Picture slide show

This is a nice little way to show pictures of my family! ENJOY!!

Make a scrapbook - it's easy!

Happy and sad day

Today is happy because it is Marlee's birthday. It is sad because it is Marlee's birthday and she is FIFTEEN yes 15!!! I cannot believe that my precious little baby girl is 15. It saddens me that time goes so quickly! I am so happy that we had a struggle to adopt her, it caused me to cherish every moment with her and I saved all kinds of crazy little things! It helped me to realize how special each moment with a child really is. It literally helped me even with foster parenting. With the first 2 years of Marlee's life being a custody / adoption battle, it helped me to learn to live in the moment. Cherish each one with your child because one way or another you may never get another moment and never a moment like this one! I am ecstatic that Marlee is our little girl and that God chose as us to be her parents. Marlee has made such a change in our lives - all our kids have done that each in their own way, but I have to say that she has been both a world of challenges and a world of joy! She runs the chart from one extreme to the other :)! If you know Marlee you know the love and joy that just radiates from her! I wish her the best year yet as she enters a whole new age and a whole new year of opportunities. She has a new horse in the barrel circuit and I wish her all the best there! And I wish her success in everything she puts her mind to! But she is and will always be no matter how old she gets - My Baby Girl!!! Happy Birthday and I love you Baby Girl!!!!

I have been tagged!!

I've been tagged by Our Adventurous Life. I'm always up for a good game of tag!!!

The rules require me to post a six word description of myself and then to tag five co-bloggers to join the fun. So....let's see.....here we go:

Wife (for almost 20 years)
Mommy (to more than 15 children at one time or another)
Meme (to one wonderful little boy and one precious little girl and we have added another little girl!)
Friend (try hard to be a good one)
Loved (and loving)
Blessed (more than words can say!)



Sorry, I cheated a bit - just like Our Adventurous Life- I feel that some things need further explanation!

AND now, for the fun part of tagging!

Dearest Jessica



I know...I only tagged 1 blogger...but that is all I know for now.

The Rules (whatever that may mean to you!)
Write your own six word memoir
Post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you’d like
Link to the person that tagged you in your post
Tag five more blogs with links
Remember to leave a comment on the tagged blogs with an invitation to play