Funky Junk in My Trunk

...halloween pictures...

Senator John McCain, the Ultimate Packer Fan, the Rock Star

Little Rocker

Our neighbor (he didn't know who the children were at first

 

She is the ULTIMATE big sister. she is so caring an d loving

at 6:00 sharp the neighborhood was full children - we ran out of candy after 1 hr and 15 minutes

this is what it was like all night long...(till we ran out of candy)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! ----B.O.O

 

John took this photo of me

Fall photo

I have started to explore and play with last years Christmas gift, Photoshop Elements...boy, do i love it!

Thanks again Carol.

 - Patricia

gifts for the teachers...

I made these cute little cards (craftlifted from my friend Melissa)...for John and Blossom's teacher's little halloween treats...

i think they are adorable...

Happy Anniversary, my DH...13 years + 13 facts

Deerfield Beach (the day after the wedding) at sunrise. 5:30 a.m. we had to get back into our wedding attire and drive an hour to get to the beach before sunrise!

one of my favorite moments

just the two of us...

the "bride"

the truel family

the puskas family

our vows (you can barely see, but i am crying so hard, i really struggled to get my vows out, the next picture / a cropped version of this one, you can see me laying my head on brad because i was crying and so overcome with emotion.) i couldn't believe HE was marrying ME.

SEE

GOSH, he is beautiful!

brad with his grandparents.  Gramma Blossom is gone now.

brad and his brother.

so sweet, i love this picture.

Happily Ever After

13 facts - 

The beginning - 1995, We had just moved from San Francisco to New Hartford CT, got married in Miami, FL, honeymooned in Grand Cayman and went on three separate scuba dives and we parasailed, and had (as a gift from Brad's brother) a day on a Yacht! Wow...that was exciting.  We hired an underwater photographer/videographer to record our best dive!

1.   In 1996, we moved back to California, to Sonoma

2.   In 1997, we had our first baby

3.   In 1998, we had our second baby

4.   In 1999, we moved from California to Indiana

5.   In 2000, we went camping Christmas week in Key Largo, FL and decided we needed a camper

6.   In 2001, we took our first camping trip (10 days) we went to Cleveland and Washington DC

7.   In 2002, Bradley started kindergarten at Holy Family in Indiana

8.   In 2003, we moved from Indiana to Buffalo, NY and Blossom started kindergarten at St. Greg's.

9.   In 2004, John was born

10. In 2005, I lost 49 lbs.

11. In 2006, we moved from Buffalo to Bethlehem, PA

12. In 2007, I started this blog

13.  In 2008, we moved from Bethlehem, PA to Columbus

"THIS IS OUR LIFE. IT MAY BE A CRAZY LIFE, BUT IT'S OUR LIFE, AND WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER"

and there you have it.......enjoy this walk down memory lane.

a different world...

i love this song.

A VISIT FROM THE TOOTH FAIRY....

this too  has been loose for two weeks.  i went to school yesterday and ate lunch with blossom and she just wouldn't leave it alone, twisting and wiggling that thing!  So when she got home from school yesterday - Voila! the tooth was out!  so the tooth fairy came last night and gave her $5 and a pink and black polka dot photo album!  Boy she must be special to get a $5...i only got a quarter (if i was lucky)

   

 

yes, i know, we are getting ready to address those pre-puberty eye brows!

 

cuppy cake, cuppy cake, i wanna cuppy cake

i made a bunch of these cupcakes for Bradley's school today...they are so cute...and this is very cute as your desktop wallpaper...

 

 

you gotta love billy ray......listen to this... then listen and WATCH this!

Cheerios?

A 6 year old and a 4 year old are upstairs in their bedroom.

'You know what?' says the 6 year old. 'I think it's about time we started cussing.

The 4 year old nods his head in approval. The 6 year old continues, 'When we go downstairs for breakfast, I'm gonna say something with hell and you say something with ass.'

The 4 year old agrees with enthusiasm.

When the mother walks into the kitchen and asks the 6 year old what he wants for breakfast, he replies, 'Aw, hell, Mom, I guess I'll have some Cheerios.'

WHACK! He flies out of his chair, tumbles across the kitchen floor, gets up, runs upstairs crying his eyes out with his mother

in hot pursuit, slapping his rear with every step. His mom locks him in his room and shouts, 'You can stay there until I let you out!'

She then comes back downstairs, looks at the 4 year old and asks with a stern voice, 'And what do YOU want for breakfast, young man?'

Idon't know, he blubbers, 'but you can bet your fat ass it won't be Cheerios!'