KITE FEST

What a Glorious day we had today at St. Peter and St. Paul's first Kite Fest. God truly smiled on us today with incredible weather. We had a great time. One of the coolest things of all was watching families together...seeing parents playing with their children, not video games, no i-phones, etc., just outside in all of God's beauty... flying kites, painting faces, decorating cookies, eating funnel cakes, "fishing", duck ponding and the works. It was awesome. We are already thinking of how we can improve it for next year! (Elizabeth and Grace are coming this week and so hopefully I will learn how to post pictures!!!)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DREW!!!

Drew turned 28 on Feb. 9th. My little boy isn't so little any more!! Drew is about the coolest young man ever. He has always gone to the beat of a different drummer and I love him for that. Drew does what makes him happy, not what "society" thinks he should do. Most people are envious of that. I have had many adult men tell me they wish they had been as brave as Drew to do what their heart led them to do, not their pocketbook. He has gone on many adventures in his short life, probably the coolest being the time he spent in Ecuador. He is passionate in his beliefs and is not afraid to let you know what he thinks....I wonder who he inherited that from??
So my dear Drew, I hope you had a great day. You are an awesome young man and have made your father and I very proud that you are our son.

Who Knew??

Who knew how life would change when a grandchild came along. My friends who were already grandparents told me that it was hard to explain. They could not put it into words. I now know exactly what they mean. When Elizabeth and David had their child, Miss Gracie in Feb. of 2008, Pat and I of course became grandparents. An amazing thing happened...I felt more love than I had ever felt before...not only for Grace, but for my daughter. Pat and I were changed forever. Those of you who know Mr.Gruff Pat,well he has become the best, loving, hilarious, playful "Pop" in the world. He has to have a "Grace Report" everyday. He carries a picture of her with him at all times, and has not one, but two pictures collages of her in his office. Like I said...who knew?? Do we want to go on exotic vacations anymore, not really, we'd rather be in Arlington. And when we did go on our exotic vacation to Ecuador with Drew this past September, he told Elizabeth that all we did was talk about Grace!!
Grace will be turning 2 years old in about ten days...I can't believe time has gone so fast. She is the love of my life and I adore her every word, tantrum, eating binge and anything else she does. Am I hopelessly in love...YES I AM!! And the fun thing is, we're gonna get another one in August! Thank you Elizabeth and David.
Life just gets better and better....who knew??