Hello everyone!! I hope everybody had a wonderful weekend. All is well here on the ol' homefront. However, One funny little incident did happen......
Apparently friday night I woke Dale by talking in my sleep about squirrels!! Yes, I know, that's crazy but it gets even crazier. Now I feed "my" squirrels, which are actually wild squirrels but I put out cracked corn, sunflower seeds and almonds for them every morning. So around noon time I had a thought that I would take some pictures of my furry friends with my new camera. And so I did and then posted them to my facebook page. So when Dale got home I was ever excited to show him how well my photography skills were coming along. He immediately began cracking up laughing. He said, Don't you remember talking in your sleep last night about seeing squirrels? I relplied, No, I don't remember that. He thaought that was the funniest thing ever! So I decided I would share this little story with you all and hope that you too can share in a little chuckle.... Oh, and I hope you enjoy the pictures.....much love to all.....
Monday, January 12, 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
Hello all and Happy New Year!!!
I'm sorry for not logging on for so long but you see I have been nursing such a horrible lingering cold that I just haven't had the strength.
Let's see where to begin......well, first al all christmas was just too fabulous this year. The whole family got together and celebrated the holiday. All minus Trey that is. He was much missed but we did phone him and each one of us all took turns whshing him a Merry Christmas. We are hoping next year that he will be here iwth us as we celebrate the birth of our savior.
Everyone got what they asked for and all was well. Sarah was surprised to get her laptop, Dustin was thrilled with his new LCD TV, Wes got new golf clubs, Jason got a new video camera to shoot those spectaular shots of Dominic with. And Christina got some much needed Victoria Secret items she wanted (hehe) and I of course, got what I wanted. My new camera. Now if I can just figure out how to use the darned thing I will be cooking with oil!!! I am going to attempt to post some ics so please bare with me.
So, you see, all in all in was such a happy time in my life. My family is quite large but I guarantee you there is NEVER a dull or quiet minute around this house. And I wouldn't have it any other way. Just don't tell the kids. lol!!!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!!
much love.......
I'm sorry for not logging on for so long but you see I have been nursing such a horrible lingering cold that I just haven't had the strength.
Let's see where to begin......well, first al all christmas was just too fabulous this year. The whole family got together and celebrated the holiday. All minus Trey that is. He was much missed but we did phone him and each one of us all took turns whshing him a Merry Christmas. We are hoping next year that he will be here iwth us as we celebrate the birth of our savior.
Everyone got what they asked for and all was well. Sarah was surprised to get her laptop, Dustin was thrilled with his new LCD TV, Wes got new golf clubs, Jason got a new video camera to shoot those spectaular shots of Dominic with. And Christina got some much needed Victoria Secret items she wanted (hehe) and I of course, got what I wanted. My new camera. Now if I can just figure out how to use the darned thing I will be cooking with oil!!! I am going to attempt to post some ics so please bare with me.
So, you see, all in all in was such a happy time in my life. My family is quite large but I guarantee you there is NEVER a dull or quiet minute around this house. And I wouldn't have it any other way. Just don't tell the kids. lol!!!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!!
much love.......
Monday, December 22, 2008
Monday 12/22/2008
Hello all, I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. We here at the Hodges/Snapp homestead had a wonderful but excruciatingly cold weekend. The temp has fallen completely off the thermometer! We all thought it was cold this weekend as we headed out to Dales' father's house to celebrate an early christmas with the family. But compared to today we all could have worn our bathing suits! lol! It's a brisk -4 degrees out today with a high of only 15. Woo-hoo break out the sunscreen! Not only is it cold outside but the wind is whipping out of control with gusts of up to 40 mph. Talk about cold!!!! I felt it's fury as I refilled the car with antifreeze. Which I am very proud of. It was the first time I have every done anything like that all by myself. Dale usually does all the maintenance on the cars but seeing how he is at work in Ft. Wayne which is an hour away I had to don my coat and hat and face the cold all by myself. I had some trouble finding the latch that releases the hood but once that task was achieved I managed to find the overfill resevoiur and top it off like I had been doing it for years. Of course, Dale failed to tell me that the hydraulics on my hood were not working properly so I almost got whopped in the head with the hood. But, I managed to overcome this little obstacle and complete my task with honors if I must say so for myself.
Anyway, back to our christmas celebration at Jim's(Dale's father) house. Everyone had a wonderful time. We all ate, chatted, exchanged christmas gifts and had a wonderful time. Our family has been blessed with some new additions over that last couple of years. Jason, Dale's second child, has a 14 month old son by the name of Dominic and Ryan, Dale's nephew, has two sons: Kevin age 2 and Jackson about 8 months old. So we all enjoyed watching them open their gifts. This is the first real christmas that they can enjoy. Last year they were all just babies and too young to understand what christmas is all about. PRESENTS!!! And lots of'em. lol!
Jim was a little under the weather. He has a degenerative diesease in his back and it was causing him a considerable amount pain. But he seemed to grin and bear it taking it all in stride. He has had a tough year this year so we all have been keeping him even closer to our hearts than normal. I am a firm believer that when something bad happens to a family you should all rally around that person and be there for them. Providing them with more love and support than normal. Christina, Dales's oldest daughter and 4th in line in our blended family was unable to attend the festivites and she was much missed. Christina is 19 and she is just beginning to find herself. She like Trey, my oldest son and 3rd in the line up of our children, are really getting a big dose of reality thrust onto their plates right now. It's a difficult time for both Dale and myself. Our first reaction is to bail them out of whatever dilemma they are encountering at the time. But we know we have to stand our distance and allow them to learn from their mistakes. It's so hard being a parent at times. We sometimes forget that we have to let them stand on their on two feet. That they no longer need the training wheels. Or even if they do still need the traing wheels we can't rush out and install them, allowing them a crutch. Nope! They have to learn to be adults on their own. Our job now as parents is to stand on the sidelines and watch only rushing out to them when they are truly in need of it. You truly don't know what it's like until you have children of your own. Parenting can be defined in one word as Bittersweet. And I wouldn't change it for anything in the world!!
I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!
xoxo much love to all........
Anyway, back to our christmas celebration at Jim's(Dale's father) house. Everyone had a wonderful time. We all ate, chatted, exchanged christmas gifts and had a wonderful time. Our family has been blessed with some new additions over that last couple of years. Jason, Dale's second child, has a 14 month old son by the name of Dominic and Ryan, Dale's nephew, has two sons: Kevin age 2 and Jackson about 8 months old. So we all enjoyed watching them open their gifts. This is the first real christmas that they can enjoy. Last year they were all just babies and too young to understand what christmas is all about. PRESENTS!!! And lots of'em. lol!
Jim was a little under the weather. He has a degenerative diesease in his back and it was causing him a considerable amount pain. But he seemed to grin and bear it taking it all in stride. He has had a tough year this year so we all have been keeping him even closer to our hearts than normal. I am a firm believer that when something bad happens to a family you should all rally around that person and be there for them. Providing them with more love and support than normal. Christina, Dales's oldest daughter and 4th in line in our blended family was unable to attend the festivites and she was much missed. Christina is 19 and she is just beginning to find herself. She like Trey, my oldest son and 3rd in the line up of our children, are really getting a big dose of reality thrust onto their plates right now. It's a difficult time for both Dale and myself. Our first reaction is to bail them out of whatever dilemma they are encountering at the time. But we know we have to stand our distance and allow them to learn from their mistakes. It's so hard being a parent at times. We sometimes forget that we have to let them stand on their on two feet. That they no longer need the training wheels. Or even if they do still need the traing wheels we can't rush out and install them, allowing them a crutch. Nope! They have to learn to be adults on their own. Our job now as parents is to stand on the sidelines and watch only rushing out to them when they are truly in need of it. You truly don't know what it's like until you have children of your own. Parenting can be defined in one word as Bittersweet. And I wouldn't change it for anything in the world!!
I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!
xoxo much love to all........
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Tuesday, 12/16/2008
Good Morning all. I hope everyone is having a great start to their week. We here at the home of "alicia's family blog" are all doing well. I have finally gotten the christmas treet up and If you know me at all you will know that I am not one of those day after Thanksgiving put up the christmas tree kinda gals. About two weeks prior the the day is when I like to put it up. My attention span is relatively short so you can imagine how crazy it would be to me to put a tree up and leave it for almost 4 weeks. Now if I can just keep the cat out of it I will be able to decorate it tonight with the kids. I plan on continuing to wrap presents the rest of the day, putting a roast in the oven, doing my caily chores and then relaxing.... if that is possible....lol!! So please have a great day......much love from alicia
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