Greg needed to spend a couple of weeks in Seattle for a work trip. Since it was such a long duration, the rest of us decided to tag along. Since we drove and saved his company on airfare, they were willing to get us a bigger hotel (though it was farther from downtown so Greg […]
Tag: Family
Mystery at the Luau
We all attended a murder mystery at the Adam’s Mystery Playhouse for Karen’s birthday. It was a lot of fun (and pretty funny, too!)
Visit from Grammy and Grampy
Visiting White Fence Farm with Grammy and Grampy. I love Cate’s “curtsy” in the family picture. We also went bowling with Grammy. Lots of fun with Grammy and Grampy visiting makes for sleepy kids. (Cate has been crashing almost every evening! She thinks she is a “big girl” and doesn’t need a nap these days, […]
My Mom’s Birthday
Today is your first birthday up in heaven. And though I know you are happy there, I can’t help but miss you terribly here. It breaks my heart that you are missing all my girls’ special events and growing up, and they are missing playing with their Nana. They ask about you often. I miss […]
Scanning Memories
My dad has given me many boxes of photos to scan. I think he knows of my love for pictures, family history, and technology. It is bittersweet. There are so many memories of my beautiful mother captured on film, for which I am extremely grateful. And so many early photos of my mom that I […]
Missing my Mom
Not a day goes by that I don’t think of you and miss you, Mom.
Missing my Mom
Reading old emails and blog comments from my mom this afternoon. I miss you so much, Mom. I miss our nightly chats and your silly comments and jokes.
Christmas 2015
Christmas 2015. We sure missed our mother’s presence on this first Christmas, but I am thankful for my family and the time we shared this weekend.
TBT – Christmas 1977
December 1977. My mom and I when I was 4 months old. #TBT
My Mom’s Funeral
Today was my mom’s funeral. It was a day of grief, many tears, but also love and laughter. Thank you to the friends and family who traveled from both near and far to pay their respects to Janis and be with us during this time. Your presence there yesterday and/or today meant more than I […]