Long Over Due Update

This is a long, long, long, overdue update. But my brother pictured below promised to do a FREE**** photo shoot if I promised to update my blog once a week!!! So here I go: updating once a week!!!!!

That said brother graduated HS in May. Here he is recieving a scholarship from my Dad's class. We were all very surprised and shocked. We didn't know that the class gave away a scholarship, but they do to graduating seniors whose parent has passed away.

So very Special

Jacob recieving his dipolma
From his party, Cara and Aimee
Jeremy's niece, Alyssa also graduated from HS. We are so proud of her!
Here she is with Uncle Mike and Aunt Laurie at her party

Starting the fire

Jeremy and Cara
Alyssa daning with Todd

The roaring fire

In July, we baby-sat Lindsey, a co-worker's daughter for the weekend.

Nothing better than a freshly bathed babe

Playing with her baby

At the Water park

Visiting the sheep

and the horse

POOL TIME

What a cutie (and I mean the baby :)

Hope you had a fantasic 4th of July!!

***Jacob really didn't really agree to a free photo shoot! I am getting our photos done by him though! He does a great job!

Alyssa' Fan Club

Our niece, Alyssa, is a senior in high school. She is a great basketball player. Here are some photos from her last game:( We love her and are very proud of her!

Elizabeth's Baby Shower

Back in February, I attended our niece, Elizabeth's Baby Shower. She is expecting any day now. We are so exctited for her and her husband, Joe. Elizabeth is currently on bedrest, but doing well. I made Elizabeth a scrapbook with lots of layouts that all she has to do is add pictures. She was crying and that made me cry!!!!! It was a perfect gift!!!!!All of the ladies attending the shower!!!!!! What a good looking bunch of women!!!!!!

Christmas Is Over...........

......yet I have not posted anything about it. Man, I suck at this...... :(

Back at Thanksgiving time, we had a medical scare with Jeremy's father. He went in for surgery to remove some kidney stones, but ended in the hospital for about 2 1/2 weeks. He was in ICU in 2 different hospitals.....it was a very scary time....and it brings back a lot of memories for me as my dad was in the same hospital about 20 years old; even on the same rehab floor.....lots of memories! Thankfully, all is well now and he is back home and is continuing to improve.

Then we move to The SNOWSTORM OF THE YEAR:

I don't need to say more about this!!!!!

Next, we move on to Christmas:

We hosted Christmas Eve this year for Jeremy's side of the family....it was my first time over making a turkey....It turned out great.....I only had one injury.....steam from boiling potatoes while draining...OUCH!

And apparently I haven't import the pictures, so this is the only one you get.

It was a great time for everyone!

We rang in the New Year with a whole lot of nothing. The weather sucked and so we didn't do anything. And I think we were both sleeping before 2011 was offically here.

January 7th bought sad news as we learned that my uncle passed away in Arizona. He and my aunt are "snowbirds" and travel to AZ every year. It was sudden and unexpected and very difficult time.

This the only good picture I have....Uncle Cliff will be deeply missed by many.....including his wife, 3 boys, 5 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. I was always his "Tweety Pie" For what ever reason, he had always called me that and it is something special for me!

I am hoping for a very wonderful 2011. I need some thing good to happen this year. I am willing it to happen! My wish is that I would be able to get pregnant and have a healthy baby. I know that there are other people close to my heart that are wishing and praying for the same thing(you know who you are;) My other thing is that I want to update this more often.....even if is boring regular life stuff.......it would be fun to look back in a few years!!!!

Have a wonderful 2011!!!!
**Cara**