Lost for words?? NEVER

By now you all should know me (a little) and I am not often lost for words.  Every day  I have opened up villagers post and been uplifted.  I think to myself, “self” you should post something, you have a lot to say…you always have a lot to say…and then after the day has gone by, I just don’t say anything….so here it is “Wordful Wednesday” once again and I didn’t put together everything that I was thinking during the week.  Better later than never!

My sweet Camille (wife to my oldest son, mother to “the little rascals”) had her 30th birthday!  My son lead her on a scavenger hunt all over the valley where they live and it ended in the canyons up above the city of Salt Lake where friends and family awaited her arrival.  SHE DIDN’T HAVE A CLUE and the surprise was everything my son had planned!  Wait- a- go Mikie!  What a wonderful hubby you are…and Camille  you are such a blessing in my life.  I love you!

of course sweet Camille let the children take part in blowing out the BIG 30!  What a fun day she day, and I wished I could have been a part of it!  About 40 people were there to celebrate and cheer her on!

Next up…was one of the “little rascals” Birthday.  Our little lollipop (Lauren) turned the big 3!    From the first time I held this adorable baby I knew she was going to be a “little rascal”

first born…then 3 months

her blessing day, at 3 months on Christmas Eve… then at about 5 months… Halloween and a visit to Disneyland…..

  don’t you just love those chunky monkey legs!

  Birthday #2

  not hard at all to love these sweet children! most recent.. Labor Day pic I have of my little lollipop.

I have a very hard time NOT taking pictures of these beautiful children!  As you can see!

Now this isn’t ALL that has happened….Mike and Camille will be celebrating there 10th anniversary….this weekend…but those pics are actually PICTURES and I haven’t scanned them into my computer YET!  I must have hundreds that I need to do that with! I will NEVER find the time! 

A  FEW FIRSTs HAPPENED THIS  MONTH…that I haven’t written about….

Of course Ryan and Kyler started 1st grade, both born on the SAME DAY! age 6 now…

Ryan                                                                Kyler

Then there was Brooklyn’s first day of kindergarten!

and Owen’s first soccer practice….last week he scored 2 goals!  He is the only boy on an all girls team!  They LOVE him!

 

and my oldest grandchild Madison…phew 1st day of

HIGH SCHOOL….OUCH!  14 going on 21!

 

We will be traveling up North to see the “Little Rascals” this weekend.  I need another fix before I am out of it for a few weeks.  I am having surgery on October 2nd.  Tomorrow I will write a little bit about it and what is going on with me.  It is the above mentioned that makes me what I am.  It is for these beautiful children that I wake up each morning and thank God for my blessings and of course without my “Huhoney”  I wouldn’t have the courage to do what I am about to have to undergo.

I don’t have anything cute or profound to say today!  No words of rhyme or reason!  But it was a very WORDFUL WEDNESDAY AND I DID HAVE A LOT TO SAY…..

hugs to you all villagers….until tomorrow!

RYAN just thinking….If I were….

(at the park over the Labor Day weekend, I captured my sweet Ryan in deep thought as he lounged in a barrel at the playground for over 15 minutes!)  I love this little guy!

If I were an eagle then I would fly and soar in the sky so high so high…

If I were a monkey swinging in the trees I would jump to the top and sit and eat bananas…

If I were a frog in a pond, I would sit on a lily pad and catch bugs with my long tongue…

If I were a giraffe I would stretch my long neck and eat leaves at the top of trees…

If I were a cloud in the sky I would change shapes as the wind blew me around…

If I were a lion I would roar big and loud and be the king of the jungle…

If I were a fish I would swim forever in the ocean and hold my breath because I can…

But…

I am not an eagle

Or a monkey,

A frog,

Or a giraffe,

I am not a cloud,

A lion,

Or a fish

I am just me….Ryan…the best I can be…

UN-LABORED WEEKEND!

I was all ready for the big fishing trip.  I had planned on catching the “big” one once again.  Out smarting those fish and also sticking to my plan to catch the “first” and “BIGGEST” fish of the day.

But…when I got home from work…I walked through the house and noticed that huhoney was in the back yard, spiffing up the pool area, had the lawn mowed, and was doing some trimming.  I said “whatcha doing honey, didn’t you just do all this a few days ago? “Yes” was his reply, “but I thought I would get things ready so we could just relax this weekend and maybe swim and just hang out”  Hm, well isn’t that nice of huhoney to think of that, we will just be playing all weekend.  3 glorious days of doing absolutely nothing, if we don’t want to.  OK…so I sat beside him on the lawn, pulled a few weeds, we talked, just talked, about nothing, a little time passed, we talked about going to get something to eat…then…huhoney looks up and smiles…he says, “who’s that”?   (he knew all along) well I poked my head around and looked at the back door, couldn’t see anything, thought it was maybe my youngest son and his family (they live close by) and I couldn’t really see the baby anywhere then “SURPRISE!”, THE LITTLE RASCLES WERE STANDING THERE!  I was so excited I almost cried!  Owen was so excited about surprising me he just stood there frozen and just smiling…then leaped into my arms and squeezed my neck soooo tight!  These little rascals are so dang cute I could just scream!  My oldest son, wife and 3 little rascals decided to surprise me and drive down from up north.    I was then bomb barded with 3 of them in my arms and squeals of delight that they had “surprised” Oma!  Usually it is huhoney and I that take the 4 hour ride to see them but…they led me to believe they would be out of town this weekend with the out-laws.  HA, they planned on coming the whole time and needless to say I was a little sad when I didn’t think I would see them over the long weekend.  So I set my mind to FISHING.  (which of course didn’t happen)  Within 10 minutes they were striped down and had their floaties on and were in the pool!  We had a great time together.  We swam, 

these children are like fish, they attached themselves to their daddy’s back then he takes a dive under the water and swims the length of the pool which isn’t very far…but 27 feet is a good test of how long they hold their breath!

woke up Sat morning and swam again (my hair must have gotten washed 10 times over the weekend) played at the park,

swam some more, went to Pirates Pizza, swam some more, played tea party, colored,

swam some more, took a quick trip to Zions National Park, (outside the park area actually)(about 45 min away) had lunch in the touristy town,

lets not forget a stop at the local candy store to pick up some sweets for the drive back home…

fed some big elk, 

came home and swam some more….

fed ducks at the golf course pond,

swam some more

left their sweet mark on the garage wall for posterity…

and said our goodbyes after 3 fun filled crazy busy days with the 3  little rascals!  It is my daughter-in-laws BD this Sunday, (Happy Birthday Camille!) Laurens next weekend and then Owens a couple weeks later, so with this visit, I decided to give “lollipop” her BD present.  

Even Owen and Daddy thought her new special princess bath towel with her name specially embroidered on it was kinda neat!

A few things are coming up that will prevent us from making a trip up north until Owens BD in Oct. so this visit worked to MY ADVANTAGE!

I LOVE YOU….MY LITTLE RASCALS! thanks for the wonderful SURPRISE!