Happy Birthday Mom!

Today my mother is 74 years old. She is the most amazing woman I know. Growing up I always remember the house being perfect, everything was always in its place. There was never any laundry around, and we had a good home cooked meal every night. My mother always worked and managed to or at least seemed to do it all.
Well here she is 74 and still going strong. She works for me every day at the school. She does all my book keeping and does it superbly!
I wanted to make her birthday a special one and I hope I did. Happy birthday mom, I love you!

One Goes Out, One Comes In

Now the wedding is over, Joe and Dawn are back from their honeymoon and life has settled down a little. Joe has gotten most of his things out of the house and is setteled in his new home. We now have 2 empty bedrooms and only Jen is living at home. But then.................. Sean (my newphew) asks if he can move in with us. You see, he works in D.C. and has an apartment in Philly. He is only at his apartment on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and paying a lot in rent. So........... since we are closer to D.C., and he only needs a place for the weekends, and we have 2 empty rooms, and he and Jen are good buddies, and I have the empty nest feeling.............. we were so happy to have Sean move in with us. Welcome Sean!

30 Years Together

On September 17 my husband and I celebrated our 30Th wedding anniversary. Yes ladies 30 years with the same man, and if I had to do it all over again............. I would! My joke for the past week has been the past 30 years were so easy for him but so hard for me. Of course I was kidding! But any way our three children, my parents and his parents all chipped in and sent us to a 4 star hotel in New York City and included a Broadway Show. We had three absolutely wonderful days. We saw and did so many things, thanks to our family for a great anniversary!

Grandkids

What a Blessing! They are both such a pleasure and so good. When I see them it makes my day wonderful and I forget all my troubles.

The Wedding

Pretty close to perfect. The wedding was wonderful, what else could we ask for. Well it could of been a little bit cooler and the tuxedo place could of gotten all matching vests for the groomsen, but other then the little things that were out of our control everything was perfect.

Dawn was picture perfect in her wedding gown, she cried all the way down the isle. My daughther Jen made a beautiful maid of honor. Nikki was georgous as a brides maid. And Joe, so handsome he waited anxiously at the alter for his new bride. Paul his older brother was excited and happy to see his brother getting married and being the best man played a big part from beginning to end. He looked so nice in his tuxedo as did my hubby. Sean my nephew was a groomsman as well and they all looked so great and everyone was so excited.
















From the church the wedding party went on to a yacht which took all of them to the place where the reception was held. Because Joe and Dawn love water sports and the beach they wanted their wedding to be about all the things they love to do. They arrived at the Chesapeake Inn and everyone watched as the boat pulled into the dock.









As Joe and Dawn were announce into the reception the theme song from Jaws was playing as Joe wore a shark hat and Dawn held up a sign saying "Catch of the Day" (Joe, his brother, and dad enter the Ocean City Shark Tournament every year).

I was so proud as I danced on the dance flooor with Joe, all I could do is think about the wonderful man the he had become. I could not have been happier or happier for Joe than I was at that moment. What a great feeling!

CONGRATULATIONS JOE & DAWN

So Proud

Tomorrow my youngest son gets married. I have so many emotions that I am feeling right now I have been crying off and on all day. They are all tears of joy and tears of a mother being so proud of her son. Proud that he is a good person, a man that works hard, and is honest and always will help anyone in need. Joe thinks of others before he thinks of himself. I am proud to say that he is my son. I love you Joe, and I know tomorrow will be wonderful. God Bless both of you!

One fish, Two fish

Today it is one week to the wedding. I am getting so excited. This morning we woke up and met Paul, Nikki, and the kids at Lums Pond. We got Zack a scooby doo fishing rod on the day he was born and now he was ready to use it. Well use it he did, he caught 3 fish! He was more curious about the bobber hanging on the line than about actually fishing. At one point he was walking near the edge of the water and he slipped and fell in, that goodness poppop was right there to get him out. He is just the cutest, greatest little guy, we had so much fun. After Lums pond it was back to my house for church, swimming, and the hot tub. My nephew Sean came down tonight and he and Jen went to the Chesapeke Inn, Jen was meeting up with some new guy... guess she is fishing too!

Today

Today I took the final for my math class, I am so happy that's over with! Summer camp is going on at my school this week so I've been busy with that. Also, I have to hire 2 teachers for the school in Delaware and 3 teachers for the one in Maryland. I have adds is both states newspapers and I am not getting much of a response. I am getting worried.

On a happier note the weeding is in 11 days. We booked the yacht to take the wedding party from the church over to the reception.

Today I am exhausted, I am not going to have any trouble sleeping tonight, that will feel good!

So Much

Wow I've been so busy lately I don't know how I can keep going at this rate. First of all the wedding is only 1 1/2 weeks away. When Jen was in Florida me and Dawn went and picked up Jen and Nikki's dresses but of course when they tried them on they were both too big. So off to the seamstress we went. She is practically rebuilding the dresses. Then finally I found the gown that I am going to wear. Yay, I think I went to every bridal shop in the state and guess where I finally found a gown at? Boscov's, go figure!


This weekend was Dawn's bachelorette party and dawn's mom and I drove two car loads of girls down the beach for the night. They needed designated drivers to stay sober and Dawn's mom and I were elected for the job. It was a good time and the girls were a lot of fun. I had to go out at 2:00 a.m. and pick up a bunch of drunk girls at Seacrets in Ocean City. The next morning they were not felling so good.

God Bless Zack & Wyatt

Finally my grand children have been baptized! Paul and Nikki finally agreed to have the boys baptized and I can't tell you how happy that makes me. We even found a great priest who made them feel very comfortable. Afterwards we had a celebration at our house... it was wonderful!