Almost Christmas

Yay!  It's the final days until Christmas.  Mariah will be home today!  Lots to do yet to be ready...

Movie Time

"Eat Pray Love"  Just what I needed today!  

Being Mom

This is just part of my emotional status at Christmastime...I don't really know how to rephrase it, so I'll just copy and paste an email I just sent to my mom.  I'm sure lots of people can relate...

Hi Mama!

I just wanted to tell you I love you and thanks for being my mom!  I've spent the day today on my own, working on Christmas stuff.  I got my Christmas cards ordered, I'm listening to Christmas music, it smells good, been wrapping presents.  This season makes me quite reminiscent and emotional, you know! :)  So...I was wrapping presents for the kids, and I got some ideas of other things I want to do for them for Christmas, and thinking about how much I just want them to have everything their heart's desire. Physically and emotionally.  And then I realized that these are all the same emotions I'm sure you go through as well.  It's easy for me to get caught up in being the "mom", but you're a mom too.  And you're my mom.  And I thank you!!

I love you!

Cindy

Thinking

I don't know if many people know this about me, but when the holiday season comes around I get very sentimental and nostalgic.  Probably not unlike many others, but I'm really getting the urge to start getting some thoughts written down.


I'm gonna do a Christmas Blog letter this year, rather than mailing it out. Details will be coming soon.  I'm also going to start blogging again on a regular basis.  I just have so many ideas and thoughts that I get overwhelmed by it all.  Maybe if I start blogging all this I can process it more easily.


Stay tuned....

Alaska

Here are just a few of the amazing photos I captured in Alaska. We celebrated mom and dad's 50th wedding anniversary with a 7 night cruise to Alaska. All I can say is, "wow, it was simply spectacular!".

Harold

We lost a very great man this week. Marty's dad, Harold, passed away on Wednesday, the 18th. I will post the obituary soon.

He was a very proud Navy veteran, so I wanted to honor him with the red, white and blue.

I'm So Behind!!

An update will be coming soon, I promise!

Marty spent most of Christmas day keeping us dug out of the snow.

This is how the weather looked Christmas day! What a great day to be snowed in!!

Merry Christmas!!

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Snow!

What a beautiful snow we had this weekend! Marty and I went for a drive so I could take a few pictures.

New Website!

Hey everyone! Most of you know I love making video slideshows and I've been doing them for some time now. Well, I've finally gone into business! It's called Cindy's Digital Creations. I would love for everyone to go to my website and tell me what you think! I really would appreciate any feedback you can give me, especially regarding how user friendly it is. Enjoy!

Late Christmas Video

Here it is six months since Christmas and I finally got our Christmas video done! Most of you won't be that interested, but for all our family I think you'll enjoy it. You can go to it by clicking on Cindy's Videos at the right or using this link: http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewalbum.html?bm=53245
It's about 10 minutes long. Let me know what you think.

Kelsey's Graduation

Wow! We now have a college graduate! Kelsey graduated Magna Cum Laude in Biology with a minor in Chemistry. She will start graduate school this fall in Physical Therapy. What an acheivement and we are so thrilled to have her home again!!

Spring in Island Park (Video)

So I finally was able to get this video right on my blog. It's the same one that you could access from my last posting, but this is just more convenient (and fun for me!).

Spring in Island Park

So.... I have been trying, unsuccessfully, to add a short video to my blog. I have worked on this off and on for three weeks. I am giving up, for now. I really just wanted to share the beauty of the melting ice and snow in Island Park. Marty and I and Mom and Dad spent the weekend at the cabin. It was so beautiful and warm, just a nice quick getaway.

If you just click on this link you can see my 1 1/2 minute video. Of course, it's the video with the icicles on the picture....

http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewalbum.html?bm=53245

Mariah's Cheer Competition

Highland Rams won 1st place in all three categories at the state competition! It was pretty emotional for Mariah because she has decided not to try out for her senior year, so this was her very last time cheering. She looked amazing and we are so proud of her!!

Snow day!

Finally, our first snow day of the school year! Mariah was so excited to have an unexpected day off. Marty was the one that really had work to do....

And....Christmas with Grandpa

Then....Christmas at the other Grandpa and Grandma's