Monday, February 14, 2011

Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day is one of my FAVORITE holidays, so full of LOVE ever where you turn. Lucky for me that I have THESE two men to celebrate it with...
Yes I said TWO MEN....



I love my husband and my baby boy more than ANYTHING in the world. 

Yes, even more than:

Chocolate....

Or Roses.....

Or Teddy Bears....

Even more than Jewelry! 

In fact, I love ALL of my family!
This Valentine's day, REMEMBER that the Holiday isnt just about finding a sweetheart.
In fact, the meaning is really quite simple.....
It's about LOVE!!
That's it. Just LOVE. 
So take this opportunity to tell the ones you LOVE 

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!  

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Oh Thank Heaven for Grandma Kaye!

Recently, I have been thinking about one of life's GREATEST lessons......... RESPONSIBILITY
As I have been thinking about it, it amazes me how greatly RESPONSIBILITY can affect ones life and just how important it is to be taught, even as a young child.

Luckily, I had THIS man.......
To teach me RESPONSIBILITY....

Dont get me wrong, of course my mom is VERY RESPONSIBLE 

and she also had a great mom and like me, also a great DAD to teach her RESPONSIBILITY
 (And Krista is making a debut in this blog post as well, as she was the ONLY ONE to have a picture of Grandma and Grandpa to share with me over Facebook...Thanks Krista!)

But as I was thinking about this valuable necessity of life, my dad stuck out as the one person who always knew what was right and what his children needed to know. But does it stop there? I wondered. Then I thought about who he might have learned it from and THIS woman came to mind....
My Grandma Kaye is one of the most hardworking and RESPONSIBLE people I know. She knows that to love someone is to do anything you have to for them, to give them what they need and to hold RESPONSIBILITIES that are given to her. I know I dont say "Thank you" as often as I should for everything she does for me and my family, which is why this post is dedicated to her. Without her, I wouldnt have the AMAZING DAD that I grew up with. I want all my family, including (and especially in this post) my dad and my Grandma Kaye to know how much I love them and how GRATEFUL I am to have been blessed with them in my life. And I hope that I can teach my son to be just as RESPONSIBLE as they have taught me.