Wordless Wednesday: Mabon 2015

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Wordless Wednesday- Diablos - Las Vegas Tournament 2014

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Wordless Wednesday - The Graduates

(Photo taken by Suzanne Bastien)

My son graduated from high school and his sister graduated kindergarten this year. It was a heart warming day for them to share together. 

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Wordless Wednesday - Playing around with the camera (Mommy and Preschoolers)

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Wordless Wednesday - What little girls are made of - Ruffles and dirt

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Wordless Wednesday - Imagination Movers Night

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Wordless Wednesday - Imagination Movers

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Wordless Wednesday - Butterfly Pavilion

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Wordless Wednesday - Vacations Past

2009

Today I was thinking about the last vacation Dave and I had together....
Sometimes a daydream can help a bad day get easier

Wordless Wednesday - Completed Valentine's Tree

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Wordless Wednesday - Favorite Photo of the weekend

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Wordless Wednesday - Holiday Photos 2010

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My Mommy....

My mother could not have a baby without help.

She has felt her child kick and felt the joy of carrying her own child, But none of those children would be born.

She miscarried one after the other for five years and finally stepped back and made a decision many people could not make.

She wanted to adopt.

She adopted a young baby boy first, blue eyes and dark hair with a mother that gave up her child out of love.

She adopted a second child that had been abandoned and abused, a daughter that was already 2.5 years old when she brought her home.

Then she adopted another baby girl that screamed with colic for months before finally growing out of that stage. (Though sometimes I think my little sister is still colicky :) )

My mother and baby sister, Kristin

She raised all of us with the love of a a mother, despite our outbursts, fear, abandonment issues and hurtful words. She nurtured me as her second adopted (though oldest child) even when I was scared of the dark and terrified of being left alone.

My mother is salt of the earth, raising three kids like us, married to a man as strong as my father and never getting lost behind him. She taught us how to be elegant, thoughtful, respectful and to speak up for those that might not have a voice loud enough to.

My mother and father visited for Thanksgiving and I am seeing them through the eyes of a grown daughter. My mother is forgetting things more often and moving slower, I can see her trying to take care of herself and my father at the same time, the whole time I want to reach out and grab her arm to help her. There is nothing I can do to to stop time, but armed with my camera and my memory... I can capture it before it's too late.

5 Minutes for Mom Giveaway

5 Minutes for Mom is doing it again!

Their Under the Tree project helped a family in need last year get the gifts they needed under their tree. A family got to open gifts, laugh together and spend hours playing together because of this project.

Here is how it works: The giveaways they offer on their blog also go to this family.

Do you know a family that has fallen on hard times? Of course right? In this economy who hasn't?

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Head on over.... the giveaways end on November 30th.

Wordless Wednesday - First Snow fall

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Wordless Wednesday - Fall Photos

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Wordless Wednesday - End of summer fun or The Toddler who wouldn't

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Rayovac Powers your Summer! 30 Day giveaway

Rayovac is having a 30 days of summer giveaway through Facebook. How do you power your summer?

Camping lanterns? Bug zappers? How about the camera for fireworks and BBQs?

From June 21-July 20th they will be having a 30 day contest, tell them how you plan on powering your summer for a chance to win great prizes like bikes, batteries, etc.

Here's how to win:

Step 1: "Like" Rayovac on Facebook: Simply "Like" the Rayovac brand and products on Facebook at www.facebook.com/rayovac .

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Rayovac Powers Your Vacation Summer Promotion Twitter Event
Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Time: 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. CST
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Wordless Wednesday - Cartime fun

Wordless Wednesday.

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Strapped Belts
Passion for Beauty

Wordless Wednesday - Mommy's Day out (Video)

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