Remember When Wednesday...take 11

Today I am remembering Chickfest 2010!

Today I am wishing for another gathering of these wonderful women (plus several who couldn't make the first trip!)

Today I am missing ALL of my chicks.

Love and God's Blessings to each of you!

What are you remembering and/or missing today?



Remember When Wednesday...take 10

In 2004, Stephen was in first grade. It REALLY does seem like yesterday. From age of 4 to about 8 or 9, Stephen was set on being a police officer when he grew up.  So naturally, when his class was studying community workers and got to dress up as their favorite, he chose to be a policeman.

Oh my goodness...do you see his little handcuffs hanging out of his pocket. HA!

(and yes, his feet really were THAT big! Pre-cursor to the 14 or 15 size he wears now!)

I'm pretty certain he was the cutest policeman there that day!



 You agree, don't you? ;)



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Remember When Wednesday...take 9

In honor of the beginning of football two-a-days, I thought I'd look back at the beginning for Ste. He started playing flag football in 1st grade. He's always been a Pirate!  Virgil and I used to crack up watching these little boys on the football field and now they've grown into young men. Looking forward to watching them the next four years in High School ball!

Remember When Wednesday...take 8

Dad and Mom have been gone for  4 1/2 and almost 3 years respectively. I miss them and the everyday knowing they are just a phone call or 15 minutes away.

 I love looking at the photos of when they were just starting out. They were married just shy of 51 years when Daddy passed away. And the heritage of their love lives on in me and my siblings and our families.

I'm blessed to have had them with me on earth for so long and I will be blessed to rejoice with them in heaven.

♥

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Remember When Wednesday...take 7

In October 2004, Stephen and Virgil took me on a birthday trip to the East Texas town of Jefferson. We did lots of lovely things on that trip. All geared to my liking. A boat tour of Caddo Lake, looking at old houses, thrift and antique store shopping. They often spoil me!:)

One of our stops was an old "gift" type store with an old fashioned soda fountain.  They also had ice cream by the scoop. What almost 7 year old boy could resist rainbow ice cream?

I sneaked some photos of him enjoying his cone...

 He was pretty intent...

Oops! He caught me! 

 His mischievous smile!

{ah, some of these looks back squeeze a momma's heart}

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Remember When Wednesday...take 6

In 6 short weeks Stephen will officially be a Freshman in High School! Impossibly true. So, for this edition of Remember When Wednesday, I decided to look back at his 8th grade year:

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Remember When Wednesday...take 5

I don't know if this truly qualifies as a "Remember When.." since it only happened last week on vacation! :)

We decided to try Sharpie Tie Dying.  Which I found on Pinterest, of course!

We stayed up late our last night in Florida. Then Katrina stayed up all night (she wanted to sleep well on the car ride back to Texas!) and made one for her baby nephew (my great nephew), Jaxon.

 Here's Stephen's contribution...

 Katrina added more to hers later, but here's where she was at the time I gave it up and went to bed!

We made one for Jaxon's mommy (Colleen) too!

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Remember When Wednesday...take 4

These photos were taken the summer of 1997. I was very pregnant with Stephen.  It was hot out and Virgil and I decided to cool down with the water hose in the backyard of the first little house we rented as a married couple.

We always have a fun time together!

Always will!

Remember When Wednesday...take 3

Stephen, age 7 (a month short of 8)

Oops! Guess who didn't prepare again! :)


Oh well! Here's another random memory.  This was taken at my nephew, Cole's, 8th birthday party. The kids had a great time blowing bubbles.  Isn't bubble blowing one of the greatest things about childhood?  And I'll admit, I still love it!  In fact, on Pinterest, I saw where someone broke open a glow stick and mixed it with their bubble juice and had glow in the dark bubbles!  How fun is that!!?

I love this photo of Ste..his crazy thick hair, dimpled hands and pretty blue eyes. He's always been such a sweet guy!

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Remember When Wednesday...take 2

So, best laid plans: I was going to start at the beginning of our family story today.  I hadn't decided if I would start with photos of Virgil and I in our dating years, or begin with our Wedding or begin with my pregnancy.  As it turns out, I didn't do ANY preparation!  So today I'm sharing one of my favorite photos of Stephen that I have digitally stored. :)

Stephen is 6 years old in this photo. He was riding in our town's Pioneer Day parade.  The float was dedicated the the United States Military. 

The way his dimpled little hand is laying on the rail of the trailer melts this Momma's heart!  His sweet expression...le sigh! I would love to cuddle that little sweety again!

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Remember When Wednesday

I always wanted to be one of those Momma's who scrapbooked. [is that the proper way to turn scrapbook into a verb? ;) ]  I gave it a good try. In the late 90s and early 2000s I bought a lot of scrapping crap [er, supplies], and I created a few pages [that never looked like what I imagined in my head.] I cut up photos [eeek...hate myself for that now.] I just couldn't keep up...with developing photos from my not very good film camera, scrapping, the new trends....[sighs]

And now that my Ste is 14, I wish I had books to look through.  It's just not the same with a huge plastic box filled with envelopes from Wal-mart, Target, etc, etc.

So....I'm giving myself an ongoing project.  Each Wednesday I am going to create a post of photos from "back in the day." I might even learn to embellish or something! But mostly, I'm just going to load photos and journal about them.

Let me know if you would be interested in joining in.  If there's interest, I will do a link party.

And just to get started:

This was taken in July 2005 on a fishing trip at my in-laws pond. Stephen was 7 years old.  He has always loved fishing and always had a long attention span for it.  We were and are always ready to call it quits way before he is! He's wearing his Daddy's fishing hat and sunglasses.  That sweet smile is all Ste!