Poultry Days

Poultry Days in Versailles, Ohio is all about well...Poultry!  I was staying with my friend Wendi for the weekend (waiting on the arrival of Baby Liam) we decided to take our girls plus Bre along with Jason and Pete.  It was a hot, long day the girls had fun.

The Fun Slide was the favorite ride!

Averi and Tarin

Bre aka Dakota Fanning

This is the ride that almost ruined Tarin's day.  As it went around in a circle it would slow down to go up a tiny slope and speed up when it went down.  The next picture tells it all...

There was nothing I could do but stand by to watch her go round and round.  The carnie wouldn't stop the ride so she could get off.  Needless to say when it stopped she was the first one off.  As she came out the exit I got an earful about letting her ride "stupid" rides like that.  Later on she apologized for saying "stupid" it was one time I was going to let her slide on saying it.  I explained to her that I didn't realize how the ride went or I would have told her not to ride it since I know she doesn't like rides like that...

So while Averi and Bre rode the dinosaur ride, Tarin and I played a game and ventured into the hot Petting Zoo...

I was glad to see her smiling again...holding a baby chick helps.

Baby calf just laid there as people walked around him, some bending over to pet, others not even paying attention.

This puppy was all white with the black patch over it's eye.  Tarin really wanted to bring him home.

Jason and Tarin holding the bunnies.

Bre holding a baby chick.

“We can see a thousand miracles around us every day. What is more supernatural than an egg yolk turning into a chicken?” - S. Parkes Cadman

Dog Days of Summer

I'm not sure who was having more fun here! 

   

Tarin walking (maybe running) with Macy around the island.

Look closely you can see Macy's little tongue.

Tarin loves taking Macy out for a walk, although I think Macy loves it just as much.  She sniffs, barks and walks in all directions.   Both child and dog are exhausted from the adventure!

A house is not a home until it has a dog. ~Gerald Durrell

A Visit with Family

On Friday June 4th, my Grams (who lives in Nevada), Aunt Rhonda and Cousin Amanda (whom I've only met once) came to visit and see our house.

Great Aunt Rhonda brought Tarin a set of pastels. Tarin and Grams drew pictures together.

Macy loves Grams and wanted to draw too.

Playing Wii boxing with Great Aunt Rhonda!

Boxing with Great Grams

Listening to music

Cousin Amanda napping after lunch!

Grams and Casey talking.

No visit is complete without pictures by the water.  It was a little windy!

Aunt Rhonda riding Tarin's scooter.

Tarin and Great Aunt Rhonda taking a cruise around the island.

I have missed my family, I am so thankful that they came up to visit.  Luckily we do get to see each other through Skype but nothing beats seeing each other in person.

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. ~Jane Howard

A Nap

One minute Tarin is talking to me while I was on the computer, the next she is sound asleep.  She laid like this for about an hour.  I tried to move her but she insisted on me leaving her alone. 

No day is so bad it can't be fixed with a nap. ~Carrie Snow

Last Day of 2nd Grade

With each passing school year I am filled with mixed emotions.  I am happy Tarin is growing into a beautiful, smart young lady but sadden by how quickly the years are going by.  It is true...they grow up so fast. 

On to 3rd grade she goes...

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. ~Sydney J. Harris

Congratulatons MaryBeth!

Friday, May 28, 2010  MaryBeth graduated from Dayton School of Medical Massage.  She took the 9 month course, a very long 9 months it was for her.  I got many phone calls from her, some were good, some were bad.  I feel very lucky to have been able to be there for my sister every step of the way. 

Congratulations, Sis!!  I can't wait to see what the next chapter of your life will bring! 

Your schooling may be over, but remember that your education still continues. ~Author Unknown

Long Lost Bracelet

Anyone who knows me and knows me well, has probably noticed that the above bracelet is not just another piece of jewelry I wear.  It is truly apart of me.  I bough this sterling silver cuff bracelet for $15 at an Art Show in Columbus, Ohio in 1995.  As I wondered up and down the aisles this bracelet caught my attention, I had to do a double take. I picked it up asked if I could try it on and instantly I fell in love with it.  For my small wrists it was a perfect fit.  I paid for it and happly walked away in search for my friends.  When I showed Jane, a dear friend who took me to the art show, she gasped and couldn't believe I bough her bracelet.  She also spotted it and was going to go back to get it.  There was only one and it was mine!!!

Well in 15 years this bracelet has been through it all with me.  High school, boyfriends, trips, heartbreaks, I was wearing it when I met Floyd, gave birth to Tarin and I wore it when we got married.  The stories it could tell.

Now I never "misplaced" it until about 2 years ago.  I was recovering from the flu and we were in the middle of moving.  Floyd's cousin Rob and his wife Missy came up to help us.  I had taken my bracelet off and placed it on my night stand.  Rob, thankfully placed the bracelet in a box but little did I know where that box was placed in the new house.  After a few days of looking I found it in a box out in the garage.  What a relief!  I called Missy and told her I found it.  I still can not thank them enough for helping us move! 

So I vowed never to take it off again...

Last summer Tarin and I would go to the beach and for some reason I took off my bracelet and placed it in a little bag that carried sunscreen and sunglasses for us.  Last Friday I was looking for shoes and found that bag and tucked in the side pocket was my bracelet.  I was so sure I lost the bracelet at the beach.  I won't vow to never take it off or misplace it but I will do better at placing in plane sight or with my other jewelry on my dresser!  I can't tell you how great it feels to have my bracelet hug my wrist again!!!

A woman wears her tears like jewelry. ~Author Unknown