I am posting my children and myself

While trying to take some snapshots I got a lot of funny ones and this one to me just shows the real us!

It is perfectly imperfect!!!

Under the picture you will find one of my Favorite stories and it makes me cry as their mother.

Please my dear boys….Let ME hold You longer!

xoxo Mama

LET ME HOLD YOU LONGER

Long ago you came to me,

A miracle of firsts:

First smiles and teeth and baby steps,

A sunbeam on the burst.

But one day you will move away

And leave to me your past

And I will be left thinking of

A lifetime of your lasts…

The last time that I held a bottle

To your baby lips.

The last time that I lifted you

And held you on my hip.

The last night when you woke up crying,

Needing to be walked,

When last you crawled up with your blanket,

Wanting to be rocked.

The last time when you ran to me,

Still small enough to hold

The last time that you said you’d marry

Me when you grew old.

Precious, simple moments and

Bright flashes from your past-

Would I have held on longer if

I’d known they were your last?

Our last adventure to the park,

Your final midday nap,

The last time when you wore your favorite

Faded baseball cap.

Your last few hours of kindergarten,

Those last days of first grade,

Your last at bat in Little League,

Last colored picture made.

I never said good-bye to all

Your yesterdays long passed.

So what about tomorrow-

Will I recognize your lasts?

The last time that you catch a frog

In that old backyard pond.

The last time   that you run barefoot

Across our fresh-cut lawn

Silly, scattered images

Will represent your past.

I keep on taking pictures,

Never quite sure of your lasts…

The last time that I comb your hair

Or stop a pillow fight.

The last time that I pray with you

And tuck you in at night.

The last time when we cuddle

With a book, just me and you.

The last time you jump in our bed

And sleep between us two.

The last piano lesson,

Last vacation to the lake.

Your last few weeks of middle school,

Last soccer goal you make.

I look ahead and dream of days

That haven’t come to pass.

But as I do, I sometimes miss

Today’s sweet, precious lasts…

The last time that I help you with

A math or spelling test.

The last time when I shout that yes,

Your room is still a mess.

The last time that you need me for

A ride from here to there.

The last time that you spend the night

With your old tattered bear.

My life keeps moving faster,

Stealing precious days that pass.

I want to hold on longer-

Want to recognize your lasts…

The last time that you need my help

With details of a dance.

The last time that you ask me for

Advice about romance.

The last time that you talk to me

About your hopes and dreams.

The last time that you wear a jersey

For your high school team.

I’ve watched you grow and barely noticed

Seasons as they pass.

If I could freeze the hands of time,

I’d hold on to your lasts.

For come some bright fall morning,

You’ll be going far away.

College life will beckon

In a brilliant sort of way.

One last hug, one last good-bye,

One quick and hurried kiss.

One last time to understand

Just how much you’ll be missed.

I’ll watch you leave and think how fast

Our time together passed.

Let me hold on longer, God,

To every precious last.

Written by: Karen Kingsbury

To continue the circle please click HERE to check out Nina’s moments for May!

They are really what inspires me and makes me want this journey to really be successful!

These two are Heart Breakers already! They are growing and changing into little people of their own.

I am so proud to be their Mama and I hope that they are always proud to be my Son’s!

Welcome to my world

(His shirt says: I am h

Go on over and check Megan’s Everyday Moment HERE

Kalahari Indoor Water Park.

We gave it a try this year and we LOVED it!

We will be going there at least yearly I am sure of it!

Here are a few images of our Trip.

(Please note that most are taken with my point and shoot which is not that great)

(Because I am having computer problems I will be back to post more)

Please check out Alison and her everyday moments for March HERE

So I am not really good about following a theme.

So I am just sticking with Project Life 365 and not necessarily going with the themes all the time.

I am just posting for my everyday pictures

Enjoy!

So I am a little behind on posting my Pictures but I am trying to catch up!

Sorry to be a news feed hog!!

But Here We Go…

For this month I want to share a little bit of  my Best friends life

One thing that I LOVE is being a mother.

To me it was and is my Biggest Dream.

They make me want to be a better person, to go after my goals and my other dreams.

I have to lead by example, I want them to do everything in life that they dream of.

How can I expect them to go for their dreams if I can’t or didn’t.

So for this post I want to share with you what makes my heart race and that is a “New baby & a New Mother”.

Yes this may be her 3rd child but she is born all over again!

I can not control the smiles when I look at the images I was able to capture for her on my visit to see her new little man!

And I hope you can not either!

This is why I LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY!

Make sure you continue on over to Kristin Labrum’s blog and see what she’s been up to Click Here!

There little girl had turned 1 and they had a session to document it.

The love they had for each other and their little girl just radiated from them.

Thank you for trusting me with your photos.

I found it on Pinterest which lead me here.

Here is what I got.

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Banana Pudding Cake:
1 box yellow cake mix, Make as directed
4 cups milk
2 small 3.5oz box’s banana instant pudding mix
1 8oz cool whip, thawed
About 20 Vanilla Waffers, Crushed…leave some a little big if you want some crucunch.

Make your cake and let it cool a few minutes. Then use a wooden spoon or something similar to poke big holes in it. Mix pudding and milk and pour over the top trying to get as much pudding in the holes as you can. Spread it all over the top and refridgerate for 2 hours. Then spread the Cool whip all over and sprinkle the vanilla waffers on top. And eat Try it and let me know what you thought!!!

1st one out and he wrecked. The only one that did. But it was fun!

This is the FASTEST GOLF CART EVER!!!!

Yes this DINO bit a car in half!

My HOT hubby and our oldest

Well I know the Ear Plugs worked well since my youngest FELL ASLEEP!!!! Can you believe it!

During the MONSTER JAM!!! WHAT!!!

I know that is what I said!

Don’t you LOVE my necklace? It is a One of a kind.
Made with Love by my Son!

Yes I wear what they make!

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