Aug 26
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My sweet Katie has learned how to send text messages to me through Mommy’s iPhone. While not always well timed, they are truly the bright spots of my day. They never cease to bring a smile to my face and warm my heart. Just now, I received the following:
“Katie. Here. Daddy. R. You. Playing. UNO. Now”
(the iPhone puts a period at the end of a word after a couple of spacebar taps. It makes it easy to see when Katie is sending me messages – and that much cuter.)
Aug 23
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“Rocks and Sand” by Stephen R. Covey
Here are some good words to remember and live by.
A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, rocks about 2″ in diameter.
He then asked the students if the jar was full? They agreed that it was. So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks. The students laughed.
The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled everything else. “Now,” said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this is your life.” “The rocks are the important things – your family, your partner, your health – anything that is so important to you that if were lost, you would be nearly destroyed. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car. The sand is everything else. The small stuff.”
“If you put the sand into the jar first, there is no room for the pebbles, and the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your energy and time on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your wife out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal.”
“Take care of the rocks first – the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”
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“Although he was outnumbered 3 to 1, our hero single-handedly outsmarted the tiny trio. In less than 20 minutes, all 3 were sound asleep and our hero emerged victorious from the scene. Tune in tomorrow and watch as our tiny mastermind trio attempts to overthrow their local government and replace all their regular milk with chocolate!”
Jul 29
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You’re just so incredibly creative! You have such a wonderful imagination! You can pick trees off of an apple tree while taking clothes off of the hanging rack to fold! And match up husbands and wives who have been missing each other terribly while matching up socks 
! And not to mention how cute you are while cleaning up toys with your iTunes music playing in your ears! 
Love, Mommy
Jul 29
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“I can do it all by myself!” time! … Boy it’s cute to see you getting ready for the day all by yourself! Oh, and the dresses you MUST wear!
Love, Mommy
Jul 29
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You’re so cute when you purse your lips, hiding a smile while trying to ask something serious like … “Can I have more candy please?” or when you get so upset you yell, cross your arms and immediately say “I go to timeout!” and all by yourself you go to sit under our Cross.
Love, Mommy
Jul 18
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The other night, Katie said, “Can I stay up past 8 / 7 Central?”
Jun 7
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“No, Daddy. It’s not ka-jamas, it’s pa-kajamas.”
Apr 18
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Well, 13 years and we stayed on the 13th floor of the Omni on our wedding night. ;o) Special number for us ;o).
What was even a more special for both of us was to hear our little Katie up and about the morning of our Anniversary … whistling, tip-toeing, and secretly opening and closing doors/refrigerators … the works. I couldn’t quite figure out what was going on as Andy and I still lay there in bed. Well … Katie “woke” us up to a “Happy Anniversary, to you … Happy Anniversary, to you!” song and holding in each hand was a plate with a peeled banana, a yogurt cup and a piece of bread that had been buttered. No sweeter gift did we receive that morning!
My sweet husband and I are truly blessed! My dear husband … thank you for sharing this wonderful life with me!
I love you! HB
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So Katie (6) and Jackie (3.75) had a Dentist appointment a few days ago and it’s interestingly cute how it all turned out.
Katie was mortified at even the idea of going … she had tons of tartar on the bottom two teeth because they were new and the two teeth next to the two new teeth were wiggly so we’d not been very successful in getting a toothbrush in there either. Well, the dental hygienist was incredible. She was able to hold her ground and convince Katie to let her in and get to work. Those teeth came out beautifully clean (much cleaner than even I expected) and Katie couldn’t stop (and didn’t stop) smiling until we reached the house so she could show Daddy her bright shinning smile!
Jackie on the other hand, was clueless and excited about going. Well after Mr. Thirsty was turned on a couple of times after the Water Pik … well, Jackie was “ALL DOOOOOOOONEEE.” She shot up and there was no convincing her … the poor hygienist had to try to get as much of the fluoride toothpaste out by hand. Jackie was none too happy with her hygienist! ;o) As we were leaving she said she wanted nothing to do with them again. ;o)
When we got home and my Mom was getting them ready for bed, Katie had her little chart of her teeth and the areas that needed improvement in brushing and flossing. She studied it carefully and asked my Mom to help her get to those areas (carefully!). Well, Jackie … not wanting to be left behind … left the bathroom and came back a little while later. She had drawn up her own chart of her own sweet teeth and put it down on the counter and instructed G-ma where SHE needed help in brushing! ;o)
Sweet memory I wanted to commit to “paper.”
Love you girls so much! You bring so much joy to this little heart of mine!
Love, Mommy