ELF Wishes from Laura, Lena & Caleb too!

Hey, I just made a total elf of me, Lena & Caleb too. Check it out by clicking the link below.
http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1543393936

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JoAnna!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope you had a wonderful day at work!! Cool gifts!!!

Grace Baptist Church Harvest Festival 10/27/07

This Saturday afternoon was quite a change for me. I had the pleasure of spending a few hours working a game table at a local churches HARVEST FESTIVAL. I'm not use to spending time with that many young children... but it sure was a fun change of pace!! They had all sorts of very cool games, arts and crafts tables, and even stations that had cookie and pumpkin decorating. Lunch was hot dogs, chips, pickles, cottage cheese and apple cider!! I didn't have a chance to snap that many pictures, but I was able to get two "very important" ones of some of my favorite girls!!

Drew wanted to help me run the "Touch and Feel" game after all the candy had been picked over!! Sorry I forgot to bring home the cookie you decorated for me..... =( It sure was a nice one!!!

Noelle and Jordyn taking home all sorts of candy!

Parrot Dancing and Singing (Snowball the Cockatoo)

I realize this may bore some people... but to me, this is so funny!! Amazing how this bird keeps the beat!! I would love it if Caleb could do this!!

Power Of Your Love

Mark~ I know how much you enjoy this song, so I just made it easier for you to listen over and over again!! =)

Happy 60th Birthday Karen!!!!! xoxo

What a great picture of you with your cake.... sure looks yummy!! Hope you enjoyed it!!

My "Best Friends Wedding".....09/27/07

Me & the Bride-to-Be.....lookin' all fancy!
(dont we clean up well?!?)

All the Bridesmaids (left to right):
Me, Sara, Christine and Julie

The beautiful wedding cake... of which I had none =(

Signing the Certificate of Marriage

(Bill is the one with the black bow tie)

Me and Jeff..... chillin' after eating tons and tons of meatballs

(they were soooo good)

Showin' off my niece MacKenzie - she's a cutie!!

She certainly is "Daddy's little girl"!


She needs a little "ME time" relaxing in the hot tub!!

What do you say to a beautiful Vegas show girl???

Do you wanna swap hats???
Glad to hear you had such a nice time in Las Vegas Mark!!!

My Dad.... 1955

Who is this handsome young man (above)?? Would you guess it's my dad in 1955?!?!? What a great picture to have! Thanks for keeping the memories alive DAD!! I love you!!

And since we're stolling down memory lane...this picture is of my mom and dad at their wedding shower, with my Grandma Sakalos, and Grandma Labby. What a great looking couple!! I hope to be so lucky...

The Good Ol' Days... with Ma and Pa

I was looking through some photos that my dad has recently scanned and sent to me. I found this one and just had to post it. These were certainly the "Good Ol' Days"!!

This years "Birthday Theme" @ work.... 08/26/07

Was "Burgers, Fries and Shakes". My boss (Sue) is really big on "themes" when giving gifts. She must have a room set up in her home with boxes for every theme possible - and shop all year long looking for things to add to each one. Below are all the gifts she gave me, displayed the best we could, and above was my birthday cake... YUP! It was chocolate with butter cream frosting, yummmmy... decorated like a HUGE burger!! It was the BEST!!! The purple and yellow flowers were also a gift from my friend JoAnna.... she knows I love purple!! My co-workers made this day extra special (as usual).... thanks so much!!

Personal Shower / Bachelorette Party 8/25/07

This past Saturday was the Personal Shower / Bachelorette Party I gave Becky. Everyone had a BLAST!! We dressed the Bride-to-Be up with a flashing tiara and a long white feather boa. We grilled burgers, had chips-n-dip, homemade salsa, and thanks to my wonderful mom... delicious potato salad and spaghetti salad. For dessert, we had chocolate cake with butter cream frosting.... my favorite...ummm, I mean the BRIDES favorite! We played "Who Knows the Bachelorette?", Word Scramble, and the best was BRIDAL PICTIONARY!! Oh-my-goodness.... we laughed so hard..... that game is THE BEST!! We didn't want it to end. HUGE THANKS to Sonya for all the hard work in helping to make this night go smoooooth for all involved!

Becky & Bill sittin' in a tree, K-i-s-s-i-n-g!!!

So, yet another friend finds true love! Bill asked Becky (aka Erin) to marry him on August 14th, 2006. She's been on cloud nine ever since!! Originally, they set the wedding date for Sept. 27, 2008, but just this past May decided... why wait? So, they bumped the date up one whole year! Yup..... one month from today, Becky will be Mrs. William Cleary, and we'll be partying like its 1999!! =) I'm so excited... She asked me to be her Maid of Honor...... what a thrill to see my best friend for soooooooo many years finally tie the knot!! Love you girlfriend!!

These are pictures of the day Bec came over for "Show & Tell". She didn't leave out any details! How cool to be one of the first ones to see her ring and all the goodies that came with it!

Here's CALEB!!

There's not a lot I can say about Caleb... He kinda speaks for himself... (I couldn't resist that one). Anyone who has ever had the opportunity to meet him, knows he's a talker! Can you say "spoiled"? No, he's not a spoiled bird... =)

Little Lena "THEN" & "NOW"...

Lena THEN...

Here is the first picture of my little munchkin Lena that melted my heart. She just turned 3 years old on August 26th... yup, how crazy is that... we both share the same birthday... just another reason I had to have her! The name her breeder gave her started with an "L" (how cool), and she was born on my birthday. We were made for each other! I couldn't have ordered a more perfect angel!

Here she is now... the BIG Three years old!