I am sooooo blessed!

As a mother I am so blessed because I have 3 great kids, and they have blessed me with not 7 but YESTERDAY came our 8th sweet adorable grandbaby!  YES!!!!!!!!!!!

EVERYONE

I am honored and totally thrilled for you all to meet

KINLEE LINN HIGGINS

Born at 2:33 (I think)

weighing in at

7 lbs. 14 oz and 19 inches!

Our newest little CHUNKY MONKEY (which makes 4 and 4 now!)

 

Just enough hair to tease you with!  A button nose and double double chin!

 

 

 

Proud daddy! AHHH

 

 

 

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Tired mommy…..

 

 

More pics to come probably tomorrow, when we get to see her at home and not in that stupid ugly coarse  dumb hospital blanket.  They SO DO NOT USE ANY SOFTNER IN THE LAUNDRY!

Thank you Tera, you did a wonderful job in bringing this healthy little munchkin into our lives, and thank you son for your contribution! LOL love you both!

I love my BD present!

My Guy

(Written for Huhoney when I was 17(?) I think…MY GUY was in the Marine Corp. serving over sea’s during the Viet Nam war.  This is one of many love poems….

Valentines is so very near

A day that only comes once a year

And on this day you tell someone you love

That he is your guy and outshines stars above

So this is why I am sending this card to you

Just letting you know, I will always be true

And to wish upon this very day

That all love and happiness may come your way

But before I end, I  would like you to see

How much you’ve grown to mean to me

When the sun fades away, and bright stars fill the night

I wish that someday you’ll be holding me tight

but I find when I wish on my special star

That you aren’t really close

But only very far

Yet because of our love and my faith in you dear

I tingle with warmth and feel you are near

So if you ever get lonely, just open this card

And remember these thoughts came straight from my heart!

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A silly little poem, you can tell was written by a smitten 17 year old girl.  I think I will keep this month going with the theme of “LOVE”.  Maybe share some of my love poems.  They get a little mushy!!!!! so if you are not into “LOVE” you had better head on over to a cooking post or something LOLOLOL.

SO with that said, Huhoney if you are reading this, I thought I would add 14 reasons why you are so special to me…with Valentines Day being on the 14th and all, even though there are more than 14….

 

1.) You are always on top of things, and keep me grounded even when you are not always up to it….

 

 

 

 

2.) You are my captain, never steering us in a wrong direction….

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.) You have a way of calming a wrestles child…….

 

 

 

 

 

4.) and making the child in you come out and play………………….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.) I love how handsome you are and really clean up nicely!!!

 

 

 

 

 

6.) But continue to make me laugh and have fun with life even when you were dreading it!…….

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.) If you can help someone get out of a jam….or help someone eat cake…..you are the man to be counted on…..

 

 

 

8.) You always indulge me when I ask for a favor, and take me to fun plays and concerts even though you would probably rather be home watching the Discovery Channel….

 

 

 

9.) I don’t remember you ever telling me “no” when I have asked for your help…….

 

 

 

 

10.)or you helping others…

 

 

 

 

11.) It shows me the kind of man you are…and loving father you are….It just shows in your eyes….

 

 

 

 

 

12.) and how your eyes look into the eyes of a princess……always being there, always caring….

 

 

 

 

 

13.) I am reminded ever so gently at times to just roll with it…..because it will all work itself out….

 

 

 

 

 

14.)  I will ride through any storm with you… a little rain once in a while is good for the soul…

 

 

 

Will you be my Valentine?

Baby girl 39 (and holding)

Dear Natalie,

Words will never describe how I am feeling right now. But you know me…and with words I will give it my best shot.

I wrote this for you when you were maybe 2 ½ years old. You were taking a nap, sound asleep and I remember grabbing a piece of paper and pencil sketching a picture of you. I wish I still had that picture. These were my thoughts as I sketched.

You lie there so peaceful and snug in your bed, curls kissed by the sun tossed over your pillow.

Your daddy calls your princess; you always will be you know, our one and only little girl.

Newborn; your eyes were as blue as the sky, and now princess, there isn’t a blue sky anywhere that could compare to their blue sparkle.

As you lie there and sweet dreams fill your head, I look back on today and all the funny little things that you said. “Oh mother, it’s just not fair”, with your hands on your hips and tears in your eyes you looked to convincing. I was really surprised! A few minutes later our harsh words were forgotten.

As I tucked you in and said good night, your arms wrapped around my neck and squeezed me tight. “I love you mom, see ya in the morning, sweet dreams too”.

Oh little princess, as you grow in years, God bless you and be with you and always remember, “We love you”.

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Natalie, memories are by far what I cherish the most because we can’t see each other as often as we like. I love talking to you almost every day. I love that we can talk about anything. I love that you are still that little girl sometimes and you still have that stubborn quality, it makes it who you are.

I love the woman that you have become

Strong

Sure

Dependable

Caring

Maybe a little compulsive at times (smiling)

Giving

Loving

Qualities I hope I had a hand in along the way….

I love the mother you have become, always striving to be better, nurturing and giving of yourself at any cost.

That little girl with soft curly locks is what I see when I close my eyes now, and I am smiling at the thought of you reading this and saying “I told you mom” when I said I wouldn’t, and I did anyway…

Thank you for giving me 2 beautiful grand daughters

But most of all…..thank you for giving me so many wonderful memories to cherish forever. These are just a few of them!

I love you sis….Happy Birthday

mom

DINOSAURS

Huhoney and I went on another little venture into the desert a couple of weeks ago after the Fort Pierce ride. This time a little further to see the dinosaur tracks. VERY VERY COOL! We walked where the dinosaurs walked and I was really impressed, so were the prints in the rocks! Enlarge this photo to read about the area, I thought is was very impressive. It was a busy Saturday. Lots of people out and about on four-wheelers and sand buggies (we were in the sand dunes area) and tons of kids on motor-cross bikes. Full geared suites and helmets. My grandson Owen would have been beside himself! But here are a few pics of the tracks I took.

I am sure they look a little like this, (pic taken from the internet)

This area was once covered in water called Lake Bonneville.

I know I have mentioned before about fences and how they seem to intrigue me. I would just like to meet just one person that had a hand in placing this fence. It goes on for miles and miles and miles, up and down and in rocks and hills….

see how someone had to wrap barb wire around this rock to keep it in place and to keep PEOPLE out! the land past the fence is BLM land. Bureau of Land Management. But there are a lot of people that cross the line…

NOT ME!

The water would run off the mountain side and down this raven and through this gully then into the wash…. I would not want to be in this area when it rains, it could be.. dangerous…

We stopped and did a little skeet shooting. Have you ever done that? I love it! 2nd time for me. The rifle was a little heavy, Huhoney had several for me to try. Our son has his dad’s skeet throwing thingy so Bob just used a hand held chucker….LOL I DIDN’T HIT ONE OF THOSE ORANGE WHATCHMACALLLITS. Huhoney had a grand ole time…I tried chucking those little rascals and they never left the sling! LOL so he had to throw his own, then shoot.

He was a sharp shooter in the Marine Corp. He didn’t miss a beat not ONE orange thingamajig. He chuckled and had the biggest smile on his face. But one thing I did hit!

was the tin can that was actually on top of this plank. I missed taking the picture. Hey it is hard trying to use BOTH eyes to look down the barrel of a rifle! LOL

OH I JUST REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE THINAMAJIGS…

CLAY PIGEONS!

I love shooting clay pigeons!

we stopped at some very interesting boulders….it looks like there have been many a wars here….. (paint ball)

Great places to hide and seek in….

This one even reminded me of a huge skeleton head of a dinosaur? NAH…..

Wish all wars ended like this…..don’t you? (these are some left over paint balls found on the ground. The boulders were splattered with lots of color, I can imagine what the targets looked like!)

So one more adventure ended on that beautiful Saturday afternoon. And “Big Foot” left his print in the sand, but I don’t think the winds and desert will keep it there for long…..

BTW, 8 down….20 to go. I am doing well. ;0)