Blog Day # 142 in a day of my life. FAMILY.

     Today is Sunday- Church-rest-watch Olympics-and FAMILY. I do not know yet who we will see today- but they always are in our thoughts. You see, we are a close knit family. Sharing many thoughts, adventures, telephone calls and this new invention which I do not have on my phone, called "HEY TELL!"  Seems to be really popular!

SO TOADY YOU ARE IN MY THOUGHTS THIS MORNING, DEBBY, MIKE, MADDY, ELLA AND SARAH! HAVE NOT SEEN YOU GUYS I GUESS SINCE VACATION?  WELL, THEY SPENT LAST WEEK UP IN THE ADIRONDACK'S AND HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME.



THE TRADITION GAS BEEN FOR EVER SINCE THEY WERE BORN, TO HAVE DADDY HOLD THEM. FIRST IT WAS MADDY AND THEN ELLA CAME ALONG. NOW THERE IS SARAH AND ME THINKS THIS JUST MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME DADDY CAN DO THIS! LOL LOL THEY ARE GETTING WAY TO BIG!

BUT IT SHOWS HOW CLOSE AND LOVING THEY ARE. SHERRY DESERVES ALL THE CREDIT FOR THIS, AS THIS IS THE WAY SHE BELIEVES AND HOW SHE TAUGHT BOTH GIRLS.


MIKE HAS A TWIN SISTER, AND THIS IS HER LITTLE SON TO THE LEFT-CHASE, ALONG WITH DEBBY AND SARAH.

AND THEN WE HAVE TINY, HER NICK NAME FROM BIRTH. OUR LITTLE ELLA "B", BILLIE IS HER MIDDLE NAME IN HONOR OF SHERRY'S FATHER BILL. SHE IS A LITTLE DOLL, AND THIS PICTURES IS OF HER AND DEBBY CELEBRATING HER 9TH BIRTHDAY! OH MY LORD, HOW THE TIME HAS GONE BY!




MIKES TWIN SISTER KRISTEN, HER SON CHASE AND OUR YOUNGEST SIBLING, SARAH, WHO IS SUCH A DIVA! LOL LOL



THEY SPENT THE ENTIRE WEEK BY RAQUET LAKE, AND HIKING THE MOUNTAINS.
MIKE SPENT ALL HIS EARLY GROWING UP HERE WITH HIS PARENTS AND FAMILY AND THE TRADITION HAS FOLLOWED INTO MIKE AND DEBBY'S FAMILY.

EVERY YEAR THEY AS A FAMILY HIKE TO THE SUMMIT SO THEY CAN OVER LOOK THE LAKE AND THE MOUNTAINS OF UPSTATE NEW YOUR IN THE AREA CALLED THE ADIRONDACK'S.

MIKE ALSO HAS A SET OF TWIN BROTHERS, ONE OF WHICH IS PICTURED HERE. BRET AND BRIAN. BRIAN JUST GOT MARRIED AND IS ON HIS HONEYMOON OR HE WOULD OF BEEN IN THE PICTURE ALSO. BUT THE VIEW IS AWESOME! JUST LOOK AROUND AND SEE THE MARVEL OF THE MOUNTAINS.



THEY CARRY THEIR OWN SNACKS (NOTE THE VEGGIE SNACKS!) THEY EAT MORE HEALTHY THEN ANYONE I KNOW, AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE KIDS!

MADISON IS SITTING AT THE RIGHT, BROWN SHIRT AND HAT.

WITH ELLA JUST TO THE RIGHT OF HER.

                                        THE VIEW FROM THE TOP!



 THE SPLENDOR OF THE AREA, THEY WANT US TO JOIN THEM NEXT YEAR, AM SEARCHING THE WEB NOW TO SEE WHAT IS AVAILABLE, I DON'T KNOW, I LOVE THE AREA, WE SPENT A WEEK UP THERE A LONG TIME AGO AND TOOK TAMMY WITH US, BUT I ALSO LOVE THE OCEAN. MAYBE WE CAN DO BOTH!!!! NOW THAT IS A NOVEL IDEA! LOL LOL


I MUST ADMIT- IT IS INVITING- AND AT THIS TIME OF YEAR-WARM-WATER REFRESHING!


DEBBY AND MIKE- TRUE OUTDOORS PEOPLE AND VERY ACTIVE , BOTH IN WORKING OUT AND ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE, DEBBY HAS BECOME A LEADER IN OUR SEARCH TO MAKE PEOPLE AND CHILDREN  HEALTHY!




HERE THEY ARE ON THE LONG TRIP NORTH- MADDY WITH HER TUNES-SARAH WITH HER "LOOK" AND LITTLE ELLA SOUND ASLEEP! MY THREE LITTLE DARLINGS!

SARAH-TO THE RIGHT-OUR LITTLE FASHION MODEL-HAS A MIND OF HER OWN. IS FUNNY AND HER LAUGH SENDS WARM FEELINGS THROUGH OUT THE ROOM. SHE IS A DIVA, SHE SELECTS HER OWN CLOTHES- LOVES TO SHOP AND IS ONLY FIVE YEARS OLD! JUST LOOK AT THE POSE, THAT IS VINTAGE SARAH!  SHE HAS THE LOOK!

NOW WHEN SHE WAS LITTLE, I WOULD PICK HER UP FROM THE BABY SITTERS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK. WE WOULD SING, SHE WITH A MUCH BETTER VOICE THAN ME! OLD MCDONALD HAD A FARM. SHE WOULD DO THE CHORUS, JUST HER AND ME. SHE WAS AROUND TWO. AND SHE WOULD CALL ME "PACHA!"

I MISS THOSE DAYS- BUT MY MEMORIES WILL ALWAYS BE WITH ME. SHE WAS AND IS MY LITTLE MADDY. WE HAVE A ROOM FOR HER IN THE HOUSE. FROM EACH RESIDENCE WE HAVE MOVED FROM AND TO, AND IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN CALLED "MADDY'S" ROOM. IT WILL BE THERE FOR HER WHENEVER SHE WANTS TO COME.

HERE IS OUR VERY FIRST GRANDCHILD FROM MIKE AND DEBBY. SO PROUD OF HER. SHE IS A HONOR ROLL STUDENT-PRESIDENT OF STUDENT COUNCIL- AND NOW IS ON THE TRAVEL SQUAD FOR 12 YR. OLD IN SOCCER. SHE IS SUCH A GOOD LITTLE GIRL. SHE WILL HAVE TO GROW UP, AND THERE IS NO WAY TO PUT IT OFF, BUT SHE WILL ALWAYS BE MADDY!



SO TODAY IS FAMILY DAY FOR ME- ONE HALF OF IT YOU SEE. NEXT TIME I WILL WRITE ABOUT THE OTHER HALF. THE ONES THAT MELT MY HEART WHENEVER I SEE THEM. SO TO DEBBY AND MIKE, MADDY, ELLA AND SARAH, GOD GO WITH YOU, PEACE BE WITH YOU AND WE LOVE YOU ALL!