZEKE

CONNER ENJOYING THE WATER
Em Rose
THE END

AARON & TRYN RIDING THE ALPINE COASTER AT NIGHT...

A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FOR ZEKE....sponsered by Uncle Zach

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY ZEKE! I really want to say how proud I am of my son Zach for putting this wonderful birthday party together for Zeke. Heather and Jesse have been going thru some financial trails, so Zach volunteered to host Zeke's party. Zach rented a condo in PARK CITY for the weekend and the party was held at the condo. The condo slept eight people and Zach invited Aaron & Trynity, Heather and her family and Mikayla to spend Saturday night at the Condo. They had a blast!
THE ONLY BAD NEWS.... Kelly ended up in the hospital with a wierd rash and achy joints...she is still there.. hopefully she will be released sometime today. WE LOVE YOU KELLY ... THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR SELFLESS ACTS OF KINDNESS THIS PAST WEEKEND, ESPECIALLY DURING YOUR TRAILS...

Trynity Comes to Visit Her Daddy

Aaron surprised the whole family today! He and Ryan left to go on the book run for their work at 4:30 this morning, and returned with Trynity Rose. We were so surprised and excited to see her again. She is getting so big, I couldn't believe how she had grown.

A trip to TOYS R US...

Tryn & her Daddy exploring the wonders of a toy store.

Having Dinner with Daddy...

Finishing the Day with a Gelato (icecream) at Bellisimos, with Aunt Audrey.

VISITING LuLu in Arizona

I decided I had to fly to Arizona to see if LuLu was going to be okay there while she goes to mortuary science school. I loved her new apartment, although she only had water in the fridge and a few diet cokes for Aaron, me and Heather. After checking out Mesa and observing the people who live there, I decided that you better stay in your cute little apartment as much as posible, especially after dark....
OH MY...

GIANT HISSING ROACH - Welcome to Arizona

Aaron, Heather and myself flew to Mesa, Arizona to visit with Melissa this past weekend. We had such a fun weekend. It was so great to see LuLu again and spend some fun time with her. On Saturday afternoon we visited a local reptile store (Heather loves snakes...YUK!... We came across this GIANT HISSING COCKROACH and decided we would take our photos with it; then we released it into a dumptster. Melissa was paniced that it might find it's way to her apartment. Oh by the way, Aaron and Melissa refused to have their photos taken with it.

Visting The Reptile Store..

SUNBURNS.....OUCH!

On Friday, Melissa talked us into tubing down the Salt River. We took the extended tour, which was four and one half hours long. WHAT A BLAST! I did take lots of photos with the water resistant camera, but I have to wait to have them developed at the photo store, so be sure to check back and view them. It was such a beautiful trip. I was a little scared, but it turned out to be so much more wonderful than I expected it to be. I would do it again in a heartbeat, however, Melissa did get thrown from her tube when we went through some rapids...! Aaron saw it happen and was laughing and I just kept screaming .... "Is she alright, is she okay?"...She was fine.. it was little rapids...What a fun day, even though Aaron and LuLu got a little too much sun....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BEAUTIFUL TWINS....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADRIENNE & AUDREY...
FIVE of the HAPPIEST days of my Life were when I gave birth to my SIX children.
On August 19, 1975, I gave birth to two beautiful baby girls. It was truly a special day for me... and Paul. Back then, they didn't have Fetal Photos, so we didn't know the sex of the babies until they were delivered. Two beautiful daughters, who have brought me so much love and happiness. I couldn't be more blessed! When the twins arrived, I already had a two year old son, Zach. The twins were actually due on Zach's 2nd birthday, but came a week early. Over the years, Adrienne and Audrey have confirmed to me that having TWINS has been one of the greatest blessings of my life.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRLS...I LOVE YOU BOTH SO MUCH..
MOM

UNCLE AARON HAS QUIT SMOKING....

Uncle Aaron has decided to quit smoking. He has been working really hard at it and has done such a great job. He has been "smoke free" for 18 days now and we are all so proud of him. Love you Uncle Aaron..."Pretty Little Lydie"

LOOKS LIKE BABIES ARE COMING SOON...

As many of you know, I keep a bowl of cat food on my back porch for my two outdoor cats. Well, last summer a skunk visited the bowl and ate out of it each night. He never bothered us, and ofcourse, we never bothered him. I only admired him from the kitchen window. This summer comes, and he returns to my back porch, only he brings a friend. At the beginning of the summer both skunks were normal size; now one of them (this one) is quite "rolly polly".. I am pretty sure she is pregnant. Paul will not be happy about this. Tonite she allowed me to actually open the door and take her photo. Isn't she beautiful?

NOT JUST TWO....

OH MY! After I finished my post, I noticed it was time to go to bed, so I logged off and flipped the back porch light on as I was on my way to the bedroom, and these two were feeding on the cat's food. (the rolly polly one was still there) I was able to open the door and get this photo. HOWEVER...Just as I finished snapping the photo, a third one waddled out from under the bushes to join these two...also an adult...I was shocked and therefore was not quick enough to get a photo of the third one before it waddled away. GOOD NIGHT MOSES!

PHOTO from THE PAST....

I don't have many photos of me when I was young. I found this one just the other day. We were renting three rooms in the old mansion on Boyd Street. I was crazy about the BEETLES. I believe I was in 7th grade in this photo. It's pretty funny, isn't it?

THANKS LINDA...I LOVE YOU...

I really want to say "thanks" to my sister Linda for the wonderful time she provided to me, Aaron, Heather and Zeke. The eight days we were there went so quickly. Thanks Linda for the the fun time. We all had a blast. Thanks for the trip to Pennsylvania, the fun time at IDLEWILD AMUSEMENT PARK, the trip down Memory Lane in Turtle Creek, all of the fun and delicious restaurants you took us to, the Spy Museum, the pampering at the Shoe Store for me, for spoiling Zeke, getting to see Paula, the talks and the wiping away of the tears. I love you so much.

Saying Good Bye to Aunt Linda and Virginia

I snapped this photo as we were leaving my sister's yard and headed for the airport.

CONTEMPLATING GOING HOME...

TIME IS GETTING SHORT HERE

This morning my sister Paula returned to North Carolina. It was sad to see her go. I got somewhat depressed. My sister Linda could tell, and she suggested we go to CLYDE'S RESTAURANT. (she knows food seems to cheer me up-I must be severly depressed judging by my size...lots of cheering up going on here)..Anyway, the food was superior. I took this photo of us outside of the restaurant. Tomorrow it will be to hard say "goodbye"to my sis and our time here together.

A TIME TO RELAX

We only have a few days left here in Virginia. It has been so fun to see Aaron relax and enjoy himself. He is so fun to vacation with, when he isn't stressed or worried about things. I have enjoyed seeing him smile so much.

AARON & HEATHER..

I took this photo of these two crazies as we were waiting to board the roller coaster in IDLEWILD PARK

ROAD TRIP TO PENNSYLVANIA...

We got up early on Monday morning and headed for Pennsylvania. I was born in a small town by the name of TREES MILL. This is a photo of a beautiful plant that grows wild among the plush green called 'QUEEN ANNE'S LACE'... I remembered it as a child, so we had to stop for photos. We stopped also for lunch and Aunt Linda bought a dinosour for Zeke. Spoiled!

ZEKE having fun at IDLEWILD PARK

PHOTOS at IDLEWILD AMUSEMENT PARK

Playing WAC-A-MOLE.

Zeke not so thrilled about the prize won for him playing WAC-A-MOLE.

My sisters riding the MERRY-GO-ROUND
UNCLE AARON taking ZEKE on the Turtle Ride.
ZEKE having fun at Idlewild.

Aaron & Zeke sharing some Funnel Cake.